Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton OilersMay 8, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	3	0	5		VGK	15	11	7	33
EDM	1	0	0	1		EDM	7	10	11	28

: VGK 53EDM 58
: VGK 3.62EDM 2.52
PP goals: VGK 0EDM 0
Hits: VGK 25EDM 50
Blocks: VGK 23EDM 13
PIM: VGK 6EDM 10
: VGK 48%EDM 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout Edmonton Oilers 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 5–1 at EDM. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. EDM scored 1 goal on 2.53 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.Eichel
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:01.Marchessault
Luck
EDM scored 1 goal on 2.53 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 15:10, −3:19 down on his 18:29 season average over 21 games.Stephenson
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Derek Ryan (EDM) played 14:45, +3:12 up on his 11:33 season average over 10 games.Ryan
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Zach Hyman (EDM) played 14:06, −5:19 down on his 19:25 season average over 11 games.Hyman
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Darnell Nurse (EDM) played 19:32, −3:51 down on his 23:23 season average over 10 games.Nurse
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Evan Bouchard (EDM) played 19:17, −4:03 down on his 23:20 season average over 11 games.Bouchard

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · EDM 58 · VGK 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 36% of the game, EDM 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

EDM

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	EDM
	50	56
	3.32	2.63
	3.14	2.55
	16	11
	2	7
	14	24
	−0.038	+0.038
	36%	24%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
12:2354% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
8:3656% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Howden
7:4341% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
7:1310% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:0840% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:5644% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:5046% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
3:4667% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Roy
2:3175% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:51
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:30
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:13
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
0:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid
9:2567% CF
L2Foegele – Ryan – McLeod
8:5357% CF
L3Bjugstad – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins
3:4920% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
11:4559% CF
D2Kulak – Desharnais
9:4158% CF
D3Ceci – Nurse
6:2925% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
2:10100% CF
PP2Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – Foegele – McLeod
0:30
PK1FBjugstad – Nugent-Hopkins
1:58
PK2FYamamoto – McLeod
1:10
PK1DCeci – Nurse
2:23
PK2DEkholm – Desharnais
2:15

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:45
EDMWarren Foegele (Derek Ryan, Ryan McLeod)tip-in0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Theodore, Amadio, HowdenEDM: Nurse, Foegele, Ryan, McLeod, Broberg
VGK 0 – 1 EDM
4:44
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jack Eichel)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, WhitecloudEDM: Bjugstad, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse
VGK 1 – 1 EDM
19:09
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jack Eichel)tip-in0.05 xG
VGK: Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, HagueEDM: Bjugstad, Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse, Yamamoto
VGK 2 – 1 EDM

2nd period

7:25
VGKZach Whitecloud (Reilly Smith, Nicolas Hague)snap0.08 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, WhitecloudEDM: Ceci, Nurse, Foegele, Ryan, McLeod
VGK 3 – 1 EDM
12:03
VGKJack Eichel (Brayden McNabb)snap0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Theodore, EichelEDM: Kane, Kulak, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
VGK 4 – 1 EDM
17:13
VGKChandler Stephenson (Nicolas Roy, Alec Martinez)tip-in0.05 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, RoyEDM: Ekholm, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
VGK 5 – 1 EDM

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.24	3	0	0	19:12	—	—	50	49
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.17	1	2	2	18:24	—	—	55	53
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	2	0	2	+3	6	0.48	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	55	53
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	60	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.26	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	62	66
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	47
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	2	0	2	16:29	—	—	50	63
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	42	61
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	2	0	2	12:36	—	—	46	57
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	3	1	0	13:32	—	—	24	50
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	2	0	10:54	—	—	25	60
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:00	—	—	20	54
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	5	0	23:39	—	—	44	41
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	2	0	18:19	—	—	41	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	3	0	19:06	—	—	45	60
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	18:56	—	—	52	66
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	45	49
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.09	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	53	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.99	47:48
Laurent Brossoit(start)	—	4	3	1	.750	0.54	11:44

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	2	0	4	23:03	—	—	64	63
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.49	6	0	0	20:45	—	—	58	54
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	2	19:59	—	—	50	28
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:49	—	—	42	25
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	44	25
Warren Foegele L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	6	0	2	10:47	—	—	53	29
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.39	2	2	0	18:28	—	—	52	64
Zach Hyman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	47	63
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	6	2	0	13:44	—	—	43	16
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	60	43
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	2	1	0	19:17	—	—	58	43
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	63	53
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	2	0	15:39	—	—	55	53
Darnell Nurse D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:32	—	—	35	39
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	1	3	0	16:20	—	—	30	26
Kailer Yamamoto R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	2	13:38	—	—	53	65
Philip Broberg D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	9:43	—	—	58	64
Klim Kostin C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	9:32	—	—	63	37

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.27	32:03
Jack Campbell	—	10	9	1	.900	1.35	27:57

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.