Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton OilersMay 14, 2023

FinalPlayoffsSunday, May 14, 2023· Rogers Place

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Edmonton OilersEDM

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	3	1	5		VGK	7	10	5	22
EDM	2	0	0	2		EDM	15	13	12	40

: VGK 43EDM 82
: VGK 3.24EDM 4.40
PP goals: VGK 0EDM 0
Hits: VGK 22EDM 45
Blocks: VGK 28EDM 14
PIM: VGK 4EDM 4
: VGK 50%EDM 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at EDM. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Adin Hill (VGK) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +10 against a season average of 30.5; the win.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 16:13.Marchessault
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:31.Smith
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:42.Barbashev
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +10 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Hill
New line
New look for EDM: Kane–Hyman–McDavid skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Hyman McDavid
Usage
Evan Bouchard (EDM) played 31:12, +8:57 up on his 22:15 season average over 11 games.Bouchard
Luck
EDM scored 2 goals on 4.40 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Evander Kane (EDM) played 24:15, +4:56 up on his 19:19 season average over 11 games.Kane

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 125 of 125 attempts · EDM 82 · VGK 43

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 21% of the game, EDM 43%.

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
	44	84
	2.36	3.50
	2.32	3.20
	7	18
	6	4
	25	20
	−0.052	+0.052
	21%	43%

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
12:5544% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Roy
12:2530% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Howden
11:4029% CF
L4Blueger – Carrier – Kolesar
8:0333% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:1030% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
15:5550% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
13:1429% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
0:41
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Hague
0:25100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:11
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:27
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:33
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
0:27

Current VGK line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
8:4840% CF
L2Kane – Hyman – McDavid
8:1475% CF
L3Foegele – Ryan – McLeod
7:5577% CF
L4Bjugstad – Janmark – Kostin
2:370% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
18:0174% CF
D2Kulak – Desharnais
10:2450% CF
D3Ceci – Nurse
8:4852% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
1:33100% CF
PP2Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – Foegele – McLeod
0:27
PK1FKane – McDavid
0:40
PK2FBjugstad – Ryan
0:22
PK1DKulak – Bouchard
0:40
PK2DCeci – Nurse
0:22

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:24
VGKReilly Smithsnap0.38 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, RoyEDM: Ekholm, Foegele, Ryan, McLeod, Bouchard
VGK 1 – 0 EDM
0:55
EDMConnor McDavid (Brett Kulak, Evander Kane)snap0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, HowdenEDM: Kane, Hyman, Kulak, McDavid, Desharnais
VGK 1 – 1 EDM
2:43
EDMWarren Foegele (Derek Ryan, Ryan McLeod)snap0.19 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Theodore, RoyEDM: Ekholm, Foegele, Ryan, McLeod, Bouchard
VGK 1 – 2 EDM

2nd period

4:26
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Ivan Barbashev, Shea Theodore)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelEDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse, Draisaitl, Yamamoto
VGK 2 – 2 EDM
7:44
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alec Martinez, Ivan Barbashev)backhand0.34 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, EichelEDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse, Draisaitl, Yamamoto
VGK 3 – 2 EDM
18:36
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alex Pietrangelo, Jack Eichel)snap0.01 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Marchessault, EichelEDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, Desharnais, Yamamoto
VGK 4 – 2 EDM

3rd period

19:21
VGKWilliam KarlssonEN (Nicolas Roy, Reilly Smith)backhand0.90 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, Eichel, RoyEDM: Kane, Bjugstad, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
VGK 5 – 2 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+4	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:35	—	—	45	48
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	3	0	3	+3	6	0.72	1	3	0	16:13	—	—	43	44
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	43	44
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.38	0	5	0	17:31	—	—	32	59
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	1.17	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	28	44
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	30	46
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	28	31
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:38	—	—	26	19
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	29	31
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	10:57	—	—	36	29
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:37	—	—	33	18
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	9:11	—	—	33	18
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.09	3	5	0	22:31	—	—	32	43
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.16	1	2	0	20:56	—	—	31	50
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	3	0	23:12	—	—	43	48
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	19:16	—	—	50	64
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:56	—	—	29	22
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	2	0	16:31	—	—	29	18

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	4.40	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.62	3	1	0	24:44	—	—	60	52
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	3	1	0	17:41	—	—	57	48
Kailer Yamamoto R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	6	0	2	14:33	—	—	50	46
Evander Kane L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.60	3	1	0	24:15	—	—	72	72
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.64	3	1	0	24:00	—	—	75	76
Zach Hyman L	L2	0	0	0	0	8	0.73	3	0	0	19:17	—	—	85	92
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	62	55
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.24	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	75	58
Warren Foegele L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	60	50
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	7:01	—	—	36	33
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:18	—	—	67	71
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	3:50	—	—	67	89
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	2	2	0	31:12	—	—	72	69
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	5	2	2	24:35	—	—	76	70
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	3	0	0	17:26	—	—	59	58
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	12:55	—	—	50	40
Darnell Nurse D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	2	2	0	19:20	—	—	63	61
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	12:42	—	—	54	32

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.92	40:00
Jack Campbell	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.42	17:04

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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.