Vegas Golden Knights vs. Florida PanthersFeb 2, 2019

FinalSaturday, Feb 2, 2019· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	0	1		VGK	8	14	13	35
FLA	1	0	2	3		FLA	12	6	7	25

: VGK 61FLA 48
: VGK 3.97FLA 3.48
PP goals: VGK 0FLA 0
Hits: VGK 29FLA 27
Blocks: VGK 9FLA 12
PIM: VGK 2FLA 2
: VGK 50%FLA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Dadonov–Huberdeau–Barkov skated 15:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:01.Barkov
New line
New look for FLA: Dadonov–Huberdeau–Barkov skated 15:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Huberdeau Barkov
New line
New look for FLA: Brassard–Hoffman–Trocheck skated 12:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Hoffman Trocheck
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.97 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Valentin Zykov (VGK) played 17:32, +7:52 up on his 9:40 season average over 27 games.Zykov
Goalie
James Reimer (FLA) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +9 against a season average of 25.8; the win.Reimer
New line
New look for FLA: Sceviour–Hawryluk–Malgin skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Hawryluk Malgin
New line
New look for FLA: Sheahan–Vatrano–Borgstrom skated 9:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Vatrano Borgstrom

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · FLA 48 · VGK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 30% of the game, FLA 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	68	53
	4.61	3.01
	4.44	2.86
	17	8
	7	4
	32	42
	+0.018	−0.018
	30%	25%

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

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Zykov
15:3654% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
14:0369% CF
L3Smith – Pirri – Eakin
13:1657% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
7:4657% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
16:3758% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:3670% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
15:1535% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Schmidt – Theodore – Tuch
1:1380% CF
PP2Pirri – Karlsson – Miller – Marchessault – Bellemare
0:47
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:03
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
0:32
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:35
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
0:25

Current VGK line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov
15:2638% CF
L2Brassard – Hoffman – Trocheck
12:4944% CF
L3Sheahan – Vatrano – Borgstrom
9:4045% CF
L4Sceviour – Hawryluk – Malgin
7:1080% CF
D1Pysyk – Matheson
19:0143% CF
D2Yandle – Ekblad
17:2432% CF
D3Weegar – Brown
13:2468% CF

PP1Yandle – Dadonov – Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
1:35
PP2Brassard – Trocheck – Ekblad – Vatrano – Borgstrom
0:25100% CF
PK1FSceviour – Malgin
0:36
PK2FSheahan – Trocheck
0:32
PK1DMatheson – Ekblad
1:07
PK2DPysyk – Weegar
0:32

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:12
FLAAleksander Barkovwrist0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Theodore, TuchFLA: Yandle, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad
VGK 0 – 1 FLA
8:07
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny)snap0.10 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Theodore, TuchFLA: Sheahan, Pysyk, Matheson, Vatrano, Borgstrom
VGK 1 – 1 FLA

3rd period

6:13
FLAMike Hoffman (Derick Brassard)backhand0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, ZykovFLA: Brassard, Hoffman, Pysyk, Trocheck, Matheson
VGK 1 – 2 FLA
18:44
FLAFrank VatranoEN (Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad)snap0.52 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Pirri, Miller, Marchessault, TuchFLA: Yandle, Trocheck, Barkov, Ekblad, Vatrano
VGK 1 – 3 FLA

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	50	41
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	55	48
Valentin Zykov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	3	0	0	17:32	—	—	50	46
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.93	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	63	78
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.51	1	0	2	17:23	—	—	65	78
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	64	77
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	56	57
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.60	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	57	56
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	56	59
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	47	48
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	8:55	—	—	53	54
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	8:18	—	—	57	64
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	61	49
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	2	0	20:45	—	—	53	45
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	71	87
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	17:11	—	—	70	94
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	41	29
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	0	18:24	—	—	39	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.96	59:12

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.47	0	1	0	20:01	—	—	38	36
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.54	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	35	33
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	2	0	0	18:50	—	—	40	34
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	4	1	0	18:41	—	—	48	73
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.65	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	39	56
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	40	70
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	33	12
Frank Vatrano R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.68	4	2	0	14:21	—	—	43	14
Henrik Borgstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	60	17
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	13:35	—	—	53	39
Denis Malgin C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	9:50	—	—	69	57
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	7:47	—	—	80	89
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	23:08	—	—	40	39
Mark Pysyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	4	1	0	21:31	—	—	47	55
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	2	2	0	21:29	—	—	32	31
Keith Yandle D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	2	21:15	—	—	32	33
MacKenzie Weegar D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	67	31
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	68	61

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.97	60:00

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.