Vegas Golden Knights vs. Florida PanthersMar 7, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 7, 2023· FLA Live Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	9	6	8	23
FLA	1	1	0	2		FLA	13	8	13	34

: VGK 44FLA 73
: VGK 1.72FLA 2.80
PP goals: VGK 1FLA 0
Hits: VGK 11FLA 26
Blocks: VGK 29FLA 12
PIM: VGK 6FLA 8
: VGK 45%FLA 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at home. Ryan Lomberg (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:48 together.

PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:48 together.Smith Stephenson Theodore Amadio Eichel
New line
New look for VGK: Blueger–Kolesar–Cotter skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kolesar Cotter
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Stephenson skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Stephenson
Usage
Brandon Montour (FLA) played 20:08, −4:03 down on his 24:11 season average over 79 games.Montour
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 15:47, −3:29 down on his 19:16 season average over 76 games.Martinez
Usage
Michael Amadio (VGK) played 15:33, +3:23 up on his 12:10 season average over 66 games.Amadio
Usage
Paul Cotter (VGK) played 9:29, −3:24 down on his 12:53 season average over 54 games.Cotter
Usage
Anton Lundell (FLA) played 13:13, −3:12 down on his 16:25 season average over 72 games.Lundell

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 117 of 117 attempts · FLA 73 · VGK 44

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 20% of the game, FLA 48%.

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
	36	77
	1.02	3.09
	1.00	2.97
	7	8
	0	6
	12	17
	−0.045	+0.046
	20%	48%

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
11:2326% CF
L2Blueger – Kolesar – Cotter
4:5644% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson
4:1730% CF
L4Kessel – Amadio – Howden
2:4530% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
9:4737% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
8:1938% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
8:1728% CF

PP1Smith – Stephenson – Theodore – Amadio – Eichel
4:4883% CF
PP2Kessel – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Barbashev
1:4867% CF
PK1FStephenson – Barbashev
1:57
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:17
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:35
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:11

Current VGK line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
10:4456% CF
L2Duclair – Barkov – Luostarinen
9:1287% CF
L3Reinhart – Lomberg – Lundell
9:0168% CF
L4Staal – Cousins – White
6:3450% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
15:1567% CF
D2Staal – Montour
14:2956% CF
D3Gudas – Mahura
10:3294% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
2:5580% CF
PP2Duclair – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Forsling – Tkachuk
0:57100% CF
PK1FStaal – Luostarinen
3:34
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
1:28
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:10
PK2DStaal – Gudas
2:04

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:25
FLARyan Lomberg (Josh Mahura)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Kessel, Stephenson, Theodore, Whitecloud, CotterFLA: Gudas, Reinhart, Lomberg, Mahura, Lundell
VGK 0 – 1 FLA

2nd period

4:05
FLAAleksander Barkov (Anthony Duclair, Nick Cousins)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, HagueFLA: Staal, Cousins, Duclair, Barkov, Montour
VGK 0 – 2 FLA
13:23
VGKShea TheodorePP (Jack Eichel, Reilly Smith)slap0.07 xG
VGK: Smith, Stephenson, Theodore, Amadio, EichelFLA: Staal, Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen
VGK 1 – 2 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:25	—	—	27	9
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	20	8
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	19	7
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	11:17	—	—	27	24
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:30	—	—	37	28
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	9:29	—	—	37	11
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	2	0	20:31	—	—	36	37
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	44	48
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	36	39
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	44	52
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	4	11:01	—	—	29	32
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	9:59	—	—	36	31
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.14	0	2	0	22:28	—	—	37	21
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:15	—	—	31	18
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	3	0	21:53	—	—	36	33
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	6	2	15:47	—	—	36	33
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:42	—	—	24	18
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	3	0	16:21	—	—	31	26

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	2.80	58:02

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	2	3	0	19:53	—	—	62	59
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	68	64
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	5	0	0	15:22	—	—	59	53
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	74	88
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	16:10	—	—	78	88
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	90	100
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	70	76
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	76	83
Ryan Lomberg L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.26	3	1	0	10:37	—	—	68	76
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	58	85
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:03	—	—	54	86
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	50	81
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	25:10	—	—	68	84
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	24:34	—	—	68	84
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	1	2	20:08	—	—	56	60
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	2	2	18:56	—	—	58	68
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	7	0	2	17:46	—	—	91	96
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	84	63

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.72	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.