Vegas Golden Knights vs. Florida PanthersJun 8, 2023

Final / OTPlayoffsThursday, Jun 8, 2023· FLA Live Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Florida PanthersFLA

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VGK	1	1	0	0	2		VGK	6	13	6	2	27
FLA	1	0	1	1	3		FLA	5	8	9	1	23

: VGK 58FLA 75
: VGK 3.99FLA 2.82
PP goals: VGK 2FLA 0
Hits: VGK 18FLA 14
Blocks: VGK 31FLA 17
PIM: VGK 14FLA 16
: VGK 52%FLA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:05 together.

Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:50.Verhaeghe
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:40.Marchessault
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:35.Stone
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:53.Tkachuk
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:05 together.Stone Marchessault Stephenson Theodore Eichel
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 3.99 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 17:53, −3:56 down on his 21:49 season average over 19 games.Tkachuk
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 20:40, +3:24 up on his 17:16 season average over 21 games.Marchessault

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 133 of 133 attempts · FLA 75 · VGK 58

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 34% of the game, FLA 26%.

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
	44	59
	3.13	2.10
	3.02	2.06
	14	13
	5	2
	32	18
	+0.040	−0.040
	34%	26%

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
11:0146% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Howden
7:0933% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
6:0654% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
5:3663% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
13:3233% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:1646% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
11:4854% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
6:0589% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Roy
1:3975% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
3:17
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
3:11
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:12
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
3:10

Current VGK line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov
6:1591% CF
L2Reinhart – Lomberg – Lundell
4:2029% CF
L3Staal – Dalpe – White
3:5250% CF
L4Cousins – Bennett – Tkachuk
3:4450% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:3771% CF
D2Staal – Montour
10:0252% CF
D3Gudas – Mahura
7:4633% CF

PP1Barkov – Reinhart – Bennett – Montour – Tkachuk
7:0888% CF
PP2Duclair – Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Forsling – Lundell
1:04
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
3:07
PK2FStaal – Lundell
1:15
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:24
PK2DStaal – Gudas
1:24

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:08
FLABrandon Montour (Matthew Tkachuk, Eric Staal)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Stone, Stephenson, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudFLA: Staal, Cousins, Montour, Forsling, Tkachuk
VGK 0 – 1 FLA
16:03
VGKMark StonePP (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.14 xG
VGK: Stone, Marchessault, Theodore, EichelFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling
VGK 1 – 1 FLA

2nd period

14:59
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Jack Eichel, Mark Stone)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Lundell
VGK 2 – 1 FLA

3rd period

17:47
FLAMatthew Tkachuk (Carter Verhaeghe, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Stone, Stephenson, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett, Tkachuk
VGK 2 – 2 FLA

OT period

4:27
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Stone, Stephenson, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, Tkachuk
VGK 2 – 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.30	1	3	2	21:52	—	—	40	54
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	41	51
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	2	16:00	—	—	41	49
Mark Stone R	L2	1	1	2	-3	3	0.29	0	1	0	21:35	—	—	33	48
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.81	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	27	35
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.53	1	2	0	13:30	—	—	35	54
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	3	0	14:57	—	—	58	87
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	6	8:51	—	—	47	56
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	8:01	—	—	59	86
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	62	78
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	15:35	—	—	47	79
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	7:54	—	—	55	84
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	2	2	0	20:24	—	—	32	58
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	3	0	20:03	—	—	31	59
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	20:42	—	—	46	62
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	7	2	19:51	—	—	43	64
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	23:42	—	—	56	61
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	2	16:36	—	—	52	61

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.82	64:27

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	1	2	25:08	—	—	86	54
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.22	0	1	0	20:50	—	—	73	36
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	1	2	15:48	—	—	78	55
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.39	1	1	0	25:59	—	—	62	47
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	2	2	18:49	—	—	32	24
Ryan Lomberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	8:22	—	—	21	37
Eric Staal C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	50	44
Zac Dalpe C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	5:23	—	—	50	52
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	4:24	—	—	50	95
Sam Bennett C	L4	0	1	1	+2	4	0.38	2	1	0	22:30	—	—	52	18
Matthew Tkachuk L	L4	1	1	2	+3	3	0.27	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	57	21
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:22	—	—	48	36
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	0	0	2	25:23	—	—	73	59
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	2	23:10	—	—	67	55
Brandon Montour D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	25:37	—	—	56	47
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	2	17:54	—	—	49	36
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	4	18:08	—	—	50	25
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:07	—	—	42	16

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	3.99	64:11

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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.