Vegas Golden Knights vs. Florida PanthersDec 23, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2023· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	0	2		VGK	3	13	9	25
FLA	0	2	2	4		FLA	20	14	8	42

: VGK 44FLA 81
: VGK 2.10FLA 3.14
PP goals: VGK 0FLA 2
Hits: VGK 25FLA 39
Blocks: VGK 21FLA 11
PIM: VGK 37FLA 41
: VGK 48%FLA 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 5:04 together.

Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:51.Verhaeghe
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:07.Barkov
Points
Brandon Montour had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:33.Montour
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:40.Tkachuk
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 5:04 together.Verhaeghe Barkov Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
Goalie
Jiri Patera (VGK) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +9 against a season average of 32.7; the loss.Patera
New line
New look for FLA: Stenlund–Lomberg–Lockwood skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stenlund Lomberg Lockwood
New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Howden skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Roy Howden

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 125 of 125 attempts · FLA 81 · 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 23% of the game, FLA 52%.

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
	31	73
	1.52	1.92
	1.50	1.83
	7	12
	2	7
	13	17
	−0.017	+0.017
	23%	52%

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

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
11:2728% CF
L2Marchessault – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
10:1143% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Cotter
5:2150% CF
L4Kolesar – Roy – Howden
4:2318% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
14:1532% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:4126% CF
D3McNabb – Hutton
12:5425% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
2:20100% CF
PP2Stephenson – Hutton – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy
1:03100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
2:51
PK2FRoy – Howden
2:07
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:14
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
2:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
10:2268% CF
L2Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
10:1683% CF
L3Cousins – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:3764% CF
L4Stenlund – Lomberg – Lockwood
4:4571% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
12:3361% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
11:2376% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
10:2668% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
5:0493% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Luostarinen
2:4056% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
3:05
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
0:44
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:15
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
1:34

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:21
VGKMark Stone (Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Barbashev, EichelFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues
VGK 1 – 0 FLA
8:58
FLASam Bennett (Carter Verhaeghe, Brandon Montour)snap0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Stephenson, Hutton, DorofeyevFLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, Tkachuk
VGK 1 – 1 FLA
15:16
FLAGustav Forsling (Aleksander Barkov)slap0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Hutton, Barbashev, EichelFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues
VGK 1 – 2 FLA
19:37
VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Ben Hutton, Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Stephenson, Hutton, Kolesar, Hague, DorofeyevFLA: Kulikov, Cousins, Ekblad, Luostarinen, Lundell
VGK 2 – 2 FLA

3rd period

6:10
FLACarter VerhaeghePP (Brandon Montour, Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, EichelFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
VGK 2 – 3 FLA
8:09
FLASam ReinhartPP (Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Roy, HowdenFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
VGK 2 – 4 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	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	21:57	—	—	25	32
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	3	2	0	21:16	—	—	25	30
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	26	34
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	44	51
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	1	0	17:32	—	—	42	64
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	32	48
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	10	18:33	—	—	42	68
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	28	70
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	1	1	2	7:39	—	—	38	82
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:46	—	—	23	9
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:34	—	—	23	9
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	5	6:54	—	—	18	29
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	3	3	0	18:50	—	—	36	44
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	2	18:27	—	—	31	31
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	4	12	26:07	—	—	25	49
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	28	50
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.09	2	0	2	18:25	—	—	27	50
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:38	—	—	31	43

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jiri Patera(start)	L	42	38	4	.905	3.14	56:47

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.57	5	2	12	20:40	—	—	62	59
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	60	44
Sam Bennett C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	6	0	12	16:28	—	—	68	74
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	22:41	—	—	83	66
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.19	4	1	0	22:07	—	—	84	68
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	2	16:51	—	—	82	83
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	1	2	0	18:19	—	—	67	39
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	57	36
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	3	1	0	11:29	—	—	65	40
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	63	53
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	5	5:57	—	—	71	98
William Lockwood R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	5:56	—	—	71	98
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.23	3	0	0	20:33	—	—	68	51
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	20:18	—	—	62	51
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	10	22:12	—	—	73	62
Gustav Forsling D	D2	1	0	1	0	5	0.19	2	3	0	19:14	—	—	80	78
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	1	0	16:53	—	—	62	40
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	74	51

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.10	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mark Stone (VGK) 2nd 1:21 · assists Ivan Barbashev · Forecheck turnover · 27.6 mph shot.

Mark Stone · 2nd 1:21 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Sam Bennett · 2nd 8:58 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.9 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 19:37 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 6:10 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 8:09 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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.