Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 6, 2018

FinalTuesday, Feb 6, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	2	4		VGK	10	8	7	25
PIT	0	3	2	5		PIT	12	11	15	38

: VGK 52PIT 60
: VGK 3.36PIT 3.93
PP goals: VGK 1PIT 0
Hits: VGK 29PIT 37
Blocks: VGK 10PIT 16
PIM: VGK 10PIT 6
: VGK 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:09 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:01.Malkin
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:11.Marchessault
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:17.Kessel
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:11.Smith
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:22.Crosby
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:09 together.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +8 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Fleury
Usage
Tom Kuhnhackl (PIT) played 1:48, −8:21 down on his 10:09 season average over 68 games.Kuhnhackl

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PIT 60 · VGK 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 29% of the game, PIT 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	50	62
	3.57	3.50
	3.52	3.27
	13	17
	5	5
	10	13
	−0.005	+0.005
	29%	36%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5755% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
11:4546% CF
L3Carpenter – Bellemare – Tuch
8:4356% CF
L4Eakin – Lindberg – Leipsic
6:1723% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
15:4853% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
12:3540% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
9:3638% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:09100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Hunt
2:030% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:50
PK2FCarpenter – Bellemare
2:29
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:52
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:23

Current VGK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
7:5564% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Simon
6:4346% CF
L3Reaves – Sheahan – Aston-Reese
4:1470% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:4451% CF
D2Schultz – Maatta
14:1561% CF
D3Cole – Oleksiak
12:0054% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
5:43100% CF
PP2Schultz – Rust – Maatta – Simon – Aston-Reese
1:11
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:08
PK2FRust – Guentzel
0:49
PK1DCole – Oleksiak
3:21
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:34

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:09
VGKWilliam KarlssonPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)snap0.15 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchPIT: Cole, Hagelin, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak
VGK 1 – 0 PIT

2nd period

6:34
VGKJames Neal (Nate Schmidt, David Perron)backhand0.14 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtPIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin
VGK 2 – 0 PIT
11:08
PITRyan Reaves (Riley Sheahan)snap0.09 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Hunt, TheodorePIT: Reaves, Cole, Hagelin, Schultz, Sheahan
VGK 2 – 1 PIT
17:24
PITIan Cole (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, HuntPIT: Crosby, Cole, Rust, Oleksiak, Simon
VGK 2 – 2 PIT
18:40
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin)slap0.18 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Schmidt, Bellemare, TuchPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
VGK 2 – 3 PIT

3rd period

3:09
PITEvgeni Malkin (Phil Kessel)snap0.12 xG
VGK: Engelland, Lindberg, Theodore, Bellemare, TuchPIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin
VGK 2 – 4 PIT
6:20
PITPhil Kessel (Evgeni Malkin, Carl Hagelin)snap0.06 xG
VGK: Eakin, Lindberg, Miller, Leipsic, TheodorePIT: Malkin, Kessel, Cole, Hagelin, Oleksiak
VGK 2 – 5 PIT
6:38
VGKRyan Carpenter (Alex Tuch, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare)wrist0.18 xG
VGK: Engelland, Hunt, Carpenter, Bellemare, TuchPIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Aston-Reese
VGK 3 – 5 PIT
12:01
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtPIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin
VGK 4 – 5 PIT

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
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.50	1	0	0	20:56	—	—	53	65
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.46	2	0	2	20:11	—	—	51	60
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.34	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	53	65
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:00	—	—	44	45
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	2	0	2	16:46	—	—	44	45
James Neal L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	2	0	0	16:32	—	—	46	46
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	2	1	0	13:04	—	—	50	39
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	50	39
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	2	1	0	12:28	—	—	53	50
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.48	3	0	0	10:25	—	—	20	43
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	19	39
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:38	—	—	23	44
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	2	4	22:06	—	—	50	63
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	21:52	—	—	53	65
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	2	2	0	21:14	—	—	45	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	31	31
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	20:27	—	—	38	33
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:22	—	—	42	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	3.32	58:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.46	2	1	2	21:01	—	—	62	49
Phil Kessel R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	56	37
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	2	0	0	17:52	—	—	65	57
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.45	5	0	0	25:22	—	—	42	40
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.69	5	2	0	21:39	—	—	50	51
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	0	0	4	12:03	—	—	52	50
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.19	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	65	64
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	1	0	10:47	—	—	59	57
Ryan Reaves R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	7	0	0	10:15	—	—	65	73
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	3	0	23:18	—	—	54	39
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	51	36
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	58	54
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	61	56
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.20	6	2	0	17:27	—	—	56	62
Ian Cole D	D3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.16	2	4	0	17:17	—	—	52	58
Jake Guentzel C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	48	39
Carter Rowney C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	3:01	—	—	50	56
Tom Kuhnhackl R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:48	—	—	67	100

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	3.36	60:00

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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.