Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 19, 2019

FinalSaturday, Oct 19, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	6	10	8	24
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	11	9	9	29

: VGK 39PIT 58
: VGK 2.79PIT 2.33
PP goals: VGK 1PIT 0
Hits: VGK 38PIT 31
Blocks: VGK 19PIT 7
PIM: VGK 8PIT 6
: VGK 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 at PIT. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:21 together.

PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:21 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Glass
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 2.33 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 22:07, +4:39 up on his 17:28 season average over 48 games.Engelland
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Sam Lafferty (PIT) played 15:58, +6:29 up on his 9:29 season average over 49 games.Lafferty
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Erik Gudbranson (PIT) played 13:44, −5:45 down on his 19:29 season average over 50 games.Gudbranson
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Juuso Riikola (PIT) played 8:38, −5:24 down on his 14:02 season average over 35 games.Riikola
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Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 14:51, −3:07 down on his 17:58 season average over 70 games.Pacioretty
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Patric Hornqvist (PIT) played 20:22, +4:31 up on his 15:51 season average over 51 games.Hornqvist

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 97 of 97 attempts · PIT 58 · VGK 39

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 27% of the game, PIT 33%.

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
	32	54
	1.79	1.85
	1.77	1.82
	8	7
	2	4
	14	8
	+0.020	−0.019
	27%	33%

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
14:0738% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
9:1247% CF
L3Pirri – Eakin – Glass
8:3735% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:3333% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:1841% CF
D2Holden – Merrill
14:0740% CF
D3Engelland – Bischoff
13:5743% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
2:21100% CF
PP2Smith – Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
0:59
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:53
PK2FEakin – Stone
1:03
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:22
PK2DHolden – Merrill
0:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
10:3058% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
8:5964% CF
L3Hornqvist – Lafferty – Kahun
6:5253% CF
D1Schultz – Pettersson
14:3660% CF
D2Letang – Marino
13:0272% CF
D3Johnson – Gudbranson
11:2662% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Schultz – Guentzel
5:1788% CF
PP2Pettersson – Simon – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
1:2280% CF
PK1FLafferty – Aston-Reese
2:37
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
0:50
PK1DJohnson – Letang
2:00
PK2DGudbranson – Marino
0:00

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:48
VGKPaul StastnyPP (Cody Glass, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, GlassPIT: Johnson, Gudbranson, Blandisi, Lafferty
VGK 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

18:45
VGKWilliam KarlssonEN (Deryk Engelland)wrist0.42 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz, Guentzel, Kahun
VGK 2 – 0 PIT
19:08
VGKMark StoneENwrist0.29 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Bischoff, TheodorePIT: Crosby, Letang, Schultz, Guentzel
VGK 3 – 0 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	0.55	1	0	0	20:53	—	—	33	48
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	19:23	—	—	35	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	18:29	—	—	45	57
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.59	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	46	61
Paul Stastny C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	60
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.58	0	2	0	14:51	—	—	41	58
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	14:18	—	—	28	45
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	13:32	—	—	38	54
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	37	45
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:00	—	—	33	24
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	6	0	0	8:48	—	—	33	28
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:45	—	—	29	28
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	22:10	—	—	30	36
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	39	51
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	18:18	—	—	32	44
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	18:09	—	—	38	50
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	4	0	22:07	—	—	39	52
Jake Bischoff D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	3	0	16:06	—	—	44	59

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.33	59:35

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	-2	1	0.13	1	1	0	23:17	—	—	67	46
Sidney Crosby C	L1	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	22:43	—	—	71	61
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	0.11	1	1	2	17:11	—	—	64	45
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	3	0.33	2	1	2	15:46	—	—	54	56
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	57	55
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	2	0.04	7	0	0	11:22	—	—	64	89
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	-1	4	0.25	2	0	2	20:22	—	—	62	43
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	56	40
Dominik Kahun C	L3	-1	4	0.35	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	67	56
Justin Schultz D	D1	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	23:03	—	—	62	51
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	19:02	—	—	64	59
Kris Letang D	D2	-2	1	0.28	1	0	0	26:29	—	—	60	36
John Marino D	D2	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	73	58
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:20	—	—	47	47
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	13:44	—	—	67	67
Juuso Riikola D	—	0	3	0.30	2	1	0	8:38	—	—	60	52
Adam Johnson C	—	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	8:30	—	—	62	44
Joseph Blandisi C	—	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	8:21	—	—	62	44

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	22	21	1	.955	2.08	58:46

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.