Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 19, 2023

FinalSunday, Nov 19, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	11	12	15	38
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	12	10	10	32

: VGK 75PIT 70
: VGK 3.98PIT 4.47
PP goals: VGK 0PIT 0
Hits: VGK 20PIT 19
Blocks: VGK 21PIT 17
PIM: VGK 4PIT 4
: VGK 39%PIT 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 0 goals on 3.98 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 3.98 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +11 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Nedeljkovic
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 23:09, +4:50 up on his 18:19 season average over 69 games.Graves
Usage
Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 12:27, −3:20 down on his 15:47 season average over 78 games.O'Connor
Usage
Ivan Barbashev (VGK) played 12:16, −3:54 down on his 16:10 season average over 81 games.Barbashev
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 9:23, −3:21 down on his 12:44 season average over 30 games.Shea
Luck
Jake Guentzel (PIT) generated 0.96 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Guentzel
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Eichel) went scoreless in 4:15 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.Stone Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Eichel

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 145 of 145 attempts · PIT 70 · VGK 75

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 36% of the game, PIT 24%.

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
	76	71
	3.80	3.78
	3.64	3.50
	12	14
	7	4
	8	13
	−0.063	+0.063
	36%	24%

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

L1Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
9:5668% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Howden
6:5147% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Cotter
6:4841% CF
L4Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
6:4437% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
13:1468% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
11:4440% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
10:1848% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Eichel
4:15100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Barbashev – Eichel – Roy
1:07
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
2:20
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:00
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:18
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:14

Current VGK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:4161% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Rakell
10:5415% CF
L3Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
8:1061% CF
L4Carter – Nieto – Acciari
6:5242% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
17:5238% CF
D2Letang – Graves
16:3258% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Shea
7:1769% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Guentzel
2:30100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Smith – Rakell – Zohorna
0:440% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:51
PK2FEller – Rust
1:28
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:56
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:40

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:03	—	—	73	71
William Carrier L	L1	0	6	0.17	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	73	76
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0.18	2	1	0	11:03	—	—	68	63
Mark Stone R	L2	-3	0	0.17	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	55	52
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	-2	4	0.40	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	47	51
Brett Howden C	L2	-2	3	0.47	1	3	0	13:03	—	—	43	32
William Karlsson C	L3	-1	4	0.53	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	48	70
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	48	43
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	2	0.32	5	1	0	13:11	—	—	54	49
Jack Eichel C	L4	-1	2	0.42	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	44	48
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	-1	6	0.66	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	42	47
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	39	38
Shea Theodore D	D1	-1	5	0.18	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	71	86
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	16:59	—	—	67	86
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	-2	1	0.24	1	2	0	23:17	—	—	42	43
Alec Martinez D	D2	-1	0	0.01	1	3	0	18:38	—	—	44	33
Nicolas Hague D	D3	-1	0	0.10	1	1	2	17:53	—	—	47	43
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	-1	2	0.03	4	3	0	16:35	—	—	50	41

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	3.90	59:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.54	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	59	47
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.96	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	64	61
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	1	0	2	17:22	—	—	59	41
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.74	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	34	43
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	24	29
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:30	—	—	28	24
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	53	59
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.33	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	60	52
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.51	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	58	63
Noel Acciari C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	4	3	0	14:12	—	—	40	61
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:18	—	—	42	70
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	3	1	2	9:55	—	—	38	49
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	39	43
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	44	53
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	4	1	0	24:26	—	—	65	64
Ryan Graves D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.20	1	3	0	23:09	—	—	45	44
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	53	43
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:23	—	—	50	28

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	3.98	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Graves (PIT) 1st 2:13 · assists Radim Zohorna, Drew O'Connor · Rebound · loose puck · 52.5 mph shot · 7.9 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Graves · 1st 2:13 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s
Type: rebound

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 18:42 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 76 ft

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Noel Acciari · 2nd 11:39 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 9 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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 19, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Ryan Graves · 1st 2:13 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 18:42 · PIT EN

Noel Acciari · 2nd 11:39 · PIT