Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 16, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 16, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	15	15	13	43
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	9	11	7	27

: VGK 81NSH 56
: VGK 4.12NSH 2.20
PP goals: VGK 0NSH 0
Hits: VGK 17NSH 19
Blocks: VGK 17NSH 23
PIM: VGK 4NSH 8
: VGK 55%NSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Vegas Golden Knights 1–0

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 0 goals on 4.12 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 4.12 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 43 shots and stopped 43 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Saros
New line
New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Johansen–Sissons skated 8:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Johansen Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Hartnell–Bonino–Aberg skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartnell Bonino Aberg
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Salomaki–Gaudreau skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Salomaki Gaudreau
New line
New look for VGK: Lindberg–Carpenter–Tuch skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindberg Carpenter Tuch
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 3:51, −7:21 down on his 11:12 season average over 66 games.Nosek
Usage
Colton Sissons (NSH) played 20:03, +4:00 up on his 16:03 season average over 80 games.Sissons

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 137 of 137 attempts · NSH 56 · VGK 81

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 48% of the game, NSH 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	64	53
	2.78	1.66
	2.58	1.62
	10	10
	7	7
	12	12
	+0.047	−0.047
	48%	23%

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

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
13:4952% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:1852% CF
L3Lindberg – Carpenter – Tuch
9:1842% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
3:3267% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
16:3456% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
13:5241% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
10:0667% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
4:30100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Hunt
2:4480% CF
PK1FLindberg – Bellemare
1:20
PK2FKarlsson – Carpenter
0:35
PK1DMiller – Schmidt
1:36
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
1:22

Current VGK line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Smith – Fiala
9:1250% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Johansen – Sissons
8:2864% CF
L3Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
6:1940% CF
L4Hartnell – Bonino – Aberg
4:5517% CF
D1Emelin – Subban
14:1138% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
9:5250% CF
D3Ekholm – Irwin
7:4453% CF

PP1Subban – Ekholm – Smith – Jarnkrok – Johansen
2:20100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ellis – Sissons – Fiala
1:35100% CF
PK1FBonino – Watson
3:44
PK2FJarnkrok – Johansen
0:55
PK1DJosi – Ellis
4:42
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
3:10

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

8:00
NSHKevin Fiala (P.K. Subban, Colton Sissons)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtNSH: Emelin, Subban, Jarnkrok, Sissons, Fiala
VGK 0 – 1 NSH

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
James Neal L	L1	-1	4	0.50	1	0	2	22:18	—	—	57	78
David Perron L	L1	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	20:06	—	—	52	75
Erik Haula L	L1	-1	0	0.26	1	3	0	18:34	—	—	52	75
William Karlsson C	L2	0	3	0.57	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	54	56
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	0.16	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	48	51
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	10	0.84	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	54	56
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	0.27	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	56	55
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	42	50
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	2	0.30	1	1	0	11:38	—	—	42	50
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	74	68
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0.05	3	1	0	9:36	—	—	74	68
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	3:51	—	—	67	59
Nate Schmidt D	D1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	60	74
Brayden McNabb D	D1	-1	0	0.00	4	3	2	18:40	—	—	56	67
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	43	40
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	3	0.04	0	4	0	19:12	—	—	42	48
Colin Miller D	D3	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:57	—	—	59	78
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	6	0.35	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	72	85

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	27	26	1	.963	2.20	57:58

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	19:19	—	—	46	39
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	42	38
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	44	36
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	1	0	4	20:03	—	—	63	62
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	18:01	—	—	63	67
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	68	75
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	14:31	—	—	40	21
Miikka Salomaki R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	2	0	10:14	—	—	44	48
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:19	—	—	46	11
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	2	13:30	—	—	21	6
Pontus Aberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	24	18
Scott Hartnell L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:34	—	—	33	19
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	1	2	0	24:12	—	—	36	29
Alexei Emelin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	3	2	14:26	—	—	39	26
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	4	0	23:01	—	—	44	42
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	3	0	22:19	—	—	53	31
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	2	0	23:11	—	—	53	41
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	46	53

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	43	43	0	.1000	4.12	59:44

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.