Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 1, 2020

FinalSaturday, Feb 1, 2020· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	14	15	10	39
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	2	6	11	19

: VGK 77NSH 42
: VGK 4.00NSH 1.45
PP goals: VGK 0NSH 0
Hits: VGK 11NSH 17
Blocks: VGK 13NSH 20
PIM: VGK 8NSH 8
: VGK 52%NSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at NSH. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +10 against a season average of 27.9; the loss.

Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +10 against a season average of 27.9; the loss.Rinne
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Blackwell–Sissons skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (7.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Blackwell Sissons
Usage
Dante Fabbro (NSH) played 14:02, −5:04 down on his 19:06 season average over 63 games.Fabbro
Usage
Kyle Turris (NSH) played 19:26, +4:04 up on his 15:22 season average over 61 games.Turris
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 29:39, +3:56 up on his 25:43 season average over 68 games.Josi
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 20:37, +3:32 up on his 17:05 season average over 70 games.Stastny
PP1
NSH's PP1 (Turris, Josi, Smith, Granlund and Forsberg) went scoreless in 5:03 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Turris Josi Smith Granlund Forsberg
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) went scoreless in 4:26 of 5v4 time with 14 attempts.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Tuch

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 119 of 119 attempts · NSH 42 · VGK 77

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 51% of the game, NSH 17%.

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
	60	31
	2.43	0.87
	2.34	0.85
	16	4
	4	2
	17	13
	+0.019	−0.019
	51%	17%

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

L1Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
8:2289% CF
L2Eakin – Carrier – Tuch
7:4969% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
7:0956% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
7:0489% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
12:4448% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
12:1579% CF
D3Merrill – Whitecloud
10:5265% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
4:2693% CF
PP2Reaves – Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Schmidt
3:2375% CF
PK1FStastny – Smith
3:12
PK2FEakin – Nosek
2:38
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
6:02
PK2DHolden – Merrill
2:43

Current VGK line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Forsberg – Arvidsson
7:5655% CF
L2Duchene – Johansen – Granlund
7:2736% CF
L3Watson – Blackwell – Sissons
6:438% CF
L4Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
6:1640% CF
D1Weber – Josi
12:5733% CF
D2Ekholm – Tinordi
11:0037% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
5:2630% CF

PP1Turris – Josi – Smith – Granlund – Forsberg
5:0383% CF
PP2Duchene – Ekholm – Johansen – Arvidsson – Fabbro
2:2367% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
3:11
PK2FTurris – Granlund
2:02
PK1DJosi – Tinordi
3:43
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
3:02

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:14
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Schmidt, TheodoreNSH: Hamhuis, Bonino, Watson, Arvidsson, Fabbro
VGK 1 – 0 NSH

3rd period

11:16
VGKNicolas Roy (Ryan Reaves, Shea Theodore)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Reaves, Merrill, Nosek, Roy, WhitecloudNSH: Hamhuis, Weber, Watson, Blackwell, Sissons
VGK 2 – 0 NSH
18:58
VGKReilly SmithEN (Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.76 xG
VGK: Stastny, Holden, Smith, Merrill, MarchessaultNSH: Turris, Weber, Smith, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro
VGK 3 – 0 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	64	59
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.92	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	79	71
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	71	65
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.54	2	0	0	15:39	—	—	73	75
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	64	71
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	2	9:22	—	—	71	69
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	52	74
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	1	+1	7	0.71	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	50	71
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	67	78
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	2	0	13:09	—	—	69	87
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	2	1	0	11:29	—	—	65	76
Nicolas Roy C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	72	84
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.23	0	1	2	20:33	—	—	56	54
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	44	38
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	83	90
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	19:45	—	—	74	82
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	2	2	16:06	—	—	65	86
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	67	86

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.45	59:34

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Turris C	L1	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	19:26	—	—	40	50
Filip Forsberg L	L1	-1	0	0.16	2	0	0	18:04	—	—	53	39
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	-1	2	0.11	1	1	2	14:30	—	—	35	31
Mikael Granlund C	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:12	—	—	39	36
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	50	43
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	47	42
Colton Sissons C	L3	-1	0	0.03	0	1	2	12:31	—	—	20	4
Colin Blackwell C	L3	-1	1	0.00	3	1	0	10:44	—	—	21	5
Austin Watson L	L3	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:03	—	—	7	0
Nick Bonino C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	24	8
Craig Smith C	L4	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	42	32
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	33	25
Roman Josi D	D1	0	5	0.25	1	2	0	29:39	—	—	36	40
Yannick Weber D	D1	-2	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:07	—	—	30	27
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	0.05	0	1	2	20:58	—	—	44	33
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:38	—	—	32	24
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	-2	2	0.04	1	2	0	16:20	—	—	25	5
Dante Fabbro D	D3	-2	1	0.00	0	1	2	14:02	—	—	35	16

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	3.24	59:27

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.