Vegas Golden Knights vs. New York RangersDec 2, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 2, 2019· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	2	0	4		VGK	17	11	4	32
NYR	0	1	0	1		NYR	12	7	11	30

: VGK 59NYR 71
: VGK 3.63NYR 3.54
PP goals: VGK 2NYR 0
Hits: VGK 23NYR 17
Blocks: VGK 21NYR 11
PIM: VGK 12NYR 6
: VGK 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:40 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:54.Tuch
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:40 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Glass
New line
New look for NYR: Fast–Lemieux–Chytil skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fast Lemieux Chytil
Luck
NYR scored 1 goal on 3.54 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Buchnevich–Kakko skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zibanejad Buchnevich Kakko
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Nosek–Roy skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Nosek Roy
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 23:29, +3:31 up on his 19:58 season average over 70 games.McNabb
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 13:46, −3:34 down on his 17:20 season average over 65 games.Marchessault

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · NYR 71 · VGK 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 33% of the game, NYR 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	60	58
	3.49	2.11
	3.21	2.04
	14	8
	8	1
	32	12
	+0.012	−0.012
	33%	41%

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 – Pacioretty – Stone
13:0257% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:0548% CF
L3Carrier – Tuch – Glass
7:4254% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
7:2145% CF
D1Theodore – Hague
14:4252% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
13:5442% CF
D3Engelland – Merrill
11:2668% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
1:40100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch – Hague
0:34100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
3:40
PK2FStone – Nosek
3:21
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:19
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
2:05

Current VGK line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Fast – Lemieux – Chytil
8:1753% CF
L2Kreider – Strome – Panarin
6:1164% CF
L3Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Kakko
6:0623% CF
D1Skjei – Trouba
13:0563% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
8:4131% CF
D3DeAngelo – Hajek
6:2127% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – DeAngelo – Panarin
6:2686% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – Lemieux – Fox – Kakko
1:28100% CF
PK1FFast – Zibanejad
0:42
PK2FStrome – Howden
0:21
PK1DSmith – Lindgren
1:02
PK2DTrouba – Hajek
0:50

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:34
VGKAlex Tuch (Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Engelland, Merrill, Carrier, Tuch, GlassNYR: Fast, DeAngelo, Lemieux, Hajek, Chytil
VGK 1 – 0 NYR
3:50
VGKAlex TuchPP (Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson)tip-in0.13 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch, HagueNYR: Smith, Lemieux, Lindgren, Howden
VGK 2 – 0 NYR

2nd period

4:44
VGKReilly Smithbackhand0.19 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, MarchessaultNYR: Smith, Haley, Skjei, Trouba, Howden
VGK 3 – 0 NYR
6:20
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Cody Glass, Mark Stone)snap0.11 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, GlassNYR: Fast, Zibanejad, Skjei, Trouba
VGK 4 – 0 NYR
15:15
NYRBrendan Lemieux (Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Merrill, Karlsson, Marchessault, TuchNYR: Fast, Zibanejad, Skjei, Trouba, Lemieux
VGK 4 – 1 NYR

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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	53	64
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.66	0	0	2	18:00	—	—	54	70
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.27	0	1	4	16:45	—	—	58	71
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	45	52
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	48	55
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	48	58
Alex Tuch R	L3	2	0	2	0	5	0.70	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	54	76
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	63	81
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:01	—	—	50	74
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	3	1	0	14:09	—	—	44	37
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:58	—	—	40	33
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:17	—	—	50	44
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	2	2	19:19	—	—	52	74
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	17:25	—	—	49	73
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	5	4	0	23:29	—	—	39	24
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	19:45	—	—	40	32
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	3	0	21:09	—	—	68	82
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	5	2	0	17:04	—	—	65	82

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.54	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	15:23	—	—	58	49
Brendan Lemieux L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	6	0	0	14:19	—	—	58	41
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	48	23
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	0	1	0	25:11	—	—	54	55
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	2	0	2	22:51	—	—	61	78
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.86	0	0	0	21:50	—	—	48	43
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	1	0	0	22:24	—	—	38	23
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	17:23	—	—	43	29
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	39	30
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	1	3	0	21:03	—	—	57	51
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	2	17:26	—	—	56	53
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	2	0	20:47	—	—	46	33
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	42	42
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	2	0	0	23:45	—	—	47	30
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	44	28
Brett Howden C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	43	0
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:19	—	—	30	0
Micheal Haley L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:21	—	—	40	0

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.63	58:13

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.