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Vegas Golden Knights vs. New York RangersDec 17, 2021

Final / SO· Madison Square Garden
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
VGK101013VGK12410430
NYR020002NYR9112729
VGK 64NYR 49
VGK 3.62NYR 3.29
PP goals
VGK 0NYR 0
Hits
VGK 12NYR 23
Blocks
VGK 8NYR 17
PIM
VGK 4NYR 2
VGK 39%NYR 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New York Rangers 3–2 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 3–2 in a shootout at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYR: Strome–Chytil–Lafrenière skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:17.Howden
  2. Points
    Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:35.Kreider
  3. Points
    Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:50.Zibanejad
  4. New line
    New look for NYR: Strome–Chytil–Lafrenière skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StromeChytilLafrenière
  5. New line
    New look for NYR: Goodrow–Hunt–Gauthier skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GoodrowHuntGauthier
  6. Usage
    Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 21:57, +6:40 up on his 15:17 season average over 42 games.Kakko
  7. Luck
    VGK scored 2 goals on 3.62 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Usage
    Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 15:27, −3:16 down on his 18:43 season average over 51 games.Hague

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.

Shot map, VGK at NYR: 113 attempts, 59 on goal, 4 goals, 6.90 expected goals; best chance Kaapo Kakko at 0.36 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · NYR 49 · VGK 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at NYR: expected goals 3.29 to 3.62 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 64, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTNYRVGKHZKCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:39
  • NYR
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRVGKcontrol2nd3rdOTHowden · 1st 6:49Zibanejad · 2nd 0:17Kreider · 2nd 10:25Coghlan · 3rd 14:44
  • 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 43% of the game, NYR 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at NYR: 38 players over 64:39; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (64:58) for NYR and Laurent Brossoit (65:00) for VGK, 4 goals.

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
StatVGKNYR
6840
3.322.26
3.262.18
1311
20
1112
−0.092+0.092
43%21%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 6:49
    VGK 1 – 0 NYR

3rd period

  1. 14:44
    VGK 2 – 2 NYR

Decided in the shootout: VGK 3 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mark Stone RL1000-120.1510020:26——5250
Chandler Stephenson CL1000-130.5300018:49——5451
Max Pacioretty LL1000-140.8910018:47——5250
William Carrier LL2011+120.2620013:13——7990
Keegan Kolesar RL2011+200.0010012:35——8389
Brett Howden CL2112+220.3010012:17——7483
William Karlsson CL3000030.2601018:19——7171
Jonathan Marchessault RL3000000.1200016:01——6572
Reilly Smith RL3000020.1420015:50——6172
Evgenii Dadonov LL4000000.0001014:45——6247
Nicolas Roy CL4000010.2500214:08——6051
Mattias Janmark CL4000+110.0900012:52——6339
Zach Whitecloud DD1000-100.0211019:29——4835
Brayden McNabb DD1000-130.1802018:06——4841
Shea Theodore DD2000010.0000027:39——6356
Dylan Coghlan DD2101+140.1321016:28——7472
Alex Pietrangelo DD3000+110.3102226:18——7076
Nicolas Hague DD3011+210.0110015:27——7480
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)W29272.9313.2965:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kaapo Kakko RL1000+100.5901021:57——4758
Mika Zibanejad CL1112070.4901221:50——5060
Chris Kreider LL1112+150.5600020:35——5358
Ryan Strome CL2011-120.2800018:45——3315
Filip Chytil CL2000-120.2700015:18——2920
Alexis Lafrenière LL2000000.0020015:11——4420
Barclay Goodrow CL3000010.1102015:53——2441
Dryden Hunt LL3000000.1620014:12——2733
Julien Gauthier RL3000030.3032013:06——2738
Kevin Rooney CL4000-100.0000013:00——2329
Ryan Reaves RL4000-100.0060010:33——2519
Greg McKegg CL4000-100.0402010:24——2722
Adam Fox DD1000-120.1701027:55——4150
Ryan Lindgren DD1000-110.0323022:41——4457
Jacob Trouba DD2000050.1900023:59——4243
K'Andre Miller DD2011000.0042021:42——4041
Libor Hajek DD3000000.0012013:16——2118
Patrik Nemeth DD3000010.1031012:45——2425
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)O30282.9333.6264:58