Vegas Golden Knights vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 8, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 8, 2018· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	3	0	4		VGK	11	14	7	32
DET	0	0	0	0		DET	9	12	7	28

: VGK 53DET 52
: VGK 3.04DET 3.06
PP goals: VGK 0DET 0
Hits: VGK 15DET 20
Blocks: VGK 8DET 10
PIM: VGK 6DET 8
: VGK 56%DET 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Detroit Red Wings 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Detroit Red Wings 4–0 at DET. Cody Eakin (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. DET scored 0 goals on 3.05 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Cody Eakin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:34.Eakin
Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:30.Tuch
Luck
DET scored 0 goals on 3.05 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DET: Frk–Mantha–Larkin skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frk Mantha Larkin
Usage
Mike Green (DET) played 16:30, −5:40 down on his 22:10 season average over 65 games.Green
Usage
Nick Jensen (DET) played 19:48, +3:35 up on his 16:13 season average over 80 games.Jensen
Usage
Tomas Hyka (VGK) played 15:05, +3:22 up on his 11:43 season average over 9 games.Hyka
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (DET) played 12:16, −3:05 down on his 15:21 season average over 70 games.Athanasiou

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · DET 52 · VGK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 41% of the game, DET 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	44	50
	2.43	2.81
	2.33	2.69
	8	13
	1	4
	14	13
	+0.027	−0.027
	41%	35%

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

L1Perron – Haula – Hyka
11:1860% CF
L2Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:0248% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch
10:2326% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
6:5456% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
13:5358% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
12:3638% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
10:2537% CF

PP1Perron – Haula – Miller – Hyka – Hunt
2:5875% CF
PP2Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:5089% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:34
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
2:28
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
4:28
PK2DMerrill – Theodore
1:13

Current VGK line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi
9:2557% CF
L2Frk – Mantha – Larkin
4:3788% CF
L3Abdelkader – Athanasiou – Svechnikov
2:3433% CF
D1Jensen – DeKeyser
15:1262% CF
D2Daley – Ericsson
11:3253% CF
D3Kronwall – Green
10:4769% CF

PP1Green – Frk – Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin
3:24100% CF
PP2Zetterberg – Kronwall – Abdelkader – Nyquist – Athanasiou
2:1750% CF
PK1FAbdelkader – Larkin
3:48
PK2FHelm – Glendening
3:41
PK1DDaley – Ericsson
2:47
PK2DJensen – DeKeyser
2:00

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:24
VGKAlex Tuchsnap0.23 xG
VGK: Eakin, Merrill, Hunt, Carpenter, TuchDET: Kronwall, Daley, Frk, Athanasiou, Svechnikov
VGK 1 – 0 DET

2nd period

10:40
VGKCody EakinSH (William Karlsson)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, KarlssonDET: Kronwall, Frk, Bertuzzi, Mantha, Larkin
VGK 2 – 0 DET
17:48
VGKCody Eakin (Tomas Nosek, Brad Hunt)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Reaves, Eakin, Merrill, Hunt, NosekDET: Daley, Ericsson, Mantha, Larkin, Svechnikov
VGK 3 – 0 DET
18:38
VGKAlex Tuch (Cody Eakin)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Carpenter, TuchDET: Abdelkader, Jensen, Frk, Athanasiou, DeKeyser
VGK 4 – 0 DET

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
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	0	0	17:13	—	—	50	46
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	50	44
Tomas Hyka R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	56	53
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	18:00	—	—	44	23
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	4	15:46	—	—	46	31
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.27	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	46	27
Cody Eakin C	L3	2	1	3	+4	4	0.54	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	39	64
Alex Tuch R	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	25	48
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	33	49
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	73	75
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:26	—	—	62	30
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:31	—	—	62	57
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	1	1	0	22:32	—	—	64	56
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	2	20:22	—	—	56	55
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	22:29	—	—	42	25
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	19:18	—	—	37	25
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	33	51
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	33	50

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	3.06	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Henrik Zetterberg C	L1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	54	47
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	-1	1	0.29	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	59	52
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	61	57
Dylan Larkin C	L2	-2	5	0.65	2	0	0	21:36	—	—	56	47
Anthony Mantha R	L2	-2	1	0.18	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	57	50
Martin Frk R	L2	-3	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	64	39
Justin Abdelkader L	L3	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	31	41
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	-2	1	0.20	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	53	44
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	-2	1	0.27	0	0	2	9:09	—	—	47	30
Danny DeKeyser D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:00	—	—	54	64
Nick Jensen D	D1	-1	7	0.27	3	1	0	19:48	—	—	61	78
Trevor Daley D	D2	-2	2	0.10	0	2	0	20:19	—	—	40	35
Jonathan Ericsson D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	2	2	18:17	—	—	55	47
Niklas Kronwall D	D3	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:47	—	—	55	42
Mike Green D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:30	—	—	50	43
Darren Helm C	—	0	3	0.30	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	52	78
Luke Glendening C	—	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	14:47	—	—	52	75
Luke Witkowski D	—	0	1	0.18	1	0	2	8:58	—	—	50	91

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.04	60:00

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.