Vegas Golden Knights vs. Buffalo SabresOct 8, 2018

FinalMonday, Oct 8, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	11	14	12	37
BUF	1	3	0	4		BUF	10	5	2	17

: VGK 67BUF 35
: VGK 2.44BUF 1.51
PP goals: VGK 0BUF 1
Hits: VGK 29BUF 17
Blocks: VGK 6BUF 14
PIM: VGK 4BUF 4
: VGK 65%BUF 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:12 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:11.Eichel
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:22.Marchessault
Points
Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:00.Okposo
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:12.Karlsson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:12 together.Okposo Ristolainen Sheary Reinhart Eichel
Luck
BUF scored 4 goals on 1.52 expected goals (35 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +6 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Hutton
Usage
Marco Scandella (BUF) played 22:20, +4:48 up on his 17:32 season average over 62 games.Scandella

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)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · BUF 35 · VGK 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF 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 53% of the game, BUF 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

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	BUF
	58	38
	2.01	1.47
	1.96	1.47
	10	6
	5	2
	10	10
	+0.127	−0.127
	53%	18%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:3658% CF
L2Stastny – Pacioretty – Haula
13:2045% CF
L3Lindberg – Carpenter – Nosek
5:3970% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
4:2543% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
16:1162% CF
D2Holden – Merrill
14:1465% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
13:0958% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Nosek
1:49100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Haula – Lindberg – Miller
1:47100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
1:27
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:46
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:48
PK2DHolden – Merrill
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
11:5152% CF
L2Okposo – Berglund – Skinner
11:4440% CF
L3Pominville – Girgensons – Rodrigues
9:4850% CF
L4Elie – Thompson – Mittelstadt
5:4311% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
17:5635% CF
D2McCabe – Dahlin
14:3630% CF
D3Beaulieu – Nelson
11:2856% CF

PP1Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel
2:1250% CF
PP2Skinner – Beaulieu – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
0:33
PK1FGirgensons – Rodrigues
1:52
PK2FBerglund – Elie
0:45
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:36
PK2DMcCabe – Nelson
1:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:31
BUFJack EichelPP (Rasmus Ristolainen, Kyle Okposo)slap0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Bellemare, NosekBUF: Okposo, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel
VGK 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

4:58
BUFJack Eichel (Sam Reinhart, Conor Sheary)backhand0.14 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Theodore, Carrier, BellemareBUF: Beaulieu, McCabe, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel
VGK 0 – 2 BUF
7:48
VGKErik Haula (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Haula, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreBUF: McCabe, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
VGK 1 – 2 BUF
8:15
BUFMarco Scandella (Kyle Okposo, Patrik Berglund)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreBUF: Okposo, Berglund, Scandella, Skinner, Ristolainen
VGK 1 – 3 BUF
9:43
BUFJason Pominville (Evan Rodrigues, Zemgus Girgensons)slap0.11 xG
VGK: Holden, Lindberg, Merrill, Carpenter, NosekBUF: Pominville, Girgensons, McCabe, Rodrigues, Dahlin
VGK 1 – 4 BUF

3rd period

10:47
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultBUF: Scandella, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel
VGK 2 – 4 BUF

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.31	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	64	53
William Karlsson C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	63	53
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	64	59
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	1	4	19:40	—	—	50	66
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	5	0	0	18:33	—	—	52	68
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	18:09	—	—	50	56
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	73	55
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	67	63
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	71	65
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	58	61
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	55	43
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	9	0	0	9:14	—	—	58	47
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	24:09	—	—	66	86
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	1	0	19:39	—	—	61	82
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	16:56	—	—	57	67
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	58	63
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	63	40
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	54	27

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.28	58:09

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.34	2	2	0	19:28	—	—	50	70
Jack Eichel C	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.55	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	48	79
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	54	81
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	33	32
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	2	1	0	18:00	—	—	32	38
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	1	1	0	17:00	—	—	40	43
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	17:13	—	—	42	28
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:53	—	—	47	29
Jason Pominville R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	50	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:34	—	—	13	2
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:22	—	—	9	1
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	8:27	—	—	25	3
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	25:40	—	—	35	23
Marco Scandella D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	38	30
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	33	45
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	37	31
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	17:28	—	—	48	53
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	14:04	—	—	52	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.44	60:00

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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.