Vegas Golden Knights vs. Buffalo SabresNov 10, 2022

FinalThursday, Nov 10, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	4	7		VGK	15	6	15	36
BUF	1	1	2	4		BUF	10	13	12	35

: VGK 56BUF 73
: VGK 3.43BUF 3.10
PP goals: VGK 1BUF 2
Hits: VGK 15BUF 8
Blocks: VGK 24BUF 15
PIM: VGK 6BUF 4
: VGK 59%BUF 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4 at BUF. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Skinner, Tuch, Thompson and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:35 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 7 shots in 16:53.Eichel
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Chandler Stephenson had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:38.Stephenson
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Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:21.Pietrangelo
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Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:27.Thompson
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Paul Cotter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:08.Cotter
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Dylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:39.Cozens
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Nicolas Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Roy
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BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Skinner, Tuch, Thompson and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:35 together.Okposo Skinner Tuch Thompson Dahlin

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 129 of 129 attempts · BUF 73 · VGK 56

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 33% of the game, BUF 30%.

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
	53	68
	3.15	2.55
	3.08	2.41
	16	12
	5	0
	17	10
	+0.096	−0.096
	33%	30%

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
11:1447% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Eichel
11:1354% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
10:2675% CF
L4Kessel – Howden – Cotter
10:1521% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
17:3050% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:5547% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:0130% CF

PP1Kessel – Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Roy
1:33100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Eichel
0:4160% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:03
PK2FStephenson – Eichel
0:50
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:19
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:58

Current VGK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Hinostroza – Thompson
11:5372% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
10:1471% CF
L3Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
8:5371% CF
L4Tuch – Cozens – Peterka
8:1240% CF
D1Bryson – Dahlin
12:1359% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Power
12:0357% CF
D3Clague – Fitzgerald
8:4865% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin
1:35100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
0:42100% CF
PK1FAsplund – Cozens
1:01
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:34
PK1DFitzgerald – Bryson
0:34
PK2DDahlin – Lyubushkin
0:25

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:44
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo)slap0.03 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Bryson
VGK 1 – 0 BUF
16:23
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Kyle Okposo, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, WhitecloudBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin
VGK 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

3:43
VGKPhil Kessel (Nicolas Roy, Paul Cotter)snap0.08 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Theodore, Roy, CotterBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Clague, Krebs, Power
VGK 2 – 1 BUF
14:09
BUFCasey MittelstadtPP (Dylan Cozens, JJ Peterka)backhand0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Roy, WhitecloudBUF: Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Cozens, Peterka, Power
VGK 2 – 2 BUF
17:08
VGKPaul Cotter (Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Kolesar, Roy, CotterBUF: Tuch, Clague, Fitzgerald, Cozens, Peterka
VGK 3 – 2 BUF

3rd period

3:52
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Bryson, Dahlin
VGK 4 – 2 BUF
6:13
VGKJack Eichel (Alex Pietrangelo, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Thompson, Lyubushkin, Power
VGK 5 – 2 BUF
9:40
BUFTage Thompson (Jeff Skinner, Vinnie Hinostroza)wrist0.23 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, WhitecloudBUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Thompson, Dahlin, Power
VGK 5 – 3 BUF
14:37
VGKJack Eichel (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Clague, Bryson, Krebs
VGK 6 – 3 BUF
16:31
BUFRasmus AsplundSH (Dylan Cozens, Jacob Bryson)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Asplund, Fitzgerald, Lyubushkin, Cozens
VGK 6 – 4 BUF
19:52
VGKJack EichelEN (Alec Martinez)wrist0.39 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Stephenson, EichelBUF: Okposo, Tuch, Clague, Bryson, Cozens, Peterka
VGK 7 – 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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	46	33
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:24	—	—	43	31
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	42	30
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	3	4	+3	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	50	69
Jack Eichel C	L2	3	1	4	+3	7	1.44	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	54	75
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	2	1	4	15:19	—	—	57	75
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	62	77
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	5	0	0	14:03	—	—	80	95
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:12	—	—	71	84
Phil Kessel R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	0	2	0	13:35	—	—	23	40
Paul Cotter L	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	23	46
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	11:43	—	—	22	35
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.07	1	1	0	22:21	—	—	52	71
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+5	1	0.01	0	4	0	20:45	—	—	53	76
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	5	0	20:35	—	—	43	44
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	49	62
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	3	0	17:05	—	—	30	33
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	33	32

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	35	31	4	.886	3.10	59:07

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	2	0	2	0	8	1.12	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	63	65
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	65	65
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	63	56
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	56	31
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	63	43
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:15	—	—	53	16
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	62	51
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	66	56
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	68	51
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	2	0	17:08	—	—	43	35
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	2	2	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	35	21
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	1	1	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	38	24
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	0	7	0.23	0	3	2	26:43	—	—	53	41
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.10	0	3	0	20:24	—	—	60	40
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:29	—	—	59	55
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	53	52
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:35	—	—	50	38
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:19	—	—	68	49

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Eric Comrie(start)	L	35	29	6	.829	3.04	58:11

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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.