Vegas Golden Knights vs. Ottawa SenatorsNov 8, 2018

FinalThursday, Nov 8, 2018· Canadian Tire Centre

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	2	5		VGK	16	12	14	42
OTT	0	1	2	3		OTT	8	10	12	30

: VGK 81OTT 58
: VGK 3.06OTT 4.45
PP goals: VGK 2OTT 0
Hits: VGK 28OTT 29
Blocks: VGK 13OTT 24
PIM: VGK 9OTT 9
: VGK 50%OTT 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Ottawa Senators 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Ottawa Senators 5–3 at OTT. Thomas Chabot (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:33 together.

Points
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:39.Bellemare
Points
Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 28:49.Chabot
Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:23.Tuch
Points
Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:21.Miller
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:33 together.Pacioretty Smith Miller Marchessault Tuch
Goalie
Craig Anderson (OTT) faced 42 shots and stopped 37 (.881), +8 against a season average of 33.5; the loss.Anderson
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Eakin–Tuch skated 12:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Eakin Tuch
Usage
Colin Miller (VGK) played 25:21, +5:48 up on his 19:33 season average over 64 games.Miller

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)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · OTT 58 · VGK 81

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT 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 36% of the game, OTT 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

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	OTT
	88	50
	3.34	3.19
	3.25	3.11
	12	12
	6	5
	14	18
	−0.006	+0.006
	36%	27%

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
13:0271% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Tuch
12:4838% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:4189% CF
L4Hyka – Carpenter – Nosek
6:1382% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
19:4659% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
17:1169% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
11:4763% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
1:33100% CF
PP2Reaves – Karlsson – Hyka – Hunt – Theodore
0:30100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:37
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:17
PK1DHolden – McNabb
1:06
PK2DMiller – Theodore
0:55

Current VGK line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Ryan – Boedker – Tierney
8:4322% CF
L2Duchene – Stone – Dzingel
6:4647% CF
L3Pyatt – Paajarvi – White
4:1264% CF
D1Ceci – Lajoie
10:2524% CF
D2DeMelo – Chabot
10:0864% CF
D3Borowiecki – Jaros
5:1843% CF

PP1Ryan – Duchene – Stone – White – Chabot
2:1183% CF
PP2Boedker – Wideman – Dzingel – Tierney – Lajoie
1:4675% CF
PK1FPyatt – Paajarvi
1:12
PK2FTierney – White
0:34
PK1DBorowiecki – Jaros
1:01
PK2DDeMelo – Ceci
0:32

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:26
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Colin Miller, Alex Tuch)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault, TuchOTT: Pyatt, Borowiecki, Paajarvi, Ceci
VGK 1 – 0 OTT
19:40
VGKShea TheodorePP (William Karlsson, Brad Hunt)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Reaves, Karlsson, Hyka, Hunt, TheodoreOTT: Borowiecki, Duchene, Stone, Jaros
VGK 2 – 0 OTT

2nd period

17:21
VGKNick Holden (Cody Eakin, Alex Tuch)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Eakin, Hunt, TuchOTT: Pyatt, Boedker, Ceci, Chabot, Tkachuk
VGK 3 – 0 OTT
17:50
OTTMatt Duchene (Thomas Chabot, Mark Stone)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Merrill, Hunt, Carrier, Carpenter, BellemareOTT: Duchene, Stone, DeMelo, Chabot, Tkachuk
VGK 3 – 1 OTT

3rd period

6:57
OTTRyan Dzingel (Mark Borowiecki, Chris Tierney)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: McNabb, Miller, Hyka, Carpenter, NosekOTT: Ryan, Borowiecki, Dzingel, Ceci, Tierney
VGK 3 – 2 OTT
8:01
OTTThomas Chabotwrist0.08 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreOTT: Stone, Dzingel, DeMelo, Tierney, Chabot
VGK 3 – 3 OTT
9:16
VGKWilliam Carrier (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ryan Reaves)backhand0.10 xG
VGK: Reaves, McNabb, Miller, Carrier, BellemareOTT: Ryan, Borowiecki, Dzingel, Tierney, Jaros
VGK 4 – 3 OTT
12:00
VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Colin Miller)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Reaves, McNabb, Miller, Carrier, BellemareOTT: Boedker, Paajarvi, DeMelo, White, Chabot
VGK 5 – 3 OTT

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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	2	0	0	20:43	—	—	63	47
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.29	3	0	0	19:11	—	—	70	55
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.15	1	1	0	18:59	—	—	69	50
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	4	0	0	20:13	—	—	33	28
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.09	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	41	28
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	36	25
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.44	0	2	0	14:39	—	—	73	68
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	5	0	5	11:28	—	—	83	85
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.80	4	0	0	10:13	—	—	78	57
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	2	10:07	—	—	77	61
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	73	47
Tomas Hyka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	8:47	—	—	75	61
Colin Miller D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	25:21	—	—	61	36
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	4	2	23:24	—	—	58	36
Nick Holden D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	71	80
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.13	0	1	0	20:24	—	—	69	79
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	63	39
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	65	41

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	4.45	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bobby Ryan R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	0	0	22:25	—	—	15	25
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	21:40	—	—	19	27
Mikkel Boedker L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	2	17:53	—	—	26	35
Matt Duchene C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	1.08	0	1	0	22:17	—	—	48	62
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.40	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	52	62
Ryan Dzingel C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.67	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	27	41
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	53	53
Tom Pyatt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	42	41
Magnus Paajarvi L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	2	0	9:51	—	—	37	44
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	4	0	21:59	—	—	27	55
Maxime Lajoie D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	14:15	—	—	34	49
Thomas Chabot D	D2	1	1	2	0	5	0.39	3	3	2	28:49	—	—	33	37
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	2	0	18:23	—	—	59	79
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	38	32
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.65	5	1	5	11:30	—	—	53	63
Brady Tkachuk L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	5	3	0	14:07	—	—	48	63
Chris Wideman D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:00	—	—	15	13
Nick Paul L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	1	0	5:40	—	—	44	92

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	42	37	5	.881	3.06	56:55

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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.