Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsOct 6, 2017

FinalFriday, Oct 6, 2017· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	10	8	12	30
DAL	0	1	0	1		DAL	14	21	11	46

: VGK 61DAL 75
: VGK 4.47DAL 3.49
PP goals: VGK 0DAL 1
Hits: VGK 15DAL 20
Blocks: VGK 18DAL 20
PIM: VGK 10DAL 16
: VGK 42%DAL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 2–1 at DAL. James Neal (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:07 together.

Points
James Neal had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:22.Neal
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:07 together.Radulov Benn Seguin Klingberg Shore
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +16 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Fleury
Usage
Cody Eakin (VGK) played 22:57, +8:31 up on his 14:26 season average over 79 games.Eakin
Usage
Nate Schmidt (VGK) played 15:58, −6:21 down on his 22:19 season average over 75 games.Schmidt
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 3.49 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.47 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
David Perron (VGK) generated 1.85 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Perron

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · DAL 75 · VGK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 35% of the game, DAL 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	37	67
	2.12	3.09
	2.10	2.97
	10	14
	5	11
	10	17
	−0.049	+0.049
	35%	36%

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 – Lindberg – Marchessault
9:5941% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Eakin
8:4967% CF
L3Haula – Karlsson – Leipsic
6:0120% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
4:5024% CF
D1Engelland – McNabb
10:2226% CF
D2Garrison – Miller
9:3033% CF
D3Sbisa – Schmidt
6:3353% CF

PP1Perron – Eakin – Haula – Karlsson – Schmidt
6:3491% CF
PP2Neal – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Leipsic
5:54100% CF
PK1FSmith – Bellemare
1:31
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
1:10
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:52
PK2DGarrison – Sbisa
1:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
10:0362% CF
L2Spezza – Ritchie – Janmark
8:1565% CF
L3Roussel – Faksa – Smith
5:2973% CF
L4Hanzal – Pitlick – Shore
4:3764% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
14:3869% CF
D2Methot – Oleksiak
10:2163% CF
D3Hamhuis – Johns
8:1257% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Shore
3:07100% CF
PP2Hamhuis – Hanzal – Ritchie – Lindell – Janmark
1:19
PK1FHanzal – Shore
2:32
PK2FPitlick – Janmark
2:08
PK1DMethot – Oleksiak
5:47
PK2DHamhuis – Johns
4:52

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:01
DALTyler SeguinPP (Devin Shore, John Klingberg)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, KarlssonDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Shore
VGK 0 – 1 DAL

3rd period

10:27
VGKJames Neal (Nate Schmidt, Luca Sbisa)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Neal, Sbisa, Smith, Lindberg, Marchessault, SchmidtDAL: Methot, Roussel, Oleksiak, Faksa, Smith
VGK 1 – 1 DAL
17:16
VGKJames Neal (Cody Eakin, Jason Garrison)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Garrison, Eakin, MillerDAL: Hamhuis, Hanzal, Johns, Pitlick, Shore
VGK 2 – 1 DAL

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	1	0.13	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	39	16
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	0	0	2	18:57	—	—	36	16
Oscar Lindberg L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	35	17
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	22:57	—	—	54	53
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	1.85	2	0	0	20:03	—	—	57	55
James Neal L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.89	4	1	2	17:22	—	—	60	58
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	25	34
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	14	1
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	2	15:09	—	—	25	36
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:02	—	—	24	28
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	8:29	—	—	27	59
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	6:31	—	—	24	28
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:37	—	—	29	33
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	16:25	—	—	24	21
Jason Garrison D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	6	0	21:36	—	—	37	44
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:50	—	—	30	74
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:16	—	—	45	32
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	15:58	—	—	41	35

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	46	45	1	.978	3.49	59:29

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	1	0	1	0	10	1.47	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	64	92
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	3	0	4	17:43	—	—	66	88
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	4	15:56	—	—	63	87
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.75	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	58	83
Jason Spezza C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	64	64
Brett Ritchie R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	60	29
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	1	0	12:31	—	—	73	45
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	0	6	11:50	—	—	73	35
Gemel Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	1	0	9:42	—	—	80	68
Martin Hanzal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	57	17
Devin Shore C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	62	21
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	10:09	—	—	71	26
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	0	3	0	23:45	—	—	69	57
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	2	2	0	20:16	—	—	68	57
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	66	80
Marc Methot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	5	0	17:59	—	—	62	56
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	3	2	17:23	—	—	50	31
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	2	0	15:40	—	—	61	64

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	—	19	19	0	.1000	1.89	43:58
Kari Lehtonen	L	11	9	2	.818	1.43	15:00

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.