Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsDec 9, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 9, 2017· American Airlines Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Dallas StarsDAL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	3	1	5		VGK	14	15	10	39
DAL	1	1	1	3		DAL	15	8	16	39

: VGK 60DAL 70
: VGK 4.48DAL 2.75
PP goals: VGK 1DAL 0
Hits: VGK 29DAL 21
Blocks: VGK 25DAL 17
PIM: VGK 6DAL 4
: VGK 52%DAL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. David Perron (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for DAL: Spezza–Radulov–Janmark skated 12:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.Perron
Points
Brendan Leipsic had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:48.Leipsic
Points
Cody Eakin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 10:36.Eakin
New line
New look for DAL: Spezza–Radulov–Janmark skated 12:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Radulov Janmark
Goalie
Maxime Lagace (VGK) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +12 against a season average of 26.9; the win.Lagace
Goalie
Ben Bishop (DAL) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +11 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Bishop
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Seguin–Shore skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Seguin Shore
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 11:15, −4:03 down on his 15:18 season average over 77 games.Tuch

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 130 of 130 attempts · DAL 70 · VGK 60

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 32% of the game, DAL 30%.

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
	56	68
	3.83	2.28
	3.62	2.25
	11	14
	7	13
	17	13
	−0.008	+0.008
	32%	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

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
12:4359% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:3824% CF
L3Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
7:1922% CF
L4Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
6:3960% CF
D1McNabb – Miller
16:1139% CF
D2Sbisa – Schmidt
14:5233% CF
D3Engelland – Hunt
8:5848% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
1:5783% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Hunt
1:46100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:39
PK2FEakin – Lindberg
1:40
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:16
PK2DSbisa – Schmidt
1:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Spezza – Radulov – Janmark
12:0567% CF
L2Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa
10:0155% CF
L3Benn – Seguin – Shore
9:5839% CF
L4Ritchie – Smith – Elie
5:2560% CF
D1Hamhuis – Pateryn
14:4554% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
14:3562% CF
D3Johns – Oleksiak
7:2753% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Shore
4:0190% CF
PP2Spezza – Johns – Ritchie – Lindell – Janmark
0:42100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Faksa
1:18
PK2FBenn – Seguin
1:10
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
2:10
PK2DJohns – Oleksiak
0:49

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:13
VGKAlex Tuch (Brendan Leipsic, Cody Eakin)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Leipsic, TuchDAL: Benn, Johns, Seguin, Oleksiak, Shore
VGK 1 – 0 DAL
14:28
DALTyler Pitlick (Antoine Roussel, Radek Faksa)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: Smith, Haula, Miller, Marchessault, SchmidtDAL: Hamhuis, Roussel, Johns, Pitlick, Faksa
VGK 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

4:58
VGKDavid PerronPP (James Neal)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, HuntDAL: Benn, Johns, Seguin, Oleksiak
VGK 2 – 1 DAL
5:25
DALJason Spezza (Mattias Janmark, John Klingberg)slap0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Leipsic, TuchDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Klingberg, Lindell, Janmark
VGK 2 – 2 DAL
6:10
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Marchessault, Hunt, BellemareDAL: Roussel, Johns, Ritchie, Oleksiak, Smith
VGK 3 – 2 DAL
8:35
VGKBrayden McNabb (Brendan Leipsic, Cody Eakin)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Miller, Leipsic, TuchDAL: Radulov, Klingberg, Lindell, Smith, Elie
VGK 4 – 2 DAL

3rd period

4:16
DALJamie Benn (Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, McNabb, HaulaDAL: Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell, Shore
VGK 4 – 3 DAL
19:17
VGKErik HaulaEN (David Perron)wrist0.74 xG
VGK: Perron, Sbisa, Haula, Schmidt, NosekDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Shore
VGK 5 – 3 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
Erik Haula L	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.88	4	0	0	18:19	—	—	50	37
James Neal L	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.48	2	3	0	17:39	—	—	58	51
David Perron L	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	17:12	—	—	57	48
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	35	74
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	1	2	17:34	—	—	22	48
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	2	2	0	16:28	—	—	29	63
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	36	49
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	23	18
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	17	6
Alex Tuch R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	2	1	0	11:15	—	—	59	83
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.11	0	0	2	10:48	—	—	58	76
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	2	2	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	55	79
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	5	1	2	23:49	—	—	46	52
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:42	—	—	44	42
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	22:04	—	—	30	50
Luca Sbisa D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	3	0	20:10	—	—	41	70
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	9	0	19:02	—	—	57	82
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.75	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	47	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Maxime Lagace(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	2.75	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	62	37
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	63	42
Jason Spezza C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	65	42
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	2	0	15:30	—	—	57	58
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	55	54
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	52	44
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.62	0	2	0	20:53	—	—	38	20
Jamie Benn L	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	46	31
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:32	—	—	45	23
Gemel Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	9:51	—	—	56	22
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:22	—	—	50	4
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:45	—	—	62	21
Dan Hamhuis D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	57	45
Greg Pateryn D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	1	0	19:22	—	—	48	41
John Klingberg D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	1	0	2	26:09	—	—	66	46
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	4	0	22:58	—	—	53	44
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	5	2	14:22	—	—	48	21
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	1	1	0	11:09	—	—	48	15

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.73	58:31

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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.