Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMar 15, 2019

FinalFriday, Mar 15, 2019· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	15	11	11	37
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	11	14	16	41

: VGK 68DAL 69
: VGK 3.66DAL 4.49
PP goals: VGK 0DAL 0
Hits: VGK 18DAL 26
Blocks: VGK 18DAL 19
PIM: VGK 10DAL 4
: VGK 58%DAL 42%

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. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DAL scored 1 goal on 4.49 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 4.49 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +12 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Fleury
Luck
Alexander Radulov (DAL) generated 2.20 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Radulov
Goalie
Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 30.0; the loss.Khudobin
New line
New look for DAL: Spezza–Ritchie–Nichushkin skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Ritchie Nichushkin
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 16:07, −3:49 down on his 19:56 season average over 76 games.Stone
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 3.66 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 21:04, +3:01 up on his 18:03 season average over 49 games.Stastny

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 137 of 137 attempts · DAL 69 · VGK 68

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 23% of the game, DAL 32%.

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
	68	54
	2.79	3.45
	2.75	3.36
	11	13
	6	10
	24	18
	+0.100	−0.100
	23%	32%

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

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
11:3785% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5446% CF
L3Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
9:0738% CF
L4Reaves – Carpenter – Bellemare
7:0086% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:4447% CF
D2Engelland – Schmidt
14:1649% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:0379% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:4486% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
1:44100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:01
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:53
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
6:40
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
1:05

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa
9:2728% CF
L2Benn – Dickinson – L'Esperance
8:3952% CF
L3Radulov – Seguin – Hintz
8:1361% CF
L4Spezza – Ritchie – Nichushkin
5:4125% CF
D1Klingberg – Heiskanen
14:5077% CF
D2Lovejoy – Lindell
12:3918% CF
D3Fedun – Oleksiak
9:4239% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz
5:2288% CF
PP2Spezza – Faksa – Lindell – Heiskanen – L'Esperance
2:0788% CF
PK1FFaksa – Dickinson
0:59
PK2FCogliano – Nichushkin
0:24
PK1DLovejoy – Lindell
2:35
PK2DFedun – Heiskanen
0:39

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:18
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny, Mark Stone)snap0.17 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, SchmidtDAL: Comeau, Cogliano, Lovejoy, Faksa, Lindell
VGK 1 – 0 DAL
4:04
DALRoope Hintzbackhand0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreDAL: Radulov, Klingberg, Dickinson, Hintz, Heiskanen
VGK 1 – 1 DAL

3rd period

2:37
VGKRyan Reaves (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Reaves, Merrill, Miller, Carpenter, BellemareDAL: Spezza, Lovejoy, Ritchie, Lindell, Nichushkin
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
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	2	1	0	21:04	—	—	66	46
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	70	44
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	81	86
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	3	2	17:42	—	—	44	19
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	0	1	2	16:30	—	—	43	17
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.66	1	4	2	14:55	—	—	43	27
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	41	9
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	12:35	—	—	44	19
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	36	9
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.73	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	67	46
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	77	75
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	8:21	—	—	75	72
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	6	2	0	23:48	—	—	47	57
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	44	48
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	3	0	24:21	—	—	49	29
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.23	0	2	2	19:22	—	—	46	20
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	82	78
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	15:56	—	—	75	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	4.49	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	22	14
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	2	2	14:42	—	—	19	12
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	25	17
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	53	83
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	+1	3	0.19	2	1	0	16:12	—	—	46	60
Joel L'Esperance R	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:34	—	—	52	67
Alexander Radulov R	L3	0	0	+1	8	2.20	1	4	0	22:16	—	—	58	69
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	0	0	5	0.53	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	62	70
Roope Hintz C	L3	1	1	+1	4	0.20	3	1	2	16:22	—	—	59	60
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	29	26
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	8:56	—	—	29	37
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	6:30	—	—	40	40
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	+1	4	0.25	1	0	0	27:10	—	—	63	82
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	22:29	—	—	77	87
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.12	3	1	0	22:36	—	—	21	12
Ben Lovejoy D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	4	0	16:42	—	—	21	7
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	43	55
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	12:51	—	—	37	45

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	37	35	2	.946	3.66	58:02

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.