Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsApr 8, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Apr 8, 2023· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	0	0	0	1		VGK	9	6	4	1	20
DAL	0	1	0	0	1	2		DAL	9	10	5	1	25

: VGK 45DAL 53
: VGK 1.63DAL 2.00
PP goals: VGK 0DAL 0
Hits: VGK 24DAL 29
Blocks: VGK 16DAL 13
PIM: VGK 4DAL 4
: VGK 44%DAL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in a shootout at home. Joel Kiviranta (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Marchessault–Roy–Dorofeyev skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Roy–Dorofeyev skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Roy Dorofeyev
New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Howden–Cotter skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Howden Cotter
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 28:46, +4:51 up on his 23:55 season average over 72 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 23:39, +4:29 up on his 19:10 season average over 76 games.Martinez
Usage
Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 29:42, +4:16 up on his 25:26 season average over 78 games.Heiskanen
Usage
Nicolas Roy (VGK) played 19:32, +3:17 up on his 16:15 season average over 64 games.Roy
Usage
Roope Hintz (DAL) played 20:52, +3:21 up on his 17:31 season average over 72 games.Hintz
Cats
Joe Pavelski (DAL) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Pavelski

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 98 of 98 attempts · DAL 53 · VGK 45

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 21% of the game, DAL 26%.

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
	41	55
	1.69	1.95
	1.67	1.93
	14	6
	2	2
	30	23
	−0.037	+0.037
	21%	26%

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

L1Marchessault – Roy – Dorofeyev
11:0668% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
9:5640% CF
L3Kolesar – Howden – Cotter
9:3517% CF
L4Kessel – Stephenson – Barbashev
9:2525% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
18:2852% CF
D2Hutton – Hague
12:4533% CF
D3McNabb – Whitecloud
11:4617% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Marchessault – Stephenson – Roy – Dorofeyev
1:590% CF
PP2Kessel – Smith – Karlsson – Hutton – Barbashev
1:48100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:55
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:57
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:55
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
14:1429% CF
L2Seguin – Domi – Dellandrea
10:0683% CF
L3Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
10:0475% CF
L4Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta
6:5967% CF
D1Suter – Heiskanen
18:5161% CF
D2Hakanpää – Lindell
14:0154% CF
D3Miller – Harley
11:4555% CF

PP1Suter – Dadonov – Seguin – Domi – Johnston
1:57100% CF
PP2Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
1:32100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Dellandrea
1:33
PK2FFaksa – Kiviranta
1:09
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
3:15
PK2DSuter – Heiskanen
0:34

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:21
VGKBrett Howden (Keegan Kolesar, Ben Hutton)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Hutton, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, CotterDAL: Seguin, Miller, Domi, Dellandrea, Harley
VGK 1 – 0 DAL

2nd period

12:59
DALJoel Kiviranta (Radek Faksa, Thomas Harley)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Kessel, Stephenson, Hutton, Hague, DorofeyevDAL: Miller, Glendening, Faksa, Harley, Kiviranta
VGK 1 – 1 DAL

Decided in the shootout: VGK 1 – 2 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
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	67	88
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	2	2	18:01	—	—	65	88
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	64	83
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:08	—	—	32	22
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	38	23
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	12:33	—	—	35	22
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	2	14:10	—	—	29	37
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	5	0	0	13:06	—	—	21	27
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:01	—	—	21	21
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	33	34
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	31	49
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	29	41
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	3	0	28:46	—	—	52	44
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:39	—	—	52	45
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	40	48
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	43	53
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	18:20	—	—	35	48
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	23	29

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	O	25	24	1	.960	2.00	64:41

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	27	11
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	20:52	—	—	30	23
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	6	1	0	18:41	—	—	26	20
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	2	17:31	—	—	86	73
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.14	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	84	70
Ty Dellandrea C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	85	73
Wyatt Johnston C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	77	87
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	72	88
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	0	0	15:13	—	—	74	88
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:00	—	—	46	36
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	1	1	0	11:16	—	—	50	43
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	10:13	—	—	62	33
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	29:42	—	—	61	61
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	61	62
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	54	32
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:49	—	—	54	38
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:09	—	—	57	65
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	53	58

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.63	64:55

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.