Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMay 23, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	1	0	4		VGK	10	4	2	16
DAL	0	0	0	0		DAL	11	9	14	34

: VGK 37DAL 70
: VGK 1.41DAL 2.42
PP goals: VGK 1DAL 0
Hits: VGK 20DAL 21
Blocks: VGK 20DAL 15
PIM: VGK 6DAL 35
: VGK 39%DAL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Dallas Stars 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 4–0 at DAL. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Evgenii Dadonov (DAL) played 2:52, −13:27 down on his 16:19 season average over 15 games.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.Barbashev
Points
Nicolas Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:33.Roy
Usage
Evgenii Dadonov (DAL) played 2:52, −13:27 down on his 16:19 season average over 15 games.Dadonov
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 0:42, −16:37 down on his 17:19 season average over 16 games.Benn
New line
New look for DAL: Marchment–Dellandrea–Johnston skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchment Dellandrea Johnston
Luck
VGK scored 4 goals on 1.41 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
DAL scored 0 goals on 2.41 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 7:24, −6:54 down on his 14:18 season average over 21 games.Howden

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 107 of 107 attempts · DAL 70 · VGK 37

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 38%.

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
	28	62
	0.61	2.16
	0.60	2.07
	1	5
	1	2
	18	8
	−0.074	+0.074
	21%	38%

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 – Barbashev – Eichel
9:3232% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Roy
8:4456% CF
L3Blueger – Carrier – Kolesar
7:3743% CF
L4Stone – Stephenson – Howden
4:420% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
13:4024% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:0225% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
11:0340% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
7:1170% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Roy
4:4971% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:23
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:15
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:21
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:38

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
8:5472% CF
L2Marchment – Dellandrea – Johnston
7:5370% CF
L3Seguin – Domi – Kiviranta
4:2971% CF
D1Hakanpää – Lindell
10:2233% CF
D2Suter – Heiskanen
10:0783% CF
D3Hanley – Harley
8:4570% CF

PP1Pavelski – Dadonov – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
1:35100% CF
PP2Seguin – Domi – Marchment – Heiskanen – Johnston
0:46100% CF
PK1FFaksa – Kiviranta
3:42
PK2FDellandrea – Johnston
1:50
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
4:32
PK2DSuter – Hanley
3:02

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:11
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev)snap0.16 xG
VGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague, WhitecloudDAL: Pavelski, Lindell, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
VGK 1 – 0 DAL
5:57
VGKIvan BarbashevPP (Nicolas Roy)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stephenson, Barbashev, RoyDAL: Hakanpää, Lindell, Dellandrea, Johnston
VGK 2 – 0 DAL
7:10
VGKWilliam Carrier (Teddy Blueger, Keegan Kolesar)backhand0.02 xG
VGK: Blueger, Carrier, Kolesar, Hague, WhitecloudDAL: Pavelski, Hanley, Hintz, Robertson, Harley
VGK 3 – 0 DAL

2nd period

8:28
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Ivan Barbashev, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Barbashev, RoyDAL: Hakanpää, Lindell, Heiskanen, Dellandrea, Johnston
VGK 4 – 0 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	33	58
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	32	65
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.19	3	1	0	16:55	—	—	35	68
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	17:47	—	—	42	10
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.07	5	0	0	17:33	—	—	50	17
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	59	19
William Carrier L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:58	—	—	31	11
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	40	42
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:20	—	—	38	13
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	4	0
Mark Stone R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	3	0	18:50	—	—	9	0
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	7:24	—	—	8	0
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:46	—	—	24	41
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	2	16:51	—	—	21	36
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	2	20:26	—	—	31	14
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	22	2
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	2	0	21:42	—	—	41	33
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:58	—	—	40	24

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.42	59:46

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	-2	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:45	—	—	70	48
Roope Hintz C	L1	-2	3	0.09	3	1	0	15:27	—	—	67	49
Joe Pavelski C	L1	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	70	47
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	-1	4	0.16	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	74	60
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	67	55
Ty Dellandrea C	L2	-1	2	0.12	1	1	4	15:21	—	—	50	45
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	3	0.68	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	73	95
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	18:02	—	—	74	97
Max Domi C	L3	0	2	0.14	2	0	14	11:52	—	—	74	94
Esa Lindell D	D1	-2	5	0.13	1	2	0	22:16	—	—	52	64
Jani Hakanpää D	D1	-1	2	0.01	4	2	0	18:14	—	—	50	81
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	-2	1	0.03	0	0	2	22:00	—	—	80	57
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	86	95
Thomas Harley D	D3	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	18:11	—	—	81	95
Joel Hanley D	D3	-1	1	0.03	2	4	0	16:18	—	—	70	67
Radek Faksa C	—	0	4	0.64	2	0	0	18:10	—	—	65	96
Evgenii Dadonov L	—	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:52	—	—	80	82
Jamie Benn L	—	0	1	0.09	0	0	15	0:42	—	—	100	100

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood	—	11	10	1	.909	0.83	52:33
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	5	2	3	.400	0.58	7:10

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.