Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMay 29, 2023

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 29, 2023· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	1	2	6		VGK	16	7	6	29
DAL	0	0	0	0		DAL	7	5	11	23

: VGK 56DAL 53
: VGK 3.42DAL 1.13
PP goals: VGK 1DAL 0
Hits: VGK 36DAL 32
Blocks: VGK 23DAL 12
PIM: VGK 4DAL 6
: VGK 54%DAL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Dallas Stars 6–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 6–0 at DAL. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Amadio skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
William Karlsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.Karlsson
Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:15.Kolesar
Points
Michael Amadio had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:38.Amadio
Points
William Carrier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:29.Carrier
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:34.Smith
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Amadio skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Amadio
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Seguin–Johnston skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Seguin Johnston
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.42 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 109 of 109 attempts · DAL 53 · VGK 56

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 54% of the game, DAL 22%.

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
	58	54
	3.38	0.90
	3.20	0.88
	14	4
	7	5
	25	18
	+0.043	−0.043
	54%	22%

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 – Karlsson – Amadio
10:3453% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
10:1650% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Howden
9:1550% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
7:0671% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:3163% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
15:1840% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:3558% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
1:5083% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Roy
1:38100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:34
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:02
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:30
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
12:1254% CF
L2Benn – Seguin – Johnston
5:5632% CF
L3Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta
5:560% CF
L4Domi – Marchment – Dellandrea
3:1075% CF
D1Suter – Heiskanen
15:0957% CF
D2Hakanpää – Lindell
12:5350% CF
D3Hanley – Harley
10:3733% CF

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
2:03100% CF
PP2Seguin – Domi – Marchment – Heiskanen – Johnston
1:37100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Dellandrea
2:11
PK2FFaksa – Kiviranta
1:17
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
1:56
PK2DSuter – Hanley
1:00

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:41
VGKWilliam Carrier (Keegan Kolesar)backhand0.09 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Kolesar, RoyDAL: Benn, Seguin, Lindell, Harley, Johnston
VGK 1 – 0 DAL
10:25
VGKWilliam KarlssonPP (Nicolas Roy, Reilly Smith)snap0.06 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Barbashev, RoyDAL: Suter, Faksa, Hanley, Dellandrea
VGK 2 – 0 DAL
14:00
VGKKeegan Kolesar (William Carrier, Alec Martinez)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Carrier, Kolesar, RoyDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Lindell, Heiskanen, Johnston
VGK 3 – 0 DAL

2nd period

10:25
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Ivan Barbashev, Nicolas Hague)backhand0.11 xG
VGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague, WhitecloudDAL: Pavelski, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, Harley
VGK 4 – 0 DAL

3rd period

2:06
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Michael Amadio)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, AmadioDAL: Glendening, Faksa, Hanley, Heiskanen, Kiviranta
VGK 5 – 0 DAL
12:25
VGKMichael Amadio (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith)snap0.26 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, AmadioDAL: Glendening, Faksa, Hanley, Harley, Kiviranta
VGK 6 – 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	57	71
William Karlsson C	L1	2	1	3	+2	2	0.18	1	2	0	17:12	—	—	61	72
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.45	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	59	76
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	1	1	2	15:33	—	—	41	76
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	3	0	0	14:53	—	—	44	81
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	1	0	14:46	—	—	48	76
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	5	1	0	15:47	—	—	50	72
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	44	63
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	3	0	0	14:55	—	—	42	69
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.31	4	1	0	14:58	—	—	67	96
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.28	8	2	0	12:15	—	—	60	90
William Carrier L	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.51	4	0	0	11:29	—	—	59	92
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.02	0	2	0	22:28	—	—	57	91
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	3	0	17:56	—	—	63	94
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:32	—	—	42	57
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	2	19:14	—	—	39	55
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	18:55	—	—	53	82
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.36	0	2	0	17:36	—	—	58	84

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	1.13	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	59	33
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	56	27
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	56	30
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	43	18
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	3	0	12:36	—	—	39	20
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	43	11
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:40	—	—	35	0
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	33	3
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:58	—	—	23	3
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	60	38
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	57	26
Mason Marchment L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	12:23	—	—	60	31
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.15	1	1	0	25:38	—	—	51	13
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	4	20:30	—	—	58	30
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	19:13	—	—	46	28
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	17:51	—	—	50	24
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	46	19
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	5	0	15:24	—	—	27	13

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	29	23	6	.793	3.42	59:54

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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.