Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMay 1, 2024

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 1, 2024· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	0	2		VGK	9	7	11	27
DAL	2	1	0	3		DAL	11	6	8	25

: VGK 58DAL 62
: VGK 1.89DAL 3.28
PP goals: VGK 1DAL 2
Hits: VGK 42DAL 26
Blocks: VGK 20DAL 15
PIM: VGK 8DAL 6
: VGK 45%DAL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.

Points
Wyatt Johnston had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:57.Johnston
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.Pavelski Benn Hintz Robertson Heiskanen
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Stephenson, Hanifin and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.Stone Hertl Stephenson Hanifin Eichel
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Barbashev–Roy skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Barbashev Roy
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Dorofeyev skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Dorofeyev
Usage
Ivan Barbashev (VGK) played 11:28, −4:01 down on his 15:29 season average over 6 games.Barbashev
Usage
Matt Duchene (DAL) played 13:34, −3:48 down on his 17:22 season average over 18 games.Duchene
Usage
Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 24:35, −3:48 down on his 28:23 season average over 18 games.Heiskanen

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 120 of 120 attempts · DAL 62 · VGK 58

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 29% of the game, DAL 42%.

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
	59	49
	1.63	1.55
	1.53	1.48
	6	8
	2	4
	12	12
	−0.046	+0.046
	29%	42%

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 – Hertl – Eichel
13:1659% CF
L2Carrier – Barbashev – Roy
6:3857% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
5:4617% CF
L4Karlsson – Amadio – Howden
5:4045% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
12:4558% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
12:2048% CF
D3Hutton – Hanifin
12:1568% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Stephenson – Hanifin – Eichel
2:47100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
0:33
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
2:48
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:41
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:19
PK2DMartinez – Hanifin
1:56

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Stankoven – Johnston
11:5062% CF
L2Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
9:5847% CF
L3Dadonov – Duchene – Seguin
7:1323% CF
L4Smith – Steel – Dellandrea
7:0840% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
7:3764% CF
D2Tanev – Lindell
6:1246% CF
D3Suter – Lundkvist
0:00

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
4:1090% CF
PP2Duchene – Seguin – Harley – Stankoven – Johnston
2:30100% CF
PK1FSteel – Johnston
1:18
PK2FSeguin – Dellandrea
0:54
PK1DTanev – Lindell
1:51
PK2DSuter – Harley
0:51

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:00
VGKMark StonePP (Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.11 xG
VGK: Stone, Hertl, Stephenson, Hanifin, EichelDAL: Tanev, Lindell, Steel, Dellandrea
VGK 1 – 0 DAL
5:02
DALEvgenii Dadonov (Logan Stankoven, Wyatt Johnston)snap0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Hertl, Theodore, EichelDAL: Dadonov, Tanev, Harley, Stankoven, Johnston
VGK 1 – 1 DAL
8:04
DALMatt DuchenePP (Wyatt Johnston, Tyler Seguin)backhand0.18 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, HanifinDAL: Duchene, Seguin, Harley, Stankoven, Johnston
VGK 1 – 2 DAL
12:31
VGKWilliam Carrier (Ivan Barbashev, Brayden McNabb)wrap-around0.03 xG
VGK: Hutton, Carrier, Barbashev, Hanifin, RoyDAL: Suter, Lindell, Hintz, Robertson, Stankoven
VGK 2 – 2 DAL

2nd period

16:32
DALJason RobertsonPP (Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Karlsson, RoyDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
VGK 2 – 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.09	1	1	0	24:04	—	—	60	38
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	7	1	0	20:21	—	—	66	40
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	3	1	0	20:04	—	—	59	36
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	1	0	14:17	—	—	59	77
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	4	0	0	11:28	—	—	67	95
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	4	0	2	9:25	—	—	67	81
Mark Stone R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	2	1	2	18:42	—	—	46	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	2	17:51	—	—	46	41
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:11	—	—	24	3
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	53	76
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	4	0	0	10:19	—	—	50	69
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	9:46	—	—	41	58
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	56	29
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.13	5	4	0	18:54	—	—	52	38
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	0	2	19:37	—	—	49	55
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	17:51	—	—	44	51
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	3	0	24:45	—	—	62	82
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	3	0	13:48	—	—	68	95

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.75	58:07

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	65	63
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	4	1	0	18:47	—	—	58	41
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	15:25	—	—	64	67
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	1.02	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	44	59
Jason Robertson L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.26	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	39	57
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	3	1	2	16:26	—	—	48	66
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	1	1	2	13:56	—	—	18	3
Matt Duchene C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	23	22
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	2	0	9:59	—	—	47	74
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	42	58
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:29	—	—	29	17
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:20	—	—	37	35
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	2	24:35	—	—	46	44
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	2	0	21:02	—	—	63	64
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	2	0	23:33	—	—	38	43
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	23:31	—	—	46	58
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	32	28
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:57	—	—	75	—

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.89	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mark Stone (VGK PP) 1st 4:00 · assists Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel · Deflection · 49.9 mph shot.

Mark Stone · 1st 4:00 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: deflection

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Evgenii Dadonov · 1st 5:02 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.3 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Matt Duchene · 1st 8:04 · DAL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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William Carrier · 1st 12:31 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Jason Robertson · 2nd 16:32 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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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.