Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMay 5, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	7	8	8	23
DAL	1	0	1	2		DAL	6	8	10	24

: VGK 60DAL 61
: VGK 1.38DAL 2.21
PP goals: VGK 0DAL 0
Hits: VGK 34DAL 48
Blocks: VGK 18DAL 24
PIM: VGK 2DAL 2
: VGK 51%DAL 49%

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

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at home. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Smith–Faksa–Steel skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for DAL: Smith–Faksa–Steel skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Faksa Steel
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 16:22, −5:42 down on his 22:04 season average over 6 games.McNabb
Usage
Wyatt Johnston (DAL) played 17:44, −3:04 down on his 20:48 season average over 18 games.Johnston
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 14:55, −3:21 down on his 18:16 season average over 6 games.Stephenson
Cats
Wyatt Johnston (DAL) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Johnston
Cats
Chris Tanev (DAL) blocked 5 shots in 24:19.Tanev

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 121 of 121 attempts · DAL 61 · VGK 60

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 19% of the game, DAL 34%.

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
	60	73
	1.28	2.65
	1.27	2.53
	7	6
	5	8
	12	16
	+0.018	−0.017
	19%	34%

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
10:5767% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
9:4220% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Howden
9:2953% CF
L4Stone – Stephenson – Barbashev
9:0928% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
17:1332% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:5427% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
12:2648% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Stephenson – Hanifin – Eichel
1:10
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
0:41
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:36
PK2FRoy – Howden
0:30
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:18
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
0:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Benn – Johnston
11:3959% CF
L2Hintz – Robertson – Stankoven
9:1944% CF
L3Dadonov – Duchene – Seguin
8:3489% CF
L4Smith – Faksa – Steel
7:4358% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
10:0167% CF
D2Tanev – Lindell
7:4024% CF
D3Suter – Lundkvist
0:00

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Harley
1:150% CF
PP2Duchene – Seguin – Heiskanen – Stankoven – Johnston
0:310% CF
PK1FSteel – Johnston
0:59
PK2FFaksa – Hintz
0:22
PK1DTanev – Lindell
1:05
PK2DSuter – Harley
0:45

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	0	-1	4	0.23	1	1	0	19:36	—	—	67	60
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.28	3	0	0	19:00	—	—	61	50
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	3	1	0	18:49	—	—	60	45
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:55	—	—	25	9
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:03	—	—	21	3
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	23	2
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	57	57
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.25	2	2	0	13:09	—	—	42	37
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:46	—	—	57	54
Mark Stone R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:19	—	—	38	30
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	14:55	—	—	29	25
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	6	0	0	13:44	—	—	42	32
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	4	0	22:30	—	—	40	23
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	35	28
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	22:59	—	—	49	35
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:22	—	—	31	37
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	23:11	—	—	65	38
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	46	34

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.21	58:10

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.84	6	1	17:44	—	—	53	64
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	1	17:07	—	—	57	68
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	5	0	15:20	—	—	58	64
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	3	17:07	—	—	42	60
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	1	16:38	—	—	41	51
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	0	14:10	—	—	42	52
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	0	15:28	—	—	63	68
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	1	15:15	—	—	68	77
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	2	12:54	—	—	71	76
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	3	0	15:20	—	—	59	78
Craig Smith C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	4	0	12:06	—	—	56	78
Radek Faksa C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	3	0	10:30	—	—	47	83
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.07	2	2	26:25	—	—	60	71
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	2	22:15	—	—	65	81
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	5	24:19	—	—	56	67
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	4	22:19	—	—	29	31
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	19:54	—	—	61	81
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	3:09	—	—	67	3

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.38	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Wyatt Johnston (DAL) 1st 14:34 · unassisted · Dump and chase · dumped in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 69.5 mph shot · 7.3 s from entry to goal.

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 14:34 · DAL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brett Howden · 2nd 15:25 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Radek Faksa · 3rd 0:44 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMay 5, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 14:34 · DAL

Brett Howden · 2nd 15:25 · VGK

Radek Faksa · 3rd 0:44 · DAL