New York Islanders vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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New York IslandersNYI

2

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	2	0	0	2		NYI	8	5	8	21
VGK	0	1	3	4		VGK	15	19	13	47

: NYI 49VGK 73
: NYI 1.56VGK 3.43
PP goals: NYI 0VGK 1
Hits: NYI 25VGK 24
Blocks: NYI 16VGK 13
PIM: NYI 6VGK 6
: NYI 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Islanders 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Islanders 4–2 at home. Nate Schmidt (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Thomas Greiss (NYI) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +18 against a season average of 27.6; the loss.

Points
Nate Schmidt had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:25.Schmidt
Goalie
Thomas Greiss (NYI) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +18 against a season average of 27.6; the loss.Greiss
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Pirri–Tuch skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Pirri Tuch
Usage
Joshua Ho-Sang (NYI) played 11:46, −3:04 down on his 14:50 season average over 9 games.Ho-Sang
Shots
Nate Schmidt (VGK) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring once.Schmidt
Cats
William Carrier (VGK) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.Carrier

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

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 73 · NYI 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 22% of the game, VGK 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

NYI

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	NYI	VGK
	54	72
	1.77	2.99
	1.74	2.86
	7	17
	5	4
	12	12
	+0.012	−0.012
	22%	39%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Nelson
11:1024% CF
L2Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier
10:4655% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:1936% CF
L4Filppula – Komarov – Ho-Sang
7:2464% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
12:5442% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
12:2046% CF
D3Sbisa – Mayfield
11:5430% CF

PP1Eberle – Leddy – Lee – Nelson – Barzal
2:4075% CF
PP2Boychuk – Bailey – Pulock – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier
1:20
PK1FFilppula – Komarov
2:30
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:18
PK1DMayfield – Pulock
2:41
PK2DBoychuk – Sbisa
1:07

Current NYI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Eakin – Lindberg – Carpenter
10:0658% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
7:3953% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
7:1950% CF
L4Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
6:0053% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
15:2566% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
15:1056% CF
D3Holden – Hunt
13:4557% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Hunt – Theodore
2:0575% CF
PP2Stastny – Pirri – Eakin – Schmidt – Tuch
1:47100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:17
PK2FStastny – Eakin
1:15
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:39
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
1:15

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:30
NYIMathew Barzal (Josh Bailey)wrist0.10 xG
NYI: Bailey, Pelech, Pulock, Barzal, BeauvillierVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Theodore, Bellemare, Tuch
NYI 1 – 0 VGK
19:38
NYIBrock Nelson (Jordan Eberle, Ryan Pulock)wrist0.07 xG
NYI: Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Pelech, PulockVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
NYI 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

8:48
VGKBrandon PirriPP (Nate Schmidt, Cody Eakin)backhand0.18 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Clutterbuck, Sbisa, CizikasVGK: Stastny, Pirri, Eakin, Schmidt, Theodore
NYI 2 – 1 VGK

3rd period

6:22
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Shea Theodore, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.02 xG
NYI: Filppula, Bailey, Leddy, MayfieldVGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Theodore
NYI 2 – 2 VGK
7:25
VGKPaul Stastny (Reilly Smith, Nick Holden)wrist0.14 xG
NYI: Eberle, Pelech, Pulock, Barzal, BeauvillierVGK: Stastny, Holden, Smith, Lindberg, Hunt
NYI 2 – 3 VGK
19:45
VGKNate SchmidtENwrist0.50 xG
NYI: Bailey, Eberle, Leddy, Lee, Pulock, BarzalVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Schmidt, Bellemare
NYI 2 – 4 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	22	39
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	23	30
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:44	—	—	19	28
Mathew Barzal C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.37	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	50	41
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	50	43
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	2	14:52	—	—	57	46
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	41	23
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	0	0	11:31	—	—	39	22
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	0	2	10:04	—	—	33	23
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	14:15	—	—	52	41
Valtteri Filppula C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	59	42
Joshua Ho-Sang R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	70	68
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:59	—	—	44	37
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	3	4	0	18:24	—	—	43	33
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	2	21:57	—	—	40	47
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	57	52
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	18:18	—	—	28	19
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	16:46	—	—	42	33

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	46	43	3	.935	2.92	59:11

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	43	40
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	56	59
Oscar Lindberg L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	2	4	11:17	—	—	57	62
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	0	2	0	19:46	—	—	56	56
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	56	56
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	64	73
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	2	11:06	—	—	52	56
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	4	0	0	9:44	—	—	55	65
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	7	0	0	9:21	—	—	55	55
Paul Stastny C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.69	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	68	80
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	56	50
Brandon Pirri C	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.54	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	64	74
Nate Schmidt D	D1	1	2	3	+1	7	0.63	0	0	0	22:25	—	—	61	58
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	19:47	—	—	69	67
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	3	0	21:12	—	—	56	58
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.13	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	56	63
Nick Holden D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	18:39	—	—	50	65
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	16:52	—	—	50	77

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.56	60:00

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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.