New York Islanders vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 15, 2020

FinalSaturday, Feb 15, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	6	4	9	19
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	8	20	15	43

: NYI 36VGK 68
: NYI 1.95VGK 2.79
PP goals: NYI 0VGK 0
Hits: NYI 42VGK 25
Blocks: NYI 13VGK 9
PIM: NYI 16VGK 12
: NYI 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New York Islanders 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Islanders 1–0 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 43 shots and stopped 42 (.977), +14 against a season average of 29.0; the loss.

Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 43 shots and stopped 42 (.977), +14 against a season average of 29.0; the loss.Varlamov
New line
New look for NYI: Brassard–Kuhnhackl–Dal Colle skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Kuhnhackl Dal Colle
New line
New look for NYI: Komarov–Martin–Johnston skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Komarov Martin Johnston
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Stephenson–Glass skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Stephenson Glass
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 1.95 expected goals (36 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.79 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 23:23, +3:23 up on his 20:00 season average over 67 games.Barzal
Usage
Derick Brassard (NYI) played 10:34, −3:11 down on his 13:45 season average over 65 games.Brassard

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 104 of 104 attempts · VGK 68 · NYI 36

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 19% of the game, VGK 51%.

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
	29	73
	1.27	2.68
	1.24	2.56
	5	14
	0	8
	10	14
	+0.052	−0.052
	19%	51%

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 – Barzal
13:3533% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
11:1919% CF
L3Brassard – Kuhnhackl – Dal Colle
6:4543% CF
L4Komarov – Martin – Johnston
4:1256% CF
D1Pulock – Toews
10:5347% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
7:0625% CF
D3Mayfield – Dobson
3:380% CF

PP1Brassard – Bailey – Pulock – Beauvillier – Dobson
1:1350% CF
PP2Eberle – Nelson – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
0:39
PK1FKomarov – Kuhnhackl
1:30
PK2FBailey – Nelson
0:34
PK1DBoychuk – Mayfield
2:54
PK2DLeddy – Pulock
0:43

Current NYI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson
13:3970% CF
L2Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
11:2693% CF
L3Eakin – Stephenson – Glass
8:4989% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:0140% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
16:0272% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
15:5369% CF
D3Merrill – Whitecloud
12:3182% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Marchessault – Theodore
2:31100% CF
PP2Smith – Merrill – Karlsson – Schmidt – Glass
0:5850% CF
PK1FEakin – Stephenson
0:56
PK2FStastny – Smith
0:17
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
1:23

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

19:25
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, Nate Schmidt)snap0.02 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Brassard, Leddy, LeeVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Schmidt
NYI 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	23:23	—	—	33	38
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	4	0.41	1	2	0	19:59	—	—	34	48
Anders Lee L	L1	-1	4	0.56	0	1	5	18:08	—	—	30	31
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	0.09	1	0	2	17:58	—	—	20	27
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:55	—	—	15	5
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	0.08	2	2	0	17:11	—	—	20	29
Michael Dal Colle L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:09	—	—	19	6
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	11:00	—	—	25	8
Derick Brassard C	L3	-1	1	0.04	5	0	0	10:34	—	—	23	9
Leo Komarov R	L4	-1	1	0.36	2	1	0	11:28	—	—	29	40
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0.07	7	0	0	9:32	—	—	43	53
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	5	7:59	—	—	38	45
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	2	0.07	3	1	2	24:28	—	—	29	25
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:30	—	—	43	71
Nick Leddy D	D2	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	20:46	—	—	32	21
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	22	20
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	2	0.09	4	1	0	22:01	—	—	25	25
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:36	—	—	13	33

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	43	42	1	.977	2.79	57:47

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	2	0	0	19:39	—	—	70	78
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.38	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	68	76
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	68	72
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	88	84
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	94	100
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	7	0.38	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	82	74
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	83	92
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	81	72
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	92	100
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	42	34
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	5	10:51	—	—	47	39
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	6	0	0	9:08	—	—	46	39
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	3	0	23:06	—	—	74	64
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:12	—	—	70	57
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	7	0.31	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	71	71
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	6	0	5	18:56	—	—	68	66
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	18:05	—	—	77	91
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	79	81

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.95	60:00

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.