New York Islanders vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 17, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 17, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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New York IslandersNYI

5

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	2	2	5		NYI	9	9	8	26
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	9	17	12	38

: NYI 48VGK 76
: NYI 2.87VGK 2.57
PP goals: NYI 0VGK 2
Hits: NYI 25VGK 14
Blocks: NYI 18VGK 13
PIM: NYI 6VGK 4
: NYI 41%VGK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault and Stephenson) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:47.Smith
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:22.Nelson
Points
Zach Parise had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:44.Parise
Points
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:13.Pageau
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault and Stephenson) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:21 together.Pietrangelo Smith Stone Marchessault Stephenson
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 30.0; the win.Varlamov
Luck
NYI scored 5 goals on 2.87 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Leschyshyn–Rondbjerg skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Leschyshyn Rondbjerg

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 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 76 · NYI 48

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 10% of the game, VGK 41%.

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
	53	76
	1.48	2.17
	1.42	2.10
	5	10
	5	2
	22	16
	−0.084	+0.084
	10%	41%

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

L1Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom
10:0533% CF
L2Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier
9:2637% CF
L3Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom
9:1035% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Fasching
8:3867% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
13:2936% CF
D2Mayfield – Aho
12:4055% CF
D3Pulock – Salo
8:1843% CF

PP1Lee – Nelson – Pageau – Barzal – Dobson
1:5533% CF
PP2Parise – Bailey – Pulock – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom
0:33
PK1FParise – Pageau
1:00
PK2FBailey – Nelson
0:37
PK1DMayfield – Romanov
1:37
PK2DPulock – Aho
0:42

Current NYI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5055% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
9:5480% CF
L3Kessel – Stone – Stephenson
9:4364% CF
L4Amadio – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
8:1453% CF
D1Martinez – Hague
15:2252% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hutton
11:1557% CF
D3McNabb – Miromanov
10:5976% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson
2:21100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:02
PK2FRoy – Rondbjerg
0:36
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
1:16
PK2DHutton – Hague
0:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:58
NYIAnders Lee (Anthony Beauvillier, Robin Salo)snap0.14 xG
NYI: Lee, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier, SaloVGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
NYI 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

1:11
VGKReilly SmithPPwrist0.17 xG
NYI: Bailey, Nelson, Mayfield, RomanovVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson
NYI 1 – 1 VGK
4:30
NYIHudson Fasching (Sebastian Aho, Matt Martin)wrist0.21 xG
NYI: Martin, Cizikas, Mayfield, Fasching, AhoVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton
NYI 2 – 1 VGK
17:36
NYISimon Holmstrom (Zach Parise, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.13 xG
NYI: Parise, Pageau, Mayfield, Romanov, HolmstromVGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
NYI 3 – 1 VGK

3rd period

3:29
VGKReilly SmithPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.09 xG
NYI: Parise, Pageau, Mayfield, RomanovVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson
NYI 3 – 2 VGK
18:32
NYIBrock NelsonENwrist0.76 xG
NYI: Lee, Nelson, Mayfield, Romanov, HolmstromVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Stephenson, Hutton
NYI 4 – 2 VGK
19:48
NYIZach PariseEN (Brock Nelson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.80 xG
NYI: Parise, Nelson, Pageau, Mayfield, RomanovVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Stephenson, Roy, Miromanov
NYI 5 – 2 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
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	30	36
Zach Parise L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.80	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	32	42
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	27	38
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.81	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	36	35
Anders Lee L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.32	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	36	32
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	39	39
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	15:55	—	—	37	49
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	15:46	—	—	39	47
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	12:30	—	—	40	43
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	6	1	0	14:52	—	—	61	48
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	2	1	2	14:35	—	—	61	43
Hudson Fasching R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	5	0	2	11:58	—	—	54	49
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	2	2	0	22:27	—	—	36	25
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	22:02	—	—	38	39
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	+4	3	0.11	1	2	0	23:03	—	—	46	38
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:59	—	—	54	54
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	41	47
Robin Salo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	11:32	—	—	33	46

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.47	53:38
Ilya Sorokin	—	1	1	0	.1000	0.10	6:22

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	2	0	2	-3	7	0.54	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	52	55
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.20	0	2	0	17:39	—	—	59	55
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	52	54
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	74	94
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	0	2	14:12	—	—	63	61
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	12:37	—	—	58	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	-4	1	0.17	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	56	51
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.19	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	66	66
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	63	59
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	59	71
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	59	74
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	9:22	—	—	46	66
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	53	67
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	0	19:12	—	—	50	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	-4	3	0.07	0	0	2	21:45	—	—	55	55
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	53	62
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	19:57	—	—	71	68
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	2	1	0	19:32	—	—	72	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	1.31	58:48

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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.