Seattle Kraken vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 21, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 21, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	0	0	1	1		SEA	6	10	6	22
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	12	11	14	37

: SEA 55VGK 70
: SEA 1.69VGK 3.76
PP goals: SEA 1VGK 0
Hits: SEA 31VGK 36
Blocks: SEA 16VGK 23
PIM: SEA 8VGK 6
: SEA 39%VGK 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 3–1 at home. Brayden McNabb (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for SEA: Schwartz–Burakovsky–McCann skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brayden McNabb had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.McNabb
New line
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Burakovsky–McCann skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schwartz Burakovsky McCann
Usage
Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) played 9:34, −6:42 down on his 16:16 season average over 81 games.Bjorkstrand
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (SEA) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +10 against a season average of 26.1; the loss.Grubauer
New line
New look for SEA: Tatar–Bjorkstrand–Yamamoto skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Bjorkstrand Yamamoto
Usage
Jaden Schwartz (SEA) played 12:29, −3:57 down on his 16:26 season average over 61 games.Schwartz
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 24:03, +3:35 up on his 20:28 season average over 62 games.Eichel
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) played 20:10, +4:35 up on his 15:35 season average over 80 games.Tolvanen

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

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

VGK
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · VGK 70 · SEA 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 22% of the game, VGK 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

SEA

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	SEA	VGK
	50	60
	1.29	2.76
	1.27	2.59
	4	14
	2	5
	11	8
	−0.064	+0.064
	22%	38%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Tolvanen – Beniers
12:2548% CF
L2Schwartz – Burakovsky – McCann
7:4655% CF
L3Gourde – Tanev – Kartye
6:0867% CF
L4Tatar – Bjorkstrand – Yamamoto
4:3171% CF
D1Larsson – Evans
14:2552% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
13:0340% CF
D3Schultz – Dumoulin
9:0055% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – McCann – Tolvanen – Beniers
2:4888% CF
PP2Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Yamamoto – Evans
2:03
PK1FMcCann – Tanev
1:47
PK2FGourde – Kartye
0:52
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
5:58
PK2DDumoulin – Borgen
1:25

Current SEA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
12:2156% CF
L2Kolesar – Roy – Howden
7:3250% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Dorofeyev
7:2673% CF
L4Stephenson – Carrier – Mantha
5:5744% CF
D1Hanifin – Hague
15:2361% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:4749% CF
D3Martinez – Hutton
11:2247% CF

PP1Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Barbashev – Eichel
5:0182% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hutton – Mantha – Hanifin – Roy
2:0186% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
2:26
PK2FStephenson – Roy
1:29
PK1DHanifin – Hague
1:54
PK2DMartinez – McNabb
1:41

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:14
VGKJack Eichel (Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.41 xG
SEA: Larsson, Gourde, Tanev, Kartye, EvansVGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, Hague
SEA 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

13:29
SEAJaden SchwartzPP (Ryker Evans, Oliver Bjorkstrand)tip-in0.09 xG
SEA: Schwartz, Bjorkstrand, Burakovsky, Yamamoto, EvansVGK: Martinez, Stephenson, Hutton, Roy
SEA 1 – 1 VGK
18:40
VGKKeegan Kolesar (Brett Howden, Nicolas Roy)backhand0.07 xG
SEA: Schultz, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Tanev, EvansVGK: Hanifin, Kolesar, Roy, Howden, Hague
SEA 1 – 2 VGK
19:48
VGKChandler StephensonEN (Brayden McNabb)wrist0.59 xG
SEA: Eberle, Schultz, Burakovsky, McCann, BeniersVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Stephenson, Hanifin, Eichel
SEA 1 – 3 VGK

Box score

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

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	41	38
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	2	0	20:10	—	—	41	44
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	46	57
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.28	1	1	2	14:39	—	—	48	39
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	52	45
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	2	12:29	—	—	43	25
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	2	0	17:16	—	—	38	11
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	5	1	2	16:09	—	—	46	15
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	4	1	0	13:17	—	—	55	32
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	56	45
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:51	—	—	41	12
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:34	—	—	56	44
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	26:04	—	—	45	9
Ryker Evans D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.02	3	0	2	20:35	—	—	49	12
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	21:21	—	—	35	51
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:50	—	—	33	60
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	52	40
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	52	40

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.17	59:18

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.78	0	2	0	24:03	—	—	61	71
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.60	2	1	2	20:51	—	—	59	71
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	4	0	0	20:06	—	—	61	71
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	2	14:41	—	—	58	85
Brett Howden C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	2	1	0	12:55	—	—	33	58
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	5	0	0	12:01	—	—	31	56
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	65	100
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:29	—	—	62	91
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	67	100
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.70	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	48	62
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	50	64
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	4	0	0	9:18	—	—	37	40
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.20	4	2	2	22:53	—	—	61	92
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	6	2	0	20:08	—	—	59	84
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	3	0	22:02	—	—	54	47
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	2	2	0	3	0.11	4	4	0	18:01	—	—	49	31
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	50	77
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	0	15:12	—	—	45	60

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.69	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Eichel (VGK) 1st 8:14 · assists Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 4.3 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Jack Eichel · 1st 8:14 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 4.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Chandler Stephenson · 3rd 19:48 · VGK EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.4 mph
Distance: 62 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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Jaden Schwartz · 3rd 13:29 · SEA PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: deflection

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Keegan Kolesar · 3rd 18:40 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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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.