Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 19, 2017

FinalTuesday, Dec 19, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	0	1	3		TBL	12	10	16	38
VGK	0	2	2	4		VGK	10	18	8	36

: TBL 63VGK 68
: TBL 1.99VGK 3.60
PP goals: TBL 2VGK 4
Hits: TBL 15VGK 20
Blocks: TBL 19VGK 17
PIM: TBL 10VGK 8
: TBL 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 4 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:36 together.

Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 20:39.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 4 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:36 together.Neal Perron Haula Marchessault Theodore
Points
Victor Hedman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 27:44.Hedman
Points
David Perron had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:03.Perron
Points
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.Haula
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:12.Marchessault
Points
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:02.Stamkos
Points
Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:31.Kucherov

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

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

VGK
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · VGK 68 · TBL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 13% of the game, VGK 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

TBL

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	TBL	VGK
	66	70
	1.42	3.15
	1.37	3.08
	4	10
	0	10
	14	28
	−0.012	+0.012
	13%	47%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov
13:5867% CF
L2Palat – Gourde – Point
10:0033% CF
L3Kunitz – Brown – Paquette
7:4039% CF
D1Stralman – Sergachev
7:5242% CF
D2Coburn – Sustr
6:1225% CF
D3Girardi – Hedman
5:5850% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Namestnikov
4:13100% CF
PP2Conacher – Kucherov – Gourde – Point – Sergachev
0:50
PK1FGourde – Point
2:23
PK2FKillorn – Palat
0:54
PK1DStralman – Hedman
1:25
PK2DCoburn – Girardi
0:56

Current TBL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
14:3842% CF
L2Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
10:2567% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:0369% CF
L4Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
8:0339% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
15:2338% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
14:1845% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:5477% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Theodore
2:36100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
1:26100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:18
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:41
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:08
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:43
TBLSteven StamkosPP (Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov)slap0.08 xG
TBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, NamestnikovVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Schmidt
TBL 1 – 0 VGK
19:13
TBLVladislav NamestnikovPP (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman)wrist0.15 xG
TBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, NamestnikovVGK: McNabb, Theodore, Bellemare, Nosek
TBL 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

10:07
VGKJames NealPP (David Perron, Shea Theodore)wrist0.18 xG
TBL: Girardi, Hedman, Gourde, PointVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, Theodore
TBL 2 – 1 VGK
18:21
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (David Perron, Shea Theodore)wrist0.06 xG
TBL: Girardi, Killorn, Hedman, PaquetteVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, Theodore
TBL 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

4:42
VGKErik HaulaPP (Shea Theodore, David Perron)deflected0.15 xG
TBL: Girardi, Hedman, Gourde, PointVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, Theodore
TBL 2 – 3 VGK
16:08
TBLVictor Hedman (Steven Stamkos)wrist0.01 xG
TBL: Coburn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, NamestnikovVGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Leipsic, Tuch
TBL 3 – 3 VGK
19:57
VGKShea TheodorePP (Jonathan Marchessault, Erik Haula)slap0.18 xG
TBL: Stralman, Hedman, Gourde, PointVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault, Theodore
TBL 3 – 4 VGK

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	2	2	+1	7	0.28	0	1	0	23:31	—	—	68	48
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	21:02	—	—	63	44
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	69	46
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	35	21
Brayden Point C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	20:56	—	—	34	28
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	2	0	15:49	—	—	41	40
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	39	10
JT Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	9:10	—	—	39	12
Chris Kunitz L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	2	8:22	—	—	39	12
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	19:19	—	—	47	38
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	2	14:11	—	—	46	29
Braydon Coburn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	4	16:50	—	—	36	24
Andrej Sustr D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	10:05	—	—	50	14
Victor Hedman D	D3	1	2	3	+1	4	0.26	0	1	0	27:44	—	—	49	32
Dan Girardi D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	4	0	17:06	—	—	52	17
Alex Killorn L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	43	19
Cory Conacher C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	40	24
Slater Koekkoek D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	2	8:50	—	—	65	49

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.60	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
James Neal L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.43	0	0	2	19:44	—	—	41	54
David Perron L	L1	0	3	3	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	43	58
Erik Haula L	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.44	2	3	0	18:37	—	—	43	58
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:58	—	—	64	86
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.61	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	65	83
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	2	0	0	10:44	—	—	67	89
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	60	74
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	66	83
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	64	81
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	36	23
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	39	26
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	9:53	—	—	38	18
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	44	68
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	2	2	20:07	—	—	36	64
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	3	4	0	2	0.29	0	2	0	20:39	—	—	41	47
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	4	2	19:32	—	—	47	47
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.25	3	0	0	19:23	—	—	74	88
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	2	0	14:40	—	—	79	94

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	1.99	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.