Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 20, 2020

FinalThursday, Feb 20, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	1	1	1	3		TBL	12	9	6	27
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	11	13	9	33

: TBL 61VGK 55
: TBL 2.49VGK 3.72
PP goals: TBL 1VGK 1
Hits: TBL 22VGK 24
Blocks: TBL 10VGK 21
PIM: TBL 8VGK 8
: TBL 45%VGK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 at home. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, Kucherov and Cirelli) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Steven Stamkos had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:06.Stamkos
Points
Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:10.Martinez
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:21.Stone
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:14.Pacioretty
Points
Victor Hedman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:50.Hedman
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, Kucherov and Cirelli) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:24 together.Stamkos Johnson Hedman Kucherov Cirelli
New line
New look for TBL: Coleman–Gourde–Stephens skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coleman Gourde Stephens
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New look for VGK: Eakin–Stephenson–Roy skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Stephenson Roy

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 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 55 · TBL 61

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 31% of the game, VGK 25%.

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
	55	43
	1.91	1.55
	1.90	1.53
	7	7
	5	2
	17	14
	−0.083	+0.083
	31%	25%

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

L1Coleman – Gourde – Stephens
11:0471% CF
L2Stamkos – Johnson – Kucherov
9:2644% CF
L3Maroon – Paquette – Verhaeghe
8:2844% CF
L4Killorn – Palat – Cirelli
6:4967% CF
D1Hedman – Cernak
15:0959% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Sergachev
11:0139% CF
D3Coburn – Schenn
10:2968% CF

PP1Stamkos – Johnson – Hedman – Kucherov – Cirelli
3:2460% CF
PP2Killorn – Shattenkirk – Maroon – Palat – Sergachev
0:50
PK1FGourde – Paquette
2:30
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
1:05
PK1DSchenn – Sergachev
1:43
PK2DHedman – Cernak
1:21

Current TBL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Eakin – Stephenson – Roy
10:1053% CF
L2Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
8:5031% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson
7:5342% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:2458% CF
D1Martinez – Merrill
14:0625% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
13:1958% CF
D3Holden – Theodore
11:1047% CF

PP1Smith – Eakin – Karlsson – Stephenson – Schmidt
2:5550% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Marchessault – Theodore
2:38100% CF
PK1FStastny – Smith
1:58
PK2FStone – Karlsson
0:54
PK1DHolden – McNabb
2:37
PK2DMartinez – Schmidt
0:47

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:02
TBLKevin Shattenkirk (Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat)backhand0.01 xG
TBL: Killorn, Shattenkirk, Palat, Cirelli, SergachevVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore
TBL 1 – 0 VGK
18:05
VGKAlec Martinez (Cody Eakin, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.00 xG
TBL: Shattenkirk, Maroon, Paquette, Verhaeghe, SergachevVGK: Martinez, Eakin, Stephenson, Theodore, Roy
TBL 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

6:45
VGKPaul Stastny (Reilly Smith, Nate Schmidt)tip-in0.09 xG
TBL: Shattenkirk, Stamkos, Johnson, Kucherov, SergachevVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Schmidt
TBL 1 – 2 VGK
15:38
TBLSteven StamkosPP (Victor Hedman, Anthony Cirelli)slap0.10 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, Kucherov, CirelliVGK: Stastny, Holden, McNabb, Smith
TBL 2 – 2 VGK
16:39
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Alec Martinez)backhand0.14 xG
TBL: Coburn, Johnson, Coleman, Kucherov, CernakVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Schmidt, Nosek
TBL 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

0:10
VGKRyan Reavessnap0.02 xG
TBL: Coburn, Coleman, Gourde, Cernak, StephensVGK: Reaves, Martinez, Merrill, Carrier, Nosek
TBL 2 – 4 VGK
0:47
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)wrist0.04 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Cernak, CirelliVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Marchessault, Theodore
TBL 2 – 5 VGK
18:00
TBLSteven Stamkos (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman)slap0.03 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, CirelliVGK: Stastny, Martinez, McNabb, Smith
TBL 3 – 5 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
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	70	78
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	4	0	2	15:17	—	—	71	63
Mitchell Stephens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	72	58
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	42	31
Steven Stamkos C	L2	2	0	2	-1	4	0.30	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	44	28
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	0	2	0	17:04	—	—	50	40
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	1	0	11:48	—	—	47	86
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	44	69
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	8:52	—	—	50	82
Anthony Cirelli C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	60	51
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	67	64
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	4	1	0	12:58	—	—	63	58
Victor Hedman D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.25	0	0	2	27:50	—	—	61	63
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:20	—	—	58	50
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	39	35
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	44	46
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:24	—	—	63	65
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	16:01	—	—	68	74

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	3.30	57:28

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	3	0	2	17:02	—	—	46	39
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	16:32	—	—	50	40
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	50	41
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	2	0	18:07	—	—	26	15
Paul Stastny C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.53	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	35	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.38	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	37	36
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	39	46
Mark Stone R	L3	1	1	2	0	5	0.99	0	2	0	16:21	—	—	50	73
Max Pacioretty L	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	38	64
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	1	0	11:17	—	—	59	73
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	7	1	0	10:50	—	—	47	52
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:43	—	—	53	58
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.07	1	4	0	20:10	—	—	32	56
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	16:34	—	—	24	25
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	57	59
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.44	5	2	0	20:14	—	—	58	66
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.31	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	44	27
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	18:00	—	—	48	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.49	59:54

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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.