Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 21, 2021

FinalTuesday, Dec 21, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

4

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	1	2	1	4		TBL	5	8	6	19
VGK	1	2	0	3		VGK	17	11	13	41

: TBL 47VGK 61
: TBL 1.98VGK 2.97
PP goals: TBL 1VGK 1
Hits: TBL 31VGK 22
Blocks: TBL 14VGK 16
PIM: TBL 4VGK 4
: TBL 63%VGK 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at VGK. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:50 together.

Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 7:47.Stone
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:33.Theodore
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:50 together.Killorn Stamkos Hedman Palat Raddysh
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 7:47, −10:51 down on his 18:38 season average over 36 games.Stone
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +11 against a season average of 29.7; the win.Vasilevskiy
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 26:40, +8:00 up on his 18:40 season average over 58 games.Whitecloud
New line
New look for TBL: Nash–Raddysh–Fortier skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Raddysh Fortier
Luck
TBL scored 4 goals on 1.98 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 108 of 108 attempts · VGK 61 · TBL 47

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 27% of the game, VGK 43%.

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
	47	55
	1.88	2.29
	1.84	2.22
	8	8
	4	5
	18	16
	+0.122	−0.122
	27%	43%

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

L1Perry – Maroon – Bellemare
12:3267% CF
L2Killorn – Cirelli – Colton
9:2267% CF
L3Stamkos – Palat – Joseph
8:3038% CF
L4Nash – Raddysh – Fortier
5:1638% CF
D1McDonagh – Bogosian
13:0650% CF
D2Hedman – Rutta
6:4950% CF
D3Sergachev – Foote
6:2862% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Palat – Raddysh
2:5080% CF
PP2Perry – Maroon – Cirelli – Sergachev – Colton
0:48100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Cirelli
1:44
PK2FBellemare – Joseph
1:12
PK1DMcDonagh – Sergachev
1:07
PK2DBogosian – Hedman
0:37

Current TBL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2057% CF
L2Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
5:5530% CF
L3Carrier – Amadio – Howden
5:4350% CF
L4Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
5:3290% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
19:0255% CF
D2McNabb – Coghlan
10:5242% CF
D3Hutton – Miromanov
6:4460% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
1:39100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore – Kolesar
1:06
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:35
PK2FStephenson – Janmark
0:48
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
3:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:05
TBLGabriel Fortier (Mikhail Sergachev)snap0.16 xG
TBL: Nash, Raddysh, Sergachev, Foote, FortierVGK: Theodore, Carrier, Amadio, Howden, Whitecloud
TBL 1 – 0 VGK
9:26
VGKMark StonePP (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)deflected0.19 xG
TBL: Bellemare, Joseph, Sergachev, RuttaVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark, Theodore
TBL 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

1:41
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.18 xG
TBL: Perry, Cirelli, Sergachev, Colton, RuttaVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hutton, Miromanov
TBL 1 – 2 VGK
8:10
VGKNicolas Roy (Shea Theodore, Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.16 xG
TBL: Nash, Bogosian, Hedman, Raddysh, FortierVGK: Janmark, Theodore, Kolesar, Roy, Whitecloud
TBL 1 – 3 VGK
17:07
TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Corey Perry, Patrick Maroon)wrist0.12 xG
TBL: Perry, Maroon, Hedman, Bellemare, SergachevVGK: Hutton, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Miromanov
TBL 2 – 3 VGK
17:50
TBLAnthony Cirelli (Alex Killorn, Zach Bogosian)backhand0.05 xG
TBL: Killorn, McDonagh, Bogosian, Cirelli, ColtonVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stephenson, Janmark, Coghlan
TBL 3 – 3 VGK

3rd period

10:13
TBLSteven StamkosPP (Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat)slap0.06 xG
TBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat, RaddyshVGK: McNabb, Carrier, Roy, Whitecloud
TBL 4 – 3 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
Corey Perry R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	0	2	16:21	—	—	68	59
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	65	60
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	65	60
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	2	0	20:39	—	—	50	58
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	47	61
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	6	1	0	15:15	—	—	43	52
Steven Stamkos C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	44	34
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:33	—	—	33	13
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	22	9
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:43	—	—	40	41
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	7:32	—	—	30	40
Gabriel Fortier L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	3	1	0	6:57	—	—	33	38
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	23:12	—	—	39	29
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	19:51	—	—	49	36
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	24:08	—	—	48	52
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:28	—	—	41	7
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	21:35	—	—	54	68
Cal Foote D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	5	1	0	14:44	—	—	41	45

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	2.97	59:57
Brian Elliott	—	0	0	0	—	0.00	0:03

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	61	42
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.50	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	57	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	2	17:21	—	—	55	49
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	39	35
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	43	42
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:35	—	—	36	28
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	4	0	0	12:14	—	—	52	44
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	10:33	—	—	47	58
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	9:12	—	—	44	50
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	1	1	0	5	0.42	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	73	80
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	18:48	—	—	68	77
Mark Stone R	L4	2	0	2	+1	5	0.58	3	0	0	7:47	—	—	85	78
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	26:40	—	—	56	56
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	25:33	—	—	62	60
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	48	49
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	6	0	18:54	—	—	44	36
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	52	59
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	8:19	—	—	65	55

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	1.98	58:12

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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.