Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 3, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	2	0	2	4		EDM	8	7	12	27
VGK	3	0	3	6		VGK	14	12	8	34

: EDM 65VGK 55
: EDM 2.47VGK 3.05
PP goals: EDM 2VGK 1
Hits: EDM 46VGK 27
Blocks: EDM 10VGK 23
PIM: EDM 8VGK 8
: EDM 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 6–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 6–4 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 4G 0A. VGK won it by committee.

Points
Leon Draisaitl had 4 goals (4 points) on 5 shots in 24:06.Draisaitl
Points
Ivan Barbashev had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:14.Barbashev
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:01.Eichel
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:46.Stone
Points
Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:01.McDavid
Points
Evan Bouchard had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:44.Bouchard
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:30.Ekholm
Points
Zach Hyman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:27.Hyman

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

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

VGK
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 55 · EDM 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 21% of the game, VGK 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

EDM

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	EDM	VGK
	66	53
	1.93	2.69
	1.88	2.63
	10	8
	6	6
	14	30
	+0.044	−0.044
	21%	29%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid
10:2164% CF
L2Kane – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto
4:3740% CF
L3Bjugstad – Foegele – McLeod
3:15100% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
16:1660% CF
D2Ceci – Nurse
12:5145% CF
D3Kulak – Broberg
4:0475% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
4:3788% CF
PP2Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – Foegele – McLeod
0:11
PK1FKane – McDavid
1:11
PK2FDraisaitl – McLeod
1:03
PK1DCeci – Nurse
1:28
PK2DEkholm – Kulak
1:08

Current EDM line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
11:0260% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Howden
10:3440% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
9:1329% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
7:5038% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:3645% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:3136% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:1352% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Eichel
3:4871% CF
PP2McNabb – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
0:53100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:58
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:28
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
2:24
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:32

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:56
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard)snap0.15 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
EDM 1 – 0 VGK
4:36
VGKIvan Barbashev (Nicolas Roy)wrist0.26 xG
EDM: Kane, Bjugstad, Ceci, Desharnais, YamamotoVGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud
EDM 1 – 1 VGK
9:54
VGKMichael Amadio (William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud)snap0.07 xG
EDM: Kane, Ceci, Nurse, Draisaitl, YamamotoVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Amadio, Hague, Whitecloud
EDM 1 – 2 VGK
18:23
VGKMark StonePP (Reilly Smith, Alex Pietrangelo)tip-in0.10 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Draisaitl, Desharnais, McLeodVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Eichel
EDM 1 – 3 VGK
19:49
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Zach Hyman, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.03 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Howden
EDM 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

1:35
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard)wrist0.25 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Martinez, Stone, Roy, Hague
EDM 3 – 3 VGK
2:36
VGKIvan Barbashev (Zach Whitecloud, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.09 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Kulak, Foegele, Desharnais, McLeodVGK: Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague, Whitecloud
EDM 3 – 4 VGK
3:26
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone, Brett Howden)slap0.09 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nurse, McDavid, Kostin, BouchardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Howden
EDM 3 – 5 VGK
8:33
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm)snap0.05 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud
EDM 4 – 5 VGK
19:26
VGKJack EichelENwrist0.21 xG
EDM: Kane, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Eichel
EDM 4 – 6 VGK

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	4	0	4	+1	5	0.65	3	0	0	24:06	—	—	62	51
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.69	3	1	0	24:01	—	—	61	63
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.29	6	0	2	23:27	—	—	57	57
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	50	39
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	5	1	2	18:39	—	—	56	35
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	2	2	0	15:15	—	—	36	16
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	5	1	2	14:02	—	—	54	29
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	0	0	13:20	—	—	65	22
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	70	38
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	22:44	—	—	62	57
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.07	3	0	0	20:30	—	—	61	55
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.26	6	1	0	21:18	—	—	47	37
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	4	1	0	19:24	—	—	42	22
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:08	—	—	62	34
Philip Broberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	9:40	—	—	57	8
Klim Kostin C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	36	17
Vincent Desharnais D	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:19	—	—	46	31
Mattias Janmark C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	4:02	—	—	40	15

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	2.85	59:30

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.41	2	0	2	18:01	—	—	60	77
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.56	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	66	84
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.47	4	2	0	14:14	—	—	63	82
Mark Stone R	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	41	33
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	42	33
Brett Howden C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	4	1	0	14:11	—	—	41	38
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	30	46
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	30	45
Michael Amadio R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	27	38
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	14:01	—	—	45	73
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	41	55
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	47	61
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	19:52	—	—	42	54
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	50	58
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	1	7	2	23:12	—	—	35	47
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	2	0	20:20	—	—	37	47
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	0	0	2	17:09	—	—	59	73
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:23	—	—	52	71

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	2.47	59:47

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.