Florida Panthers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 17, 2017

FinalSunday, Dec 17, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	0	0	2		FLA	9	7	2	18
VGK	2	0	3	5		VGK	11	9	20	40

: FLA 43VGK 73
: FLA 1.80VGK 4.82
PP goals: FLA 1VGK 0
Hits: FLA 13VGK 12
Blocks: FLA 15VGK 13
PIM: FLA 8VGK 6
: FLA 43%VGK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 5–2 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for FLA: Dadonov–Trocheck–Malgin skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:33.Marchessault
Points
Colin Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:48.Miller
Points
James Neal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.Neal
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:03.Smith
New line
New look for FLA: Dadonov–Trocheck–Malgin skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Trocheck Malgin
Goalie
James Reimer (FLA) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +7 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.Reimer
New line
New look for FLA: Vrbata–McGinn–McCann skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vrbata McGinn McCann
Usage
Brendan Leipsic (VGK) played 10:06, −3:05 down on his 13:11 season average over 57 games.Leipsic

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

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

VGK
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 73 · FLA 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 13% of the game, VGK 56%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

FLA

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	FLA	VGK
	44	74
	1.77	3.61
	1.73	3.45
	7	12
	2	7
	23	26
	−0.095	+0.095
	13%	56%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Bjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov
10:3839% CF
L2Dadonov – Trocheck – Malgin
9:5440% CF
L3Vrbata – McGinn – McCann
8:1344% CF
L4MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley
3:4317% CF
D1Yandle – Ekblad
16:4734% CF
D2Pysyk – Matheson
15:5742% CF
D3Petrovic – McCoshen
10:2636% CF

PP1Yandle – Trocheck – Huberdeau – Barkov – Ekblad
1:530% CF
PP2Vrbata – Dadonov – Bjugstad – Matheson – Malgin
1:30100% CF
PK1FMacKenzie – Sceviour
3:20
PK2FTrocheck – Barkov
3:06
PK1DYandle – Ekblad
3:14
PK2DPetrovic – McCoshen
1:39

Current FLA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2273% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
11:1055% CF
L3Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
8:0145% CF
L4Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
7:3671% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
16:2266% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
15:3961% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:0656% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Theodore
3:4850% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
3:09100% CF
PK1FEakin – Lindberg
1:02
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
0:50
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:46
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
0:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:58
FLARadim VrbataPP (Denis Malgin, Nick Bjugstad)slap0.10 xG
FLA: Vrbata, Dadonov, Bjugstad, Matheson, MalginVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Schmidt
FLA 1 – 0 VGK
5:13
FLAMike Matheson (Evgenii Dadonov, Vincent Trocheck)slap0.03 xG
FLA: Dadonov, Pysyk, Trocheck, Matheson, MalginVGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, Theodore
FLA 2 – 0 VGK
6:39
VGKNate Schmidt (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)slap0.10 xG
FLA: Vrbata, Pysyk, Huberdeau, Matheson, McCannVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
FLA 2 – 1 VGK
17:20
VGKColin Miller (Jonathan Marchessault, James Neal)slap0.05 xG
FLA: Dadonov, Pysyk, Trocheck, Matheson, MalginVGK: Neal, Merrill, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault
FLA 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

11:40
VGKErik Haula (Jonathan Marchessault, Colin Miller)deflected0.07 xG
FLA: Yandle, Trocheck, Matheson, Barkov, EkbladVGK: Neal, Haula, Miller, Marchessault, Schmidt
FLA 2 – 3 VGK
17:50
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (Reilly Smith, Brayden McNabb)snap0.61 xG
FLA: Yandle, Dadonov, Trocheck, Huberdeau, Barkov, EkbladVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
FLA 2 – 4 VGK
19:32
VGKJames NealEN (Shea Theodore)wrist0.44 xG
FLA: McGinn, Dadonov, Pysyk, Huberdeau, Matheson, BarkovVGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, Theodore
FLA 2 – 5 VGK

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:10	—	—	29	32
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	33	43
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.68	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	42	46
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.05	1	0	2	21:30	—	—	41	30
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	41	30
Denis Malgin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	46	31
Radim Vrbata R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.43	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	48	36
Jamie McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:56	—	—	48	36
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	41	23
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:05	—	—	24	26
Derek MacKenzie C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	27	31
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	6:00	—	—	21	7
Keith Yandle D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:10	—	—	33	25
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	2	2	24:01	—	—	33	21
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0	1	-3	2	0.07	0	3	2	21:45	—	—	45	44
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	2	0	20:43	—	—	43	40
Ian McCoshen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	31	30
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	2	0	14:03	—	—	42	40

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.77	59:23

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	2	3	+4	6	0.87	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	73	81
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.22	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	73	81
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	76	79
James Neal L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.63	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	59	64
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.53	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	52	58
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	16:42	—	—	57	63
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	50	57
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	54	60
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	41	46
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	67	73
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	11:42	—	—	71	66
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	2	0	0	11:05	—	—	75	72
Nate Schmidt D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.15	0	3	0	23:16	—	—	66	68
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	3	0	20:54	—	—	66	68
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	63	71
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	60	63
Colin Miller D	D3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.41	0	1	4	17:48	—	—	61	70
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:40	—	—	56	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	1.80	60:00

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.