Florida Panthers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 17, 2022

FinalThursday, Mar 17, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Florida PanthersFLA

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	1	1	3		FLA	16	12	8	36
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	14	6	13	33

: FLA 61VGK 63
: FLA 2.90VGK 5.44
PP goals: FLA 1VGK 1
Hits: FLA 50VGK 32
Blocks: FLA 15VGK 16
PIM: FLA 16VGK 2
: FLA 45%VGK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at home. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Jack Eichel (VGK) played 11:58, −7:39 down on his 19:37 season average over 33 games.

Points
Aaron Ekblad had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 26:49.Ekblad
Points
Evgenii Dadonov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:25.Dadonov
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 11:58, −7:39 down on his 19:37 season average over 33 games.Eichel
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +6 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Thompson
New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Kolesar–Howden skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Kolesar Howden
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Janmark–Patrick skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Janmark Patrick
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 25:56, +7:16 up on his 18:40 season average over 58 games.Whitecloud
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 20:55, +6:50 up on his 14:05 season average over 58 games.Coghlan

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 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 63 · FLA 61

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 24% of the game, VGK 31%.

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
	67	56
	3.17	2.94
	3.12	2.80
	19	18
	7	5
	12	22
	−0.022	+0.022
	24%	31%

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

L1Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett
11:1167% CF
L2Reinhart – Marchment – Luostarinen
9:2953% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Barkov – Mamin
7:5556% CF
L4Thornton – Hornqvist – Acciari
3:5743% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
19:2361% CF
D2Gudas – Forsling
13:2648% CF
D3Lindbohm – Montour
10:4450% CF

PP1Huberdeau – Duclair – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart
0:36100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
1:08
PK2FAcciari – Luostarinen
0:38
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
2:16
PK2DGudas – Montour
0:35

Current FLA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stephenson – Carrier – Roy
11:1136% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
9:2150% CF
L3Dadonov – Janmark – Patrick
6:1938% CF
L4Amadio – Kolesar – Howden
6:0553% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
15:5346% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Coghlan
13:3654% CF
D3Pouliot – Miromanov
4:1118% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Carrier – Roy – Coghlan – Patrick
1:48100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
1:37100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Roy
0:36
PK1DPietrangelo – Theodore
0:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:04
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Eetu Luostarinen, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.08 xG
FLA: Lindbohm, Verhaeghe, Montour, Mamin, LuostarinenVGK: Pietrangelo, Amadio, Kolesar, Howden, Coghlan
FLA 1 – 0 VGK
17:09
VGKBrett Howden (Michael Amadio, Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.14 xG
FLA: Lindbohm, Duclair, Bennett, Montour, MarchmentVGK: Pietrangelo, Amadio, Kolesar, Howden, Coghlan
FLA 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

5:38
VGKEvgenii Dadonov (Derrick Pouliot)wrist0.15 xG
FLA: Reinhart, Montour, Forsling, Marchment, LuostarinenVGK: Dadonov, Pouliot, Janmark, Patrick, Whitecloud
FLA 1 – 2 VGK
14:32
VGKEvgenii DadonovPP (Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.08 xG
FLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, AcciariVGK: Dadonov, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, Eichel
FLA 1 – 3 VGK
17:38
FLASam Bennett (Anthony Duclair, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.02 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Ekblad, Bennett, ForslingVGK: Pietrangelo, Pouliot, Stephenson, Carrier, Roy
FLA 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

12:26
FLASam ReinhartPP (Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov)tip-in0.11 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad, ReinhartVGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Theodore, Roy
FLA 3 – 3 VGK
13:23
VGKNicolas Roybackhand0.31 xG
FLA: Thornton, Gudas, Bennett, Forsling, AcciariVGK: Stephenson, Theodore, Carrier, Roy, Whitecloud
FLA 3 – 4 VGK
18:10
VGKWilliam KarlssonENwrist0.62 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, BennettVGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Stephenson, Janmark, Whitecloud
FLA 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.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	20:11	—	—	64	63
Sam Bennett C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.03	2	2	0	16:36	—	—	52	39
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.39	1	0	12	13:44	—	—	68	67
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.36	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	54	56
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	6	0	0	16:56	—	—	46	39
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	56	56
Aleksander Barkov C	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.22	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	56	60
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.66	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	63	64
Maxim Mamin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	13:05	—	—	54	66
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	5	0	0	10:23	—	—	50	39
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	50	35
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:02	—	—	30	38
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	3	3	0	3	0.15	2	2	0	26:49	—	—	65	62
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.08	4	4	2	25:58	—	—	56	46
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	20:27	—	—	49	47
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	12	1	0	17:00	—	—	44	48
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	50	44
Petteri Lindbohm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	2	0	13:04	—	—	52	66

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.44	58:43

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	38	41
Nicolas Roy C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.50	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	39	42
William Carrier L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	4	2	0	14:21	—	—	30	31
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.74	0	0	2	20:44	—	—	52	54
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	1.43	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	53	55
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.50	0	1	0	11:58	—	—	50	52
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.33	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	50	57
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	41	42
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	4	1	0	13:09	—	—	35	41
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	2	1	0	13:20	—	—	53	53
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	54	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	1	0	11:24	—	—	50	46
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	5	2	0	25:56	—	—	50	61
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	4	0	25:32	—	—	43	50
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.59	1	0	0	26:29	—	—	59	60
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	1	1	0	20:55	—	—	49	42
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:22	—	—	34	36
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:04	—	—	18	29

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.90	59:53

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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.