New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 7, 2018

FinalSunday, Jan 7, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	0	1		NYR	11	6	12	29
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	10	14	10	34

: NYR 51VGK 64
: NYR 1.96VGK 2.46
PP goals: NYR 0VGK 0
Hits: NYR 8VGK 23
Blocks: NYR 24VGK 9
PIM: NYR 2VGK 2
: NYR 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New York Rangers 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 2–1 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Kevin Hayes (NYR) played 3:01, −14:32 down on his 17:33 season average over 75 games.

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Kevin Hayes (NYR) played 3:01, −14:32 down on his 17:33 season average over 75 games.Hayes
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New look for NYR: Grabner–Nieves–Lettieri skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grabner Nieves Lettieri
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New look for VGK: Carrier–Bellemare–Nosek skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Bellemare Nosek
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Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 20:57, +3:02 up on his 17:55 season average over 71 games.Zibanejad
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Boo Nieves (NYR) played 15:09, +5:08 up on his 10:01 season average over 27 games.Nieves
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David Desharnais (NYR) played 17:51, +4:52 up on his 12:59 season average over 70 games.Desharnais
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Brady Skjei (NYR) played 17:17, −3:47 down on his 21:04 season average over 81 games.Skjei
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Brendan Leipsic (VGK) played 9:19, −3:53 down on his 13:12 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

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

VGK
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 64 · NYR 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 19% of the game, VGK 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

NYR

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	NYR	VGK
	52	73
	1.70	2.91
	1.63	2.85
	5	10
	7	8
	29	22
	+0.045	−0.045
	19%	39%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Nash – Desharnais – Vesey
10:5062% CF
L2Fast – Zibanejad – Miller
8:3932% CF
L3Grabner – Nieves – Lettieri
5:4158% CF
L4Carey – Zuccarello – Hayes
2:470% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
19:1231% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Skjei
14:1238% CF
D3Staal – Kampfer
14:1156% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Miller – Vesey
1:43100% CF
PP2Nash – Desharnais – McDonagh – Skjei – Lettieri
1:01100% CF
PK1FGrabner – Fast
0:59
PK2FNash – Zuccarello
0:19
PK1DStaal – Kampfer
1:30
PK2DHolden – Skjei
0:30

Current NYR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
13:1759% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3265% CF
L3Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
8:5045% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
8:1277% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
16:3555% CF
D2Miller – Hunt
15:1142% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
14:4470% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
1:14100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Theodore
0:41
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:37
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:27
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:15
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:10

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:05
NYRMika Zibanejad (Michael Grabner, Vinni Lettieri)snap0.04 xG
NYR: Grabner, McDonagh, Holden, Zibanejad, LettieriVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
NYR 1 – 0 VGK
17:23
VGKJames Neal (David Perron)snap0.04 xG
NYR: Carey, McDonagh, Holden, Zuccarello, HayesVGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, Schmidt
NYR 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

8:58
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.12 xG
NYR: Carey, Shattenkirk, Zuccarello, Skjei, NievesVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
NYR 1 – 2 VGK

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rick Nash L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	64	68
David Desharnais C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	67	73
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	55	58
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	1	2	0	20:57	—	—	36	31
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	25	22
Jesper Fast R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	38	19
Boo Nieves C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:09	—	—	38	38
Michael Grabner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	14:24	—	—	57	23
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.34	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	40	46
Mats Zuccarello R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:49	—	—	22	31
Paul Carey C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	2	2	0	8:32	—	—	39	57
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	3:01	—	—	13	28
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	3	2	25:12	—	—	37	50
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	5	0	20:44	—	—	33	43
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	32	11
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	39	12
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	4	0	17:31	—	—	59	70
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	54	60

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ondrej Pavelec(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	2.46	58:01

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	58	37
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	61	37
James Neal L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	66	65
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.44	1	1	0	18:40	—	—	68	86
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	60	73
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.89	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	68	84
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	43	37
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:47	—	—	43	44
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:19	—	—	43	32
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:13	—	—	68	81
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	67	82
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	0	0	9:22	—	—	65	71
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	4	0	20:16	—	—	51	64
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	59	68
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	1	0	20:12	—	—	51	44
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	15:30	—	—	44	30
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	1	0	0	22:59	—	—	70	74
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	20:46	—	—	73	79

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	1.96	59:51

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.