New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 8, 2019

FinalTuesday, Jan 8, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	2	2		NYR	5	10	14	29
VGK	1	2	1	4		VGK	13	11	7	31

: NYR 59VGK 53
: NYR 3.60VGK 3.44
PP goals: NYR 0VGK 1
Hits: NYR 26VGK 17
Blocks: NYR 9VGK 18
PIM: NYR 21VGK 9
: NYR 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 4–2 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Pirri, Schmidt and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:48 together.

PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Pirri, Schmidt and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:48 together.Stastny Pacioretty Pirri Schmidt Tuch
New line
New look for NYR: Namestnikov–Vesey–Howden skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Namestnikov Vesey Howden
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 14:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Karlsson Marchessault
New line
New look for NYR: McLeod–Nieves–Buchnevich skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Nieves Buchnevich
Luck
NYR scored 2 goals on 3.60 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tony DeAngelo (NYR) played 12:51, −6:35 down on his 19:26 season average over 60 games.DeAngelo
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 20:20, +3:23 up on his 16:57 season average over 65 games.Pacioretty
Usage
Oscar Lindberg (VGK) played 7:48, −4:46 down on his 12:34 season average over 54 games.Lindberg

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 112 of 112 attempts · VGK 53 · NYR 59

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 40% of the game, VGK 23%.

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
	55	55
	3.13	2.24
	3.06	2.14
	12	7
	5	4
	22	16
	+0.051	−0.050
	40%	23%

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

L1Namestnikov – Vesey – Howden
9:4855% CF
L2Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
9:2657% CF
L3Zuccarello – Strome – Chytil
9:2267% CF
L4McLeod – Nieves – Buchnevich
6:3938% CF
D1Staal – Pionk
9:0138% CF
D2McQuaid – Skjei
6:5157% CF
D3Shattenkirk – DeAngelo
5:4553% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
2:05100% CF
PP2Strome – Vesey – Howden – Chytil – Pionk
1:17100% CF
PK1FVesey – Howden
1:27
PK2FZibanejad – Namestnikov
0:46
PK1DStaal – Pionk
2:40
PK2DMcQuaid – Skjei
1:52

Current NYR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:5643% CF
L2Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
10:2847% CF
L3Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
8:5558% CF
L4Reaves – Lindberg – Bellemare
5:5467% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
16:0068% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:4339% CF
D3Holden – Merrill
14:5645% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Pirri – Schmidt – Tuch
2:4867% CF
PP2Eakin – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Nosek
1:4450% CF
PK1FStastny – Karlsson
1:25
PK2FEakin – Carpenter
1:09
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:48
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:09

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.65	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	42	52
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	36	45
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	56	60
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.15	0	1	2	19:00	—	—	56	70
Jesper Fast R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	57	71
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.78	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	57	65
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:54	—	—	47	45
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	63	63
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	56	55
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	0	0	10:07	—	—	46	63
Boo Nieves C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	43	44
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	6:55	—	—	38	60
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	25:05	—	—	50	43
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	45	30
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	25:19	—	—	50	65
Adam McQuaid D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	5	1	5	15:05	—	—	52	81
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	54	70
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	1	14	12:51	—	—	48	60

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.00	58:48

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.96	0	1	0	21:18	—	—	48	42
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	20:20	—	—	46	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	42	41
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	39	37
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.81	5	0	0	15:19	—	—	39	30
Cody Eakin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	3	0	15:17	—	—	50	64
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	48	27
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	56	44
Brandon Pirri C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	13:40	—	—	59	42
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	56	50
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	7:48	—	—	69	55
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	5	7:29	—	—	69	59
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	63	56
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	2	2	19:09	—	—	68	69
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	22:45	—	—	39	26
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	1	2	18:58	—	—	39	25
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.07	2	1	0	17:17	—	—	46	52
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	5	0	16:53	—	—	45	46

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.60	59:56

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.

New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 8, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Vegas Golden Knights