New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 6, 2022

FinalThursday, Jan 6, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	0	1		NYR	9	7	4	20
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	11	13	11	35

: NYR 47VGK 67
: NYR 2.32VGK 3.65
PP goals: NYR 0VGK 1
Hits: NYR 45VGK 17
Blocks: NYR 16VGK 16
PIM: NYR 6VGK 4
: NYR 47%VGK 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout New York Rangers 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 5–1 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Roy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:41 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:27.Marchessault
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:10.Smith
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Roy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:41 together.Pietrangelo Smith Karlsson Marchessault Roy
New line
New look for VGK: Dadonov–Stone–Stephenson skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Stone Stephenson
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 35 shots and stopped 30 (.857), +9 against a season average of 26.0; the loss.Georgiev
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Howden–Patrick skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Howden Patrick
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 13:47, −4:41 down on his 18:28 season average over 36 games.Stone
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 15:09, −4:13 down on his 19:22 season average over 78 games.Stephenson

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 114 of 114 attempts · VGK 67 · NYR 47

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
	44	65
	2.11	3.08
	1.99	2.99
	17	13
	7	7
	18	20
	+0.008	−0.008
	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

L1Strome – Goodrow – Lafrenière
13:0053% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko
11:3362% CF
L3Reaves – McKegg – Rooney
7:150% CF
L4Hunt – Gauthier – Chytil
7:0533% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
16:4176% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:1742% CF
D3Hajek – Jones
12:3823% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Fox – Kakko
2:0480% CF
PP2Goodrow – Trouba – Chytil – Jones – Lafrenière
1:49100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Rooney
1:34
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:20
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:28
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:01

Current NYR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2750% CF
L2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson
11:1857% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
10:2980% CF
L4Carrier – Howden – Patrick
9:2338% CF
D1Theodore – Whitecloud
18:1352% CF
D2Pietrangelo – McNabb
17:2259% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
12:2874% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
1:41100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Roy
1:02100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:03
PK2FJanmark – Roy
1:50
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:16
PK2DTheodore – Whitecloud
0:31

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
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	6	0	0	19:45	—	—	48	50
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	17:50	—	—	44	40
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	16:24	—	—	57	56
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	47	50
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.80	4	0	0	17:52	—	—	57	56
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	61	59
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	1	2	0	13:04	—	—	20	17
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	2	0	2	12:46	—	—	11	12
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:06	—	—	15	11
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	13:18	—	—	39	33
Dryden Hunt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:50	—	—	29	9
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	39	26
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.13	4	2	2	22:19	—	—	59	64
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:25	—	—	76	69
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	0	23:02	—	—	39	43
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	2	19:53	—	—	33	48
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.11	1	3	0	16:18	—	—	19	17
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:59	—	—	24	15

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	35	30	5	.857	3.65	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	50	31
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	44	24
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.45	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	41
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	68	89
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.45	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	60	87
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	64	83
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	70	72
Mattias Janmark C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	75	75
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	5	0	0	13:06	—	—	75	68
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	50	76
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	11:55	—	—	58	79
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	4	0	0	11:41	—	—	43	66
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.06	1	4	0	22:21	—	—	57	35
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.30	0	3	2	21:29	—	—	51	36
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	1	2	0	22:36	—	—	55	70
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	3	0	22:09	—	—	61	71
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	2	0	15:50	—	—	64	80
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	2	13:23	—	—	75	84

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.32	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.

New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 6, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout New York Rangers 5–1

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