Detroit Red Wings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsNov 18, 2021

FinalThursday, Nov 18, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	0	1	1	2		DET	13	8	7	28
VGK	0	4	1	5		VGK	8	14	10	32

: DET 51VGK 56
: DET 2.88VGK 3.27
PP goals: DET 0VGK 0
Hits: DET 26VGK 26
Blocks: DET 16VGK 16
PIM: DET 9VGK 7
: DET 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Detroit Red Wings 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Detroit Red Wings 5–2 at home. Zach Whitecloud (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for DET: Gagner–Smith–Veleno skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Zach Whitecloud had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:48.Whitecloud
New line
New look for DET: Gagner–Smith–Veleno skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gagner Smith Veleno
New line
New look for VGK: Baertschi–Kolesar–Leschyshyn skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Baertschi Kolesar Leschyshyn
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Janmark–Roy skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Janmark Roy
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 3.26 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Dylan Larkin (DET) played 15:58, −3:45 down on his 19:43 season average over 70 games.Larkin
Usage
Givani Smith (DET) played 11:54, +3:30 up on his 8:24 season average over 45 games.Smith
Usage
Jake Leschyshyn (VGK) played 14:39, +3:26 up on his 11:13 season average over 40 games.Leschyshyn

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

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

VGK
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · VGK 56 · DET 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 35% of the game, VGK 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

DET

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	DET	VGK
	56	61
	3.19	3.58
	2.91	3.45
	19	19
	4	5
	17	26
	−0.062	+0.062
	35%	38%

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.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond
12:3363% CF
L2Fabbri – Suter – Zadina
12:2838% CF
L3Gagner – Smith – Veleno
9:2341% CF
L4Namestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen
8:0238% CF
D1Leddy – Hronek
15:5756% CF
D2Oesterle – Lindstrom
14:0758% CF
D3DeKeyser – Seider
14:0122% CF

PP1Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri – Seider – Raymond
1:01
PP2Gagner – Leddy – Hronek – Suter – Zadina
0:59100% CF
PK1FGagner – Suter
1:38
PK2FNamestnikov – Rasmussen
1:34
PK1DHronek – Lindstrom
1:13
PK2DDeKeyser – Seider
1:04

Current DET line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson
12:5448% CF
L2Howden – Rondbjerg – Cotter
9:2773% CF
L3Smith – Janmark – Roy
8:1867% CF
L4Baertschi – Kolesar – Leschyshyn
8:1629% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
15:3939% CF
D2Hutton – Whitecloud
10:1457% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
9:4978% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pietrangelo – Stone – Stephenson – Roy
2:2363% CF
PP2Smith – Janmark – Kolesar – Coghlan – Hague
1:22
PK1FSmith – Roy
1:01
PK2FLeschyshyn – Rondbjerg
0:30
PK1DPietrangelo – Whitecloud
0:59
PK2DCoghlan – Hague
0:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:31
VGKNicolas Hague (Evgenii Dadonov, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.27 xG
DET: DeKeyser, Larkin, Fabbri, Rasmussen, SeiderVGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Hague
DET 0 – 1 VGK
5:56
VGKZach Whitecloud (Mark Stone, Brett Howden)wrist0.13 xG
DET: Gagner, Leddy, Smith, Hronek, VelenoVGK: Dadonov, Stone, Howden, Hague, Whitecloud
DET 0 – 2 VGK
10:19
DETGivani Smith (Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri)backhand0.12 xG
DET: Oesterle, Larkin, Fabbri, Smith, HronekVGK: Pietrangelo, Baertschi, Kolesar, Hague, Leschyshyn
DET 1 – 2 VGK
12:32
VGKZach Whitecloud (Nicolas Roy)wrist0.03 xG
DET: Namestnikov, DeKeyser, Erne, Rasmussen, SeiderVGK: Smith, Hutton, Janmark, Roy, Whitecloud
DET 1 – 3 VGK
19:06
VGKPaul Cotter (Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.08 xG
DET: Gagner, DeKeyser, Smith, Veleno, SeiderVGK: Pietrangelo, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, Cotter
DET 1 – 4 VGK

3rd period

5:19
VGKReilly Smith (Mattias Janmark, Jake Leschyshyn)backhand0.16 xG
DET: Leddy, Fabbri, Hronek, Suter, ZadinaVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Janmark, Hague, Leschyshyn
DET 1 – 5 VGK
18:34
DETJoseph Veleno (Sam Gagner)wrist0.14 xG
DET: Gagner, Leddy, Smith, Lindstrom, VelenoVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Janmark, Roy, Hague
DET 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.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	65	60
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	1	2	16:23	—	—	59	54
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.84	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	62	55
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	38	35
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	16:36	—	—	44	44
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	38	35
Joseph Veleno C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.29	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	54	40
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	41	32
Givani Smith R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.32	4	0	0	11:54	—	—	62	60
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	13:07	—	—	32	44
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	5	0	0	12:49	—	—	33	33
Adam Erne L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	3	2	5	10:37	—	—	40	53
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	4	2	0	22:06	—	—	62	58
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	58	48
Gustav Lindstrom D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	54	39
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	64	68
Danny DeKeyser D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	2	19:04	—	—	30	37
Moritz Seider D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	5	0	18:59	—	—	29	40

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.34	40:00
Alex Nedeljkovic	—	10	9	1	.900	0.92	20:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	1	2	0	17:53	—	—	48	65
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	46	63
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.72	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	48	65
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	61	63
Brett Howden C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.21	1	1	0	11:15	—	—	74	74
Paul Cotter L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	75	66
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	17:13	—	—	63	57
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	3	1	0	16:19	—	—	64	63
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	57	51
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	14:56	—	—	44	30
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	30	20
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	25	7
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	3	0	22:11	—	—	38	43
Nicolas Hague D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	0	2	0	21:45	—	—	39	41
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.20	3	2	0	20:48	—	—	63	75
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	5	16:42	—	—	42	38
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	5	1	2	20:28	—	—	76	91
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	62	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.88	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.