Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 9, 2018

FinalSunday, Dec 9, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	0	1	2		DAL	8	7	9	24
VGK	1	2	1	4		VGK	8	14	6	28

: DAL 39VGK 65
: DAL 1.39VGK 2.87
PP goals: DAL 2VGK 0
Hits: DAL 31VGK 23
Blocks: DAL 20VGK 9
PIM: DAL 8VGK 6
: DAL 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at home. Esa Lindell (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for DAL: Pitlick–Faksa–Janmark skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Esa Lindell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:37.Lindell
Points
Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:05.Miller
Points
Miro Heiskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:49.Heiskanen
New line
New look for DAL: Pitlick–Faksa–Janmark skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Faksa Janmark
New line
New look for DAL: Comeau–Hanzal–Dickinson skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Hanzal Dickinson
Usage
Oscar Lindberg (VGK) played 8:27, −4:06 down on his 12:33 season average over 54 games.Lindberg
Usage
Gavin Bayreuther (DAL) played 22:20, +4:23 up on his 17:58 season average over 18 games.Bayreuther
Usage
Ryan Reaves (VGK) played 14:23, +3:33 up on his 10:50 season average over 79 games.Reaves

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

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

VGK
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · VGK 65 · DAL 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 18% of the game, VGK 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

DAL

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	DAL	VGK
	35	58
	0.78	1.96
	0.77	1.91
	2	6
	5	4
	13	19
	+0.000	+0.000
	18%	46%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
8:0856% CF
L2Pitlick – Faksa – Janmark
7:2636% CF
L3Comeau – Hanzal – Dickinson
4:4358% CF
L4Spezza – Ritchie – Shore
4:1950% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
13:5343% CF
D2Polak – Bayreuther
11:4055% CF
D3Fedun – Hanley
5:3843% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Shore – Bayreuther
3:2575% CF
PP2Spezza – Hanzal – Pitlick – Lindell – Heiskanen
1:54100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Faksa
2:00
PK2FComeau – Dickinson
1:29
PK1DPolak – Lindell
4:16
PK2DFedun – Heiskanen
2:11

Current DAL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5860% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Tuch
10:1062% CF
L3Lindberg – Carpenter – Nosek
7:3877% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
7:3753% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
13:0643% CF
D2Holden – Miller
12:0748% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
12:0188% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
4:3783% CF
PP2Reaves – Eakin – Karlsson – Schmidt – Theodore
3:1883% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:06
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:34
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:14
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
1:06

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.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	30	31
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	18:28	—	—	41	35
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	0	17:48	—	—	35	23
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	32	7
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	38	32
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	1	0	12:46	—	—	27	3
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	14:11	—	—	35	12
Blake Comeau L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	14:08	—	—	52	30
Martin Hanzal C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.19	2	1	4	13:44	—	—	36	10
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	47	55
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	50	53
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	4	8:54	—	—	33	28
Esa Lindell D	D1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	23:37	—	—	42	24
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	2	2	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	32	24
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	22:20	—	—	39	45
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	6	3	0	21:20	—	—	46	40
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:27	—	—	30	11
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	11:28	—	—	31	8

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.35	59:27

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	68	87
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	2	0	0	19:21	—	—	67	87
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	67	89
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	60	83
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.81	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	62	80
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	63	81
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	71	59
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	77	86
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:27	—	—	71	57
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	5	0	0	14:23	—	—	52	46
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	11:38	—	—	47	41
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	6	0	0	9:02	—	—	56	50
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	22:00	—	—	50	54
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	0	4	17:37	—	—	50	52
Colin Miller D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	52	76
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	55	79
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.19	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	90	95
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:47	—	—	90	94

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.39	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.

Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 9, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Dallas Stars

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Dallas Stars

Vegas Golden Knights