Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 3, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	0	0	0		DAL	6	12	5	23
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	10	8	12	30

: DAL 55VGK 70
: DAL 2.77VGK 3.29
PP goals: DAL 0VGK 0
Hits: DAL 23VGK 34
Blocks: DAL 21VGK 15
PIM: DAL 4VGK 2
: DAL 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 2–0 at home. Noah Hanifin (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DAL scored 0 goals on 2.77 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
DAL scored 0 goals on 2.77 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Noah Hanifin (VGK) played 20:07, −4:12 down on his 24:19 season average over 6 games.Hanifin
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 18:37, −3:11 down on his 21:48 season average over 6 games.Eichel
Cats
Esa Lindell (DAL) blocked 6 shots in 21:57.Lindell
Cats
Ivan Barbashev (VGK) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Barbashev

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 125 of 125 attempts · VGK 70 · DAL 55

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 16% 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

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
	58	73
	2.79	3.16
	2.30	2.92
	13	13
	5	6
	14	16
	−0.014	+0.014
	16%	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.

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
12:1538% CF
L2Benn – Stankoven – Johnston
11:4738% CF
L3Dadonov – Duchene – Seguin
10:3232% CF
L4Smith – Steel – Dellandrea
7:4150% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
13:2433% CF
D2Suter – Tanev
7:2264% CF
D3Lindell – Lundkvist
2:300% CF

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
0:46100% CF
PP2Duchene – Seguin – Heiskanen – Stankoven – Johnston
0:43100% CF
PK1FBenn – Johnston
1:34
PK2FSteel – Dellandrea
1:04
PK1DTanev – Lindell
2:14
PK2DHeiskanen – Harley
0:51

Current DAL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Hertl – Eichel
13:3073% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Barbashev
11:4164% CF
L3Karlsson – Amadio – Howden
9:5142% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
8:4855% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
17:4656% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:5664% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
13:1552% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Stephenson – Hanifin – Eichel
2:1967% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Roy
1:33100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
0:41
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:39
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:03
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
0:51

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

9:54
VGKNoah Hanifinwrist0.08 xG
DAL: Suter, Smith, Steel, Heiskanen, DellandreaVGK: Carrier, Hanifin, Kolesar, Roy, Whitecloud
DAL 0 – 1 VGK
19:41
VGKMark StoneEN (William Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.39 xG
DAL: Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, JohnstonVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Karlsson, Stephenson
DAL 0 – 2 VGK

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	38	37
Joe Pavelski C	L1	-1	0	0.04	4	2	0	17:13	—	—	36	38
Roope Hintz C	L1	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:54	—	—	40	44
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	44	39
Jamie Benn L	L2	-1	1	0.15	3	0	0	17:13	—	—	42	43
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	2	0.52	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	48	56
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	4	0.38	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	44	44
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	33	42
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	1	0.33	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	44	42
Sam Steel C	L4	-1	0	0.32	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	59	60
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	53	58
Craig Smith C	L4	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	8:57	—	—	60	52
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	-2	3	0.15	0	5	2	26:45	—	—	39	29
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	4	0.17	2	1	0	25:21	—	—	55	61
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	0.05	1	4	0	22:43	—	—	44	47
Ryan Suter D	D2	-1	0	0.01	0	1	2	16:26	—	—	65	68
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	1	0.01	4	6	0	21:57	—	—	32	26
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:33	—	—	0	0

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.89	58:44

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	59	56
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	3	0	0	17:55	—	—	68	73
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	0	17:52	—	—	69	77
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	62	62
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.69	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	54	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	6	0	0	14:19	—	—	52	48
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	44	14
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	36	16
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	43	16
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	4	0	0	13:36	—	—	61	80
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.34	5	0	2	10:31	—	—	59	83
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	10:23	—	—	50	83
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	6	0	21:49	—	—	51	50
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	52	48
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	4	0	23:12	—	—	57	64
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	65	74
Noah Hanifin D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	56	49
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	2	0	15:12	—	—	59	53

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	2.77	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Noah Hanifin (VGK) 3rd 9:54 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 40.1 mph shot · 7.4 s from entry to goal.

Noah Hanifin · 3rd 9:54 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Mark Stone · 3rd 19:41 · VGK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.