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Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 6, 2024

Final· T-Mobile Arena
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DAL
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VGK
3
Goals123TShots123T
DAL0112DAL1391840
VGK1203VGK1011728
DAL 69VGK 61
DAL 2.96VGK 2.32
PP goals
DAL 0VGK 2
Hits
DAL 15VGK 19
Blocks
DAL 14VGK 18
PIM
DAL 12VGK 4
DAL 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 5:09 together.

  1. Points
    Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:41.Theodore
  2. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 5:09 together.StoneHertlTheodoreOlofssonEichel
  3. New line
    New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Eichel skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StoneBarbashevEichel
  4. Goalie
    Adin Hill (VGK) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +14 against a season average of 25.9; the win.Hill
  5. New line
    New look for VGK: Hertl–Olofsson–Holtz skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HertlOlofssonHoltz
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Pearson–Kolesar–Roy skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PearsonKolesarRoy
  7. Usage
    Kaedan Korczak (VGK) played 8:38, −6:36 down on his 15:14 season average over 39 games.Korczak
  8. Usage
    Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 8:02, −5:13 down on his 13:15 season average over 81 games.Kolesar

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.

Shot map, DAL at VGK: 130 attempts, 68 on goal, 5 goals, 5.28 expected goals; best chance Mason Marchment at 0.36 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← DAL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • DAL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · VGK 61 · DAL 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, DAL at VGK: expected goals 2.32 to 2.96 (DAL led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 69, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdVGKDALHBERMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • DAL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKDALcontrol2nd3rdHertl · 1st 15:23Bourque · 2nd 6:39Eichel · 2nd 15:40Roy · 2nd 16:48Marchment · 3rd 17:26
  • 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 26% of the game, VGK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, DAL at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Adin Hill (60:00) for VGK and Jake Oettinger (56:56) for DAL, 5 goals.

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
StatDALVGK
5856
1.881.66
1.851.61
145
65
2835
+0.008−0.008
26%42%

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

Current DAL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:23
    VGKTomas HertlPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)wrist0.16 xG
    DAL: Blackwell, Lindell, LyubushkinVGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Eichel
    DAL 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 6:39
    DALMavrik Bourque (Oskar Bäck, Colin Blackwell)wrist0.09 xG
    DAL: Blackwell, Heiskanen, Bäck, Lyubushkin, BourqueVGK: Hertl, Olofsson, Hague, Korczak, Holtz
    DAL 1 – 1 VGK
  2. 15:40
    VGKJack EichelPP (Shea Theodore)slap0.09 xG
    DAL: Blackwell, Lindell, Steel, LyubushkinVGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Eichel
    DAL 1 – 2 VGK
  3. 16:48
    VGKNicolas Roysnap0.10 xG
    DAL: Duchene, Dumba, Robertson, Harley, StankovenVGK: McNabb, Theodore, Roy, Howden, Dorofeyev
    DAL 1 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 17:26
    DALMason Marchment (Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen)wrist0.15 xG
    DAL: Benn, Duchene, Marchment, Heiskanen, Stankoven, JohnstonVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Barbashev, Eichel
    DAL 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Duchene CL1000020.0700018:35——6550
Logan Stankoven CL1000070.4301018:15——6347
Mason Marchment LL1101+161.1521216:57——6861
Wyatt Johnston CL2011+130.1020021:46——5458
Roope Hintz CL2000010.1300218:59——5665
Jason Robertson LL2000-120.0300017:45——4851
Sam Steel CL3000020.2910213:07——2534
Jamie Benn LL3000+120.1030412:57——3833
Evgenii Dadonov LL3000010.0310011:21——3745
Mavrik Bourque CL4101+120.2901210:14——3976
Oskar Bäck CL4011+100.0011010:13——1361
Colin Blackwell CL4011+120.011109:14——2285
Miro Heiskanen DD1011+240.0802024:33——5875
Ilya Lyubushkin DD1000+100.0001018:29——4561
Esa Lindell DD2000010.0313021:34——1720
Nils Lundkvist DD2000000.0011014:05——148
Thomas Harley DD3000-140.2012021:05——7672
Mathew Dumba DD3000-110.0410014:05——6656
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)L28253.8932.3256:56

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1101-140.1501019:41——4849
Mark Stone RL1011-120.2900019:25——6383
Ivan Barbashev LL1000-100.0560018:10——3842
William Karlsson CL2000020.1321020:36——5441
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2000+130.3401017:06——4738
Brett Howden CL2000+120.2011014:28——5669
Victor Olofsson LL3000-110.1700015:11——5834
Tomas Hertl CL3101-110.2011014:17——5837
Alexander Holtz RL3000-130.1711011:37——5244
Nicolas Roy CL4101+140.3100014:16——4446
Tanner Pearson LL4000010.001008:04——4453
Keegan Kolesar RL4000000.002208:02——255
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000-110.0603027:04——5041
Noah Hanifin DD1000000.0001223:03——6350
Shea Theodore DD2022+110.1500222:41——4247
Brayden McNabb DD2000020.1014021:36——4655
Nicolas Hague DD3000-110.0022012:05——3837
Kaedan Korczak DD3000-100.002008:38——5355
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W40382.9502.9660:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mavrik Bourque (DAL) 2nd 6:39 · assists Oskar Bäck, Colin Blackwell · Forecheck turnover · 9.5 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · 2nd 15:40 · VGK PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1
Shot
60.4 mph
Distance
15 ft
Type
one-timer

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