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Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 9, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vegas Golden Knights 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

DAL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Neal–Perron–HaulaSmith–Karlsson–MarchessaultLindberg–Bellemare–NosekEakin–Leipsic–TuchMcNabb–MillerSbisa–SchmidtEngelland–HuntEngelland–McNabbMiller–Hunt
Spezza–Radulov–Janmark1:210.02–0.133:340.29–0.001:200.05–0.002:250.21–0.234:210.51–0.003:340.23–0.193:020.09–0.281:030.04–0.00
Roussel–Pitlick–Faksa4:130.20–0.112:060.00–0.010:580.00–0.001:030.02–0.114:070.11–0.011:590.00–0.001:500.09–0.030:460.00–0.110:480.10–0.08
Benn–Seguin–Shore4:230.21–0.101:250.00–0.131:440.00–0.030:520.00–0.092:400.00–0.114:390.17–0.190:400.00–0.001:400.03–0.09
Ritchie–Smith–Elie1:390.02–0.001:580.00–0.111:350.00–0.110:540.00–0.001:460.08–0.02
Hamhuis–Pateryn5:250.46–0.103:030.00–0.142:210.12–0.034:520.19–0.235:470.19–0.061:370.12–0.040:300.00–0.00
Klingberg–Lindell3:530.21–0.173:260.29–0.132:000.05–0.003:070.21–0.196:290.43–0.103:060.23–0.203:200.25–0.081:250.07–0.11
Johns–Oleksiak1:150.08–0.031:250.01–0.000:370.02–0.002:260.02–0.321:480.02–0.091:590.04–0.002:420.16–0.36
Johns–Lindell1:040.00–0.100:360.00–0.001:320.00–0.000:320.00–0.080:550.00–0.09
Hamhuis–Klingberg0:400.00–0.001:050.09–0.000:500.00–0.00
Pateryn–Oleksiak0:470.00–0.060:350.00–0.06
Johns–Klingberg0:420.00–0.000:470.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndBenn FShore FSeguin FFaksa FPitlick FRoussel FJanmark FRadulov FSpezza FRitchie FElie FSmith FHamhuis DPateryn DKlingberg DLindell DOleksiak DJohns DBishop GSmith FKarlsson FMarchessault FHaula FNeal FPerron FLeipsic FEakin FTuch FLindberg FBellemare FNosek FSbisa DSchmidt DMcNabb DMiller DEngelland DHunt DLagace G
DALVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

John KlingbergDAL2726:090:582:1154
Brayden McNabbVGK3223:490:452:0246
Esa LindellDAL3122:580:441:4054
Nate SchmidtVGK2922:040:461:5816
Dan HamhuisDAL2621:010:491:1732
Tyler SeguinDAL2820:530:451:4664
Colin MillerVGK2520:420:502:0244
Alexander RadulovDAL2120:360:591:5331
Luca SbisaVGK2920:100:421:5815
Jamie BennDAL3020:080:401:4664
William KarlssonVGK2319:240:511:2322
Greg PaterynDAL2419:220:481:2722
Deryk EngellandVGK2619:020:441:4715
Devin ShoreDAL2918:320:381:1962
Erik HaulaVGK1918:190:581:5821
Mattias JanmarkDAL2518:160:442:0841
James NealVGK2017:390:531:3932
Reilly SmithVGK2317:340:461:1323
David PerronVGK1917:120:541:3932
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK2016:280:491:4411
Jason SpezzaDAL2415:360:391:1161
Radek FaksaDAL2315:300:401:0333
Stephen JohnsDAL2314:220:372:0451
Tyler PitlickDAL2313:480:361:1543
Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK2113:010:372:1326
Antoine RousselDAL2012:270:370:5541
Brad HuntVGK1812:190:412:1003
Tomas NosekVGK1912:180:392:1324
Oscar LindbergVGK1511:200:452:1311
Alex TuchVGK1711:150:401:1233
Jamie OleksiakDAL1711:090:391:2721
Brendan LeipsicVGK1710:480:381:1123
Cody EakinVGK1810:360:351:0013
Gemel SmithDAL149:510:420:5812
Remi ElieDAL139:220:431:0712
Brett RitchieDAL137:450:360:5731