PIT 1 @ VGK 2 · Dec 14, 2017

Thu, Dec 14, 2017·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Vegas Golden Knights

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 53% of the time.

40%

13%

38%

VGK winsPIT wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against PIT'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.

	Crosby–Guentzel–Simon	Malkin–Hornqvist–Kessel	Hagelin–Sheahan–Sheary	Reaves–Rust–Rowney	Letang–Dumoulin	Maatta–Ruhwedel	Hunwick–Cole	Letang–Maatta	Cole–Dumoulin	Hunwick–Ruhwedel
Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault	5:340.00–0.12	2:130.02–0.00	3:060.02–0.10	1:090.00–0.00	5:260.01–0.23	3:260.02–0.08	3:410.02–0.03			0:470.09–0.00
Neal–Perron–Haula	3:560.13–0.07	4:080.39–0.03	2:120.14–0.04	0:420.00–0.00	3:320.18–0.04	2:530.42–0.03	4:210.03–0.07		1:030.04–0.00
Eakin–Leipsic–Tuch	0:590.00–0.17	3:150.17–0.03	1:510.00–0.11	2:180.03–0.08	2:200.00–0.17	3:440.17–0.13	1:250.03–0.01	0:350.00–0.03
Lindberg–Bellemare–Nosek	2:160.00–0.15	1:300.03–0.00			2:440.18–0.15	2:090.03–0.00	1:110.03–0.00
Eakin–Bellemare–Tuch		0:360.00–0.00	0:420.00–0.02				0:420.00–0.02			0:360.00–0.00
Neal–Perron–Bellemare			0:310.00–0.03					0:400.00–0.03
McNabb–Schmidt	1:500.01–0.15	9:580.57–0.08	0:550.06–0.00		3:110.04–0.26	5:580.52–0.05	4:180.07–0.04	0:410.00–0.01
Engelland–Theodore	10:350.00–0.37	0:300.00–0.00	1:100.00–0.08	0:390.03–0.00	9:250.19–0.29	2:250.00–0.03	2:080.03–0.08
Merrill–Miller		1:100.07–0.00	5:540.07–0.24	2:530.03–0.08	1:330.09–0.00	5:260.12–0.18	4:230.00–0.07			0:330.09–0.00
Engelland–McNabb		1:450.12–0.00			0:350.00–0.00					0:360.00–0.00
Engelland–Merrill			1:200.04–0.03					0:400.00–0.03	0:350.04–0.00
Miller–Schmidt	0:450.00–0.03			0:390.00–0.00			1:030.00–0.03
Schmidt–Theodore		0:390.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

VGKPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Kris LetangPIT	28	25:14	0:54	1:43	8	4
Deryk EngellandVGK	29	23:42	0:49	1:58	4	6
Sidney CrosbyPIT	24	23:18	0:58	2:42	4	2
Brayden McNabbVGK	30	22:50	0:46	1:30	3	7
Nate SchmidtVGK	27	21:57	0:49	1:58	1	3
Brian DumoulinPIT	28	21:32	0:46	1:28	6	2
Jake GuentzelPIT	26	20:59	0:48	1:28	4	2
Evgeni MalkinPIT	23	20:56	0:55	1:49	7	1
Phil KesselPIT	23	20:49	0:54	1:43	8	2
Patric HornqvistPIT	22	20:26	0:56	1:43	7	2
William KarlssonVGK	24	19:19	0:48	1:31	2	5
Olli MaattaPIT	26	19:12	0:44	2:00	2	5
Reilly SmithVGK	23	18:46	0:49	1:16	2	4
David PerronVGK	19	18:06	0:57	1:45	2	3
Colin MillerVGK	25	17:59	0:43	1:09	3	2
Shea TheodoreVGK	21	17:39	0:50	1:52	3	2
Dominik SimonPIT	22	17:03	0:47	1:10	3	2
Chad RuhwedelPIT	23	17:01	0:44	2:00	3	5
James NealVGK	18	16:48	0:56	1:45	2	3
Ian ColePIT	24	16:44	0:42	1:44	1	1
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK	20	16:10	0:49	1:35	1	2
Erik HaulaVGK	18	15:19	0:51	1:18	1	2
Matt HunwickPIT	25	15:17	0:37	1:09	4	2
Jon MerrillVGK	20	15:02	0:45	1:58	1	1
Cody EakinVGK	17	14:09	0:50	1:17	0	1
Riley SheahanPIT	20	13:32	0:41	1:20	2	6
Carl HagelinPIT	20	13:13	0:40	1:28	3	6
Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK	17	13:02	0:46	1:04	1	3
Alex TuchVGK	14	12:55	0:55	1:22	3	0
Conor ShearyPIT	19	12:39	0:40	1:20	2	5
Brendan LeipsicVGK	12	10:43	0:54	1:22	1	0
Oscar LindbergVGK	12	9:52	0:49	1:17	1	1
Tomas NosekVGK	12	9:42	0:49	1:01	1	1
Bryan RustPIT	12	8:09	0:41	1:00	2	0
Carter RowneyPIT	10	6:35	0:40	1:00	1	0
Ryan ReavesPIT	7	5:10	0:44	1:00	0	0

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2

Who was on the ice

Shift totals