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Ice Lab

Tue, Jan 2, 2018·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Nashville Predators 0, Vegas Golden Knights 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 67% of the time.

VGK winsNSH 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 NSH'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.

Turris–Smith–FialaJarnkrok–Johansen–ArvidssonHartnell–Bonino–SissonsMcLeod–Watson–SalomakiBonino–Jarnkrok–ArvidssonHartnell–Johansen–SissonsJosi–EllisEmelin–SubbanEkholm–BitettoJosi–EkholmEllis–BitettoSubban–EkholmEmelin–Bitetto
Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault2:340.02–0.006:200.37–0.221:350.00–0.030:520.00–0.000:370.00–0.004:440.21–0.254:110.14–0.002:490.04–0.000:580.00–0.00
Neal–Perron–Haula6:590.16–0.481:070.00–0.021:130.00–0.030:540.00–0.040:330.04–0.063:490.26–0.074:530.00–0.441:350.00–0.000:350.00–0.06
Lindberg–Bellemare–Nosek1:340.01–0.002:490.22–0.000:350.00–0.002:270.00–0.000:510.06–0.004:130.06–0.001:510.11–0.001:520.00–0.000:540.10–0.00
Eakin–Leipsic–Tuch1:290.10–0.050:490.00–0.004:120.18–0.340:380.00–0.050:310.00–0.001:130.00–0.192:160.08–0.114:360.23–0.15
McNabb–Schmidt2:410.00–0.3810:040.56–0.191:070.09–0.090:470.13–0.001:540.04–0.065:300.19–0.236:270.26–0.343:570.22–0.140:530.19–0.001:060.00–0.06
Engelland–Theodore7:380.19–0.152:110.04–0.050:450.00–0.021:330.00–0.006:070.21–0.095:010.02–0.111:510.07–0.060:380.09–0.000:410.00–0.00
Merrill–Miller2:390.08–0.006:150.03–0.292:160.00–0.052:270.06–0.042:320.11–0.233:390.10–0.115:530.01–0.011:210.00–0.000:370.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndSmith FKarlsson FMarchessault FNeal FHaula FPerron FLeipsic FEakin FTuch FLindberg FBellemare FNosek FMcNabb DSchmidt DEngelland DTheodore DMiller DMerrill DFleury GJarnkrok FArvidsson FJohansen FTurris FSmith FFiala FBonino FHartnell FSissons FSalomaki FWatson FMcLeod FEllis DJosi DEmelin DSubban DBitetto DEkholm DRinne G
VGKNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Brayden McNabbVGK2423:000:582:1922
Roman JosiNSH2622:490:531:4640
P.K. SubbanNSH2621:520:501:3533
Nate SchmidtVGK2421:340:542:0421
Ryan JohansenNSH2221:040:572:1911
Kevin FialaNSH2220:360:562:1631
Mattias EkholmNSH2420:230:511:4705
Viktor ArvidssonNSH2220:080:551:3111
Deryk EngellandVGK2420:020:501:2904
Calle JarnkrokNSH2620:020:461:3622
Colin MillerVGK2319:500:521:4150
Craig SmithNSH2318:390:491:1741
Ryan EllisNSH2318:280:481:4630
Shea TheodoreVGK2118:200:522:0202
Kyle TurrisNSH2118:180:522:2431
Alexei EmelinNSH2518:180:441:0323
David PerronVGK1917:260:551:2822
Reilly SmithVGK2016:580:511:3111
Erik HaulaVGK1916:340:521:1022
Jon MerrillVGK1916:290:521:4150
Anthony BitettoNSH2016:230:491:3614
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK1916:200:521:1710
William KarlssonVGK1916:140:511:2011
Nick BoninoNSH2215:340:421:0915
Colton SissonsNSH2215:310:421:2925
James NealVGK1714:560:531:1311
Cody EakinVGK2014:350:441:3913
Tomas NosekVGK1814:300:481:1513
Scott HartnellNSH2014:080:421:1215
Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK1913:520:441:0503
Brendan LeipsicVGK1612:160:461:3111
Alex TuchVGK1711:450:411:1111
Oscar LindbergVGK1511:360:461:0511
Austin WatsonNSH116:340:360:5811
Miikka SalomakiNSH86:010:450:5711
Cody McLeodNSH95:270:360:5610