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Fri, Dec 17, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vegas Golden Knights 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR 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.

Pacioretty–Stone–StephensonCarrier–Kolesar–HowdenSmith–Karlsson–MarchessaultDadonov–Janmark–RoySmith–Marchessault–RoyDadonov–Karlsson–CarrierJanmark–Kolesar–HowdenMcNabb–WhitecloudTheodore–CoghlanPietrangelo–TheodorePietrangelo–HagueMcNabb–CoghlanHague–WhitecloudTheodore–WhitecloudCoghlan–Hague
Kreider–Zibanejad–Kakko7:090.55–0.221:040.12–0.171:190.00–0.061:430.22–0.001:510.00–0.120:350.00–0.015:580.41–0.073:230.19–0.222:570.22–0.221:070.00–0.040:520.00–0.01
Strome–Chytil–Lafrenière1:210.00–0.081:140.00–0.040:330.00–0.061:380.06–0.001:380.00–0.091:050.00–0.010:310.00–0.002:020.01–0.142:070.07–0.003:250.02–0.091:260.00–0.00
Goodrow–Hunt–Gauthier2:520.11–0.121:420.14–0.001:050.08–0.061:190.00–0.030:420.00–0.000:310.12–0.083:170.11–0.140:460.08–0.001:010.00–0.000:470.02–0.001:010.00–0.06
Reaves–McKegg–Rooney3:060.00–0.310:550.00–0.000:460.00–0.051:130.00–0.051:180.05–0.001:560.00–0.051:390.00–0.261:000.00–0.00
Strome–Gauthier–Lafrenière0:430.00–0.001:120.00–0.230:300.00–0.02
Reaves–Goodrow–Rooney0:430.00–0.000:400.00–0.000:430.00–0.000:400.00–0.00
Goodrow–Gauthier–Chytil0:350.00–0.000:590.00–0.041:160.00–0.04
Strome–Hunt–Lafrenière1:060.00–0.040:410.00–0.00
Goodrow–Hunt–Chytil0:500.00–0.380:500.00–0.38
McKegg–Hunt–Rooney0:410.00–0.000:530.00–0.00
Fox–Lindgren4:570.34–0.281:160.00–0.043:370.12–0.041:560.01–0.001:590.00–0.091:480.00–0.031:470.00–0.036:290.29–0.143:230.11–0.143:140.02–0.153:130.00–0.001:220.00–0.041:100.00–0.010:510.10–0.000:400.00–0.02
Trouba–Miller6:330.38–0.183:080.12–0.501:420.02–0.001:430.22–0.062:270.00–0.151:140.00–0.003:030.25–0.054:250.00–0.054:300.19–0.162:190.22–0.571:010.02–0.001:320.00–0.06
Nemeth–Hajek1:170.00–0.002:440.00–0.081:010.00–0.002:580.17–0.410:430.00–0.120:470.00–0.051:090.00–0.161:590.09–0.041:590.08–0.053:570.00–0.381:360.00–0.04
Trouba–Lindgren0:390.00–0.00
Hajek–Miller
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndMcKegg FRooney FReaves FKreider FKakko FZibanejad FStrome FLafrenière FGauthier FGoodrow FHunt FChytil FTrouba DMiller DFox DLindgren DNemeth DHajek DGeorgiev GHowden FCarrier FKolesar FStephenson FStone FPacioretty FSmith FKarlsson FMarchessault FRoy FJanmark FDadonov FPietrangelo DHague DWhitecloud DMcNabb DTheodore DCoghlan DBrossoit G
NYRVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Adam FoxNYR3427:550:491:3174
Shea TheodoreVGK2827:390:592:1562
Alex PietrangeloVGK2926:180:541:3643
Jacob TroubaNYR3523:590:411:2424
Ryan LindgrenNYR3022:410:451:3346
Kaapo KakkoNYR2521:570:532:1532
Mika ZibanejadNYR2621:500:502:1534
K'Andre MillerNYR3121:420:421:3923
Chris KreiderNYR2420:350:512:1533
Mark StoneVGK2520:260:491:3653
Zach WhitecloudVGK2819:290:422:2433
Chandler StephensonVGK2418:490:471:4063
Max PaciorettyVGK2318:470:491:4552
Ryan StromeNYR2218:450:511:3231
William KarlssonVGK2618:190:421:3043
Brayden McNabbVGK2618:060:422:1423
Dylan CoghlanVGK1916:280:521:2741
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK1916:010:511:1841
Barclay GoodrowNYR1915:530:501:1722
Reilly SmithVGK2215:500:431:1833
Nicolas HagueVGK1815:270:521:4221
Filip ChytilNYR1915:180:481:1621
Alexis LafrenièreNYR1915:110:481:1821
Evgenii DadonovVGK1914:450:471:3132
Dryden HuntNYR1514:120:571:2210
Nicolas RoyVGK1714:080:501:1222
Libor HajekNYR1713:160:471:1801
William CarrierVGK1713:130:471:3731
Julien GauthierNYR1613:060:491:1711
Kevin RooneyNYR1513:000:521:2622
Mattias JanmarkVGK1812:520:431:0934
Patrik NemethNYR1812:450:431:1102
Keegan KolesarVGK1612:350:471:2432
Brett HowdenVGK1612:170:461:2630
Ryan ReavesNYR1210:330:531:2210
Greg McKeggNYR1310:240:481:1710