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Vegas Golden Knights at Nashville Predators

Dec 8, 2017 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 4 39
Nashville Predators 3 44

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:55 VGK William Karlsson (15) PP Alex Tuch (8), Nate Schmidt (12) 1 - 0
2nd Period
14:37 VGK James Neal (14) Luca Sbisa (9), Nate Schmidt (13) 2 - 0
15:40 NSH Calle Jarnkrok (6) Pontus Aberg (3), Filip Forsberg (15) 2 - 1
3rd Period
08:04 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (10) Kevin Fiala (14), Kyle Turris (16) 2 - 2
14:56 NSH Nick Bonino (6) Viktor Arvidsson (11) 2 - 3
19:20 VGK Erik Haula (10) Colin Miller (11), David Perron (14) 3 - 3
Shootout
VGK Reilly Smith Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:31 NSH Craig Smith High sticking 2
11:48 VGK David Perron Holding 2
13:00 VGK Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
2nd Period
09:44 NSH Anthony Bitetto Cross checking 2
20:00 NSH Kevin Fiala High sticking 2
3rd Period
02:35 VGK Colin Miller High sticking 2
09:54 VGK Cody Eakin High sticking 2
11:55 VGK William Karlsson Holding 2
11:55 NSH P.K. Subban Embellishment 2
15:26 NSH Kevin Fiala Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 66 51 39 3 4.4 45.2
Nashville Predators 67 53 44 3 2.8 54.8

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdOTNashville Predators aheadVegas Golden Knights ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 4.4 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTVGK goal, 6:55 of 1st, a 30% chanceVGK goal, 14:37 of 2nd, a 12% chanceVGK goal, 19:20 of 3rd, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 15:40 of 2nd, a 22% chanceNSH goal, 8:04 of 3rd, a 43% chanceNSH goal, 14:56 of 3rd, a 9% chanceVGK 4.4NSH 2.8

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights
Nashville Predators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula11:1947.631.51-2
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault10:5041.761.60-0
Cody Eakin · Brendan Leipsic · Alex Tuch7:3725.032.40-1
Oscar Lindberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek6:3464.391.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Luca Sbisa · Nate Schmidt15:1448.659.11-1
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore12:0330.029.80-1
Brayden McNabb · Colin Miller12:0056.049.20-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 28:08 0.08 19-25 0.88-0.73
56 Erik Haula L 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 19:27 0.22 14-16 0.67-1.03
71 William Karlsson C 1 0 1 0 2 6 1 19:30 1.53 12-15 0.51-0.31
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 -1 0 8 1 18:51 0.86 13-11 0.56-0.82
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 19:59 0.03 14-13 0.61-0.70
55 Luca Sbisa D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:52 18-19 0.77-0.54
57 David Perron L 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:17 0.07 14-14 0.59-0.97
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:18 0.38 6-17 0.43-0.64
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 17:18 0.03 17-12 0.81-0.63
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:19 0.01 7-19 0.25-0.71
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:17 0.54 10-15 0.44-0.31
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:24 0.03 6-13 0.33-0.53
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14 12-7 0.42-0.09
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:31 0.10 7-15 0.29-0.58
28 Brendan Leipsic L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:54 0.03 7-16 0.44-0.60
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:52 0.13 11-7 0.38-0.07
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:19 0.15 12-15 0.57-0.29
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:28 0.20 11-6 0.38-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Malcolm Subban 44 41 3 64:02 2.86 -0.14

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Calle Jarnkrok · Pontus Aberg · Filip Forsberg9:0457.953.01-0
Nick Bonino · Colton Sissons · Viktor Arvidsson8:4060.048.21-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala8:2368.463.00-0
Cody McLeod · Austin Watson · Frederick Gaudreau4:0855.659.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Mattias Ekholm16:4152.632.80-1
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban13:1275.985.63-0
Yannick Weber · Anthony Bitetto9:3138.916.70-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 21:21 1.00 17-11 0.84-0.79
12 Nick Bonino C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:01 0.17 11-10 0.31-0.51
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:07 0.33 15-14 0.53-0.47
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:26 17-13 1.00-0.66
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 20:09 0.21 13-11 0.47-0.45
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 1 1 1 4 5 0 15:58 0.37 18-13 0.95-0.66
46 Pontus Aberg L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:50 0.02 11-11 0.40-0.54
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:33 7-12 0.12-0.60
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 28:08 0.08 21-20 0.43-0.85
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 16:52 0.26 19-9 0.64-0.33
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:51 11-15 0.31-0.73
22 Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:39 0.01 7-13 0.12-0.65
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:13 0.06 8-8 0.10-0.26
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 17:51 0.02 22-9 1.37-0.23
55 Cody McLeod L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:49 0.01 6-5 0.18-0.09
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 31:17 0.23 20-19 0.39-0.94
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 23:33 0.02 24-10 1.42-0.33
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:01 8-7 0.10-0.25
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 39 36 3 64:57 4.47 +1.47