New York Rangers at Vegas Golden Knights

Jan 7, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Rangers	1	29
Vegas Golden Knights	2	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:05	NYR	Mika Zibanejad (13)	Michael Grabner (4), Vinni Lettieri (1)	1 - 0
17:23	VGK	James Neal (18)	David Perron (25)	1 - 1
3rd Period
08:58	VGK	William Karlsson (22)	Reilly Smith (24), Jonathan Marchessault (24)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
14:06	VGK	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
2nd Period
05:10	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	Tripping	2
3rd Period
00:30	VGK	Brad Hunt	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers	51	42	29	1	1.7	41.3
Vegas Golden Knights	64	40	34	2	1.9	58.7

How the game went

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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

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

New York Rangers

Vegas Golden Knights

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.

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rick Nash · David Desharnais · Jimmy Vesey	10:50	61.5	61.9	0-0
Jesper Fast · Mika Zibanejad · J.T. Miller	8:39	31.6	35.2	0-0
Michael Grabner · Boo Nieves · Vinni Lettieri	5:39	58.3	48.1	0-0
Paul Carey · Mats Zuccarello · Kevin Hayes	2:47	0.0	0.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Nick Holden	18:59	31.0	35.4	1-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Brady Skjei	14:12	37.5	16.5	0-1
Marc Staal · Steven Kampfer	14:11	56.0	64.5	0-0

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

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
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	20:57	0.18	12-21	0.49-0.50
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	14:24	0.10	16-12	0.44-0.53
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	13:28	0.25	10-15	0.24-0.32
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:44	0.06	15-30	0.65-0.84
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:08	0.12	10-30	0.32-1.30
12	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:34	0.02	9-19	0.16-0.84
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	03:01	0.02	1-7	0.02-0.06
15	Boo Nieves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:09	0.04	14-23	0.27-0.70
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:12	0.10	14-12	0.31-0.18
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:43	0.06	11-9	0.37-0.24
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	25:12	0.08	18-31	0.60-0.85
34	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	08:32	0.05	7-11	0.16-0.20
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	16:49	0.01	5-18	0.24-0.24
44	Steven Kampfer	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:31	0.05	19-13	0.45-0.18
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:51	0.05	16-8	0.49-0.19
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:59	0.22	14-8	0.39-0.19
71	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:28	0.02	13-21	0.38-1.12
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	17:17	0.27	11-17	0.36-0.83

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Ondrej Pavelec	L	34	32	2	58:01	1.93	-0.07

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula	13:17	59.3	51.5	1-0
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	11:32	65.2	67.4	1-0
Cody Eakin · Brendan Leipsic · Alex Tuch	8:50	45.0	36.1	0-0
William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek	8:12	76.9	85.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore	16:35	54.5	72.0	1-0
Colin Miller · Brad Hunt	14:59	42.3	22.1	0-0
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	14:44	70.0	62.5	1-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	18:40	0.35	21-10	1.03-0.45
81	James Neal	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	15:55	0.14	21-11	0.81-0.36
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:44	0.08	15-10	0.52-0.45
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	17:09		17-11	0.40-0.36
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	15:05	0.51	19-9	0.94-0.29
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20:46	0.02	24-9	0.63-0.35
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	20:16	0.04	18-17	0.87-0.41
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	20:12	0.12	18-17	0.36-0.51
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:30	0.03	12-15	0.14-0.47
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:47		13-17	0.23-0.38
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19:10	0.09	24-17	1.05-0.37
28	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:19		9-12	0.13-0.26
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	09:22	0.10	11-6	0.29-0.12
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:13		13-6	0.26-0.08
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	18:38	0.03	19-14	0.45-0.41
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	22:59	0.18	26-11	0.66-0.42
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	14:53	0.10	13-17	0.23-0.56
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:31	0.11	12-6	0.29-0.07

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	29	28	1	59:51	1.73	+0.73