New Jersey Devils at Vegas Golden Knights

Mar 3, 2020 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	0	27
Vegas Golden Knights	3	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
00:45	VGK	Max Pacioretty (31)	William Karlsson (29)	0 - 1
3rd Period
00:37	VGK	William Karlsson (15)	Nicolas Roy (5), Max Pacioretty (34)	0 - 2
08:49	VGK	Ryan Reaves (8)	William Carrier (12), Tomas Nosek (7)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
14:07	NJD	Connor Carrick	Tripping	2
2nd Period
07:56	VGK	Max Pacioretty	Hooking	2
13:48	VGK	Max Pacioretty	Holding	2
3rd Period
13:54	VGK	Brandon Pirri	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	56	41	27	0	2.9	41.5
Vegas Golden Knights	66	49	32	3	3.3	58.5

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 Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.9 expected, 0 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.3 expected, 3 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 Jersey Devils

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 Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Palmieri · Nico Hischier · Jack Hughes	11:19	50.0	61.3	0-0
Travis Zajac · Miles Wood · Jesper Boqvist	11:02	25.0	23.7	0-1
Nikita Gusev · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt	9:45	50.0	23.0	0-1
Kevin Rooney · Joey Anderson · Michael McLeod	9:43	26.3	56.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Damon Severson · Dakota Mermis	15:46	40.0	27.7	0-1
P.K. Subban · Mirco Mueller	14:38	44.0	41.3	0-1
Connor Carrick · Josh Jacobs	14:12	25.0	41.5	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
11	Miles Wood	L	-2	0	3	1	15:51	0.22	10-21	0.37-1.38
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	2	1	18:10	0.41	16-12	0.88-0.60
14	Travis Zajac	C	-2	0	2	0	16:31	0.37	5-18	0.24-0.83
18	Pavel Zacha	C	-1	0	3	2	16:44	0.13	17-17	0.34-1.27
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	4	11:52		8-17	0.50-0.67
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	-1	0	4	0	17:12	0.38	17-13	0.89-0.41
22	Joey Anderson	R	0	0	0	2	12:12	0.21	8-14	0.68-0.31
25	Mirco Mueller	D	-1	0	1	2	19:48	0.05	17-20	0.94-1.27
25	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	2	2	13:01	0.17	7-14	0.41-0.31
36	Dakota Mermis	D	-1	0	1	2	18:08	0.02	18-27	0.60-1.41
40	Josh Jacobs	D	0	0	1	2	15:59	0.02	6-18	0.32-0.62
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	2	1	2	17:22	0.02	10-17	0.54-0.45
63	Jesper Bratt	L	-1	0	1	1	15:11	0.20	13-12	0.29-0.89
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	-1	0	0	1	14:12	0.05	8-18	0.27-1.02
76	P.K. Subban	D	-2	0	2	2	19:57	0.01	14-17	0.68-1.20
78	Damon Severson	D	-2	0	0	1	22:44	0.08	21-25	0.70-1.21
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	2	0	17:42	0.43	12-16	0.61-0.57
97	Nikita Gusev	L	-1	0	2	0	15:37	0.12	13-14	0.26-0.98

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	32	29	3	59:47	3.29	+0.29

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Max Pacioretty · William Karlsson · Nicolas Roy	11:46	70.8	60.4	2-0
Brandon Pirri · Nick Cousins · Chandler Stephenson	10:47	52.9	75.2	0-0
Paul Stastny · Reilly Smith · Jonathan Marchessault	10:22	65.2	61.8	0-0
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Tomas Nosek	10:04	52.6	63.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alec Martinez · Shea Theodore	16:10	66.7	74.7	1-0
Nick Holden · Zach Whitecloud	13:09	73.7	81.0	0-0
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	12:17	54.5	37.3	1-0

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
67	Max Pacioretty	L	1	1	2	2	4	3	1	15:01	0.28	18-8	0.78-0.52
71	William Karlsson	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	15:01	0.31	20-9	0.78-0.73
75	Ryan Reaves	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	6	12:21	0.29	14-11	0.77-0.66
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	14:32	0.09	17-8	0.76-0.52
28	William Carrier	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	11:34	0.35	12-11	0.74-0.66
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:34		12-10	0.77-0.44
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	18:19	0.08	15-12	0.54-0.82
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	20:42	0.04	15-8	0.60-0.18
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:16	0.32	10-13	0.49-0.23
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:42	0.05	15-13	0.65-0.49
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:21	0.12	16-12	0.90-0.23
25	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	23:27	0.14	28-21	1.53-0.84
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:15	0.28	18-11	0.70-0.46
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	21:06	0.21	31-21	1.95-0.86
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:32	0.03	17-10	0.77-0.42
73	Brandon Pirri	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	13:22	0.48	12-13	0.85-0.27
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:05	0.20	22-13	1.05-0.50
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:50	0.01	18-16	0.79-0.69

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	27	27	0	60:00	2.89	+2.89