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Vegas Golden Knights, 2017-18

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Pacific Division, Western Conference Won the Pacific Division Made the playoffs

2017-18 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 20 games, ranked among the 16 playoff teams. 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. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 16 playoff teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the playoffs

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 5 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the playoffs.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
1st Round	Los Angeles Kings	Won 4-0
2nd Round	San Jose Sharks	Won 4-2
Western Conference Finals	Winnipeg Jets	Won 4-1
Stanley Cup Final	Washington Capitals	Lost 1-4

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
William Karlsson	C	82	43	35	78	49	12	184	48	53.0	53.4	+14.6	$1M	+$8.9M
Jonathan Marchessault	R	77	27	48	75	36	40	268	99	52.9	52.3	+12.3	$750K	+$7.7M
David Perron	L	70	16	50	66	1	50	125	118	49.1	45.0	+1.7	$3.75M	-$2M
Reilly Smith	R	67	22	38	60	31	24	162	40	53.2	53.2	+9.0	$5M	+$1.3M
Erik Haula	L	76	29	26	55	-16	37	175	85	50.0	47.7	+2.9	$2.75M	-$286K
James Neal	L	71	25	19	44	-11	24	202	44	50.3	46.7	+4.5	$5M	-$1.5M
Colin Miller	D	82	10	31	41	-4	53	177	165	55.4	53.8	+9.7	$1M	+$5.8M
Alex Tuch	R	78	15	22	37	3	27	171	99	51.4	52.0	+7.1	$925K	+$4.2M
Nate Schmidt	D	76	5	31	36	19	16	103	41	50.1	50.5	+5.4	$2.225M	+$1.8M
Shea Theodore	D	61	6	23	29	5	14	144	29	51.3	47.5	+1.3	$863K	+$566K
Cody Eakin	C	80	11	16	27	-6	22	107	63	48.0	45.8	-0.1	$3.85M	-$3.3M
Deryk Engelland	D	79	5	18	23	6	24	108	126	48.3	47.8	+2.5	$1M	+$1.2M
Brad Hunt	D	45	3	15	18	-5	6	80	19	52.3	49.2	+1.8	$650K	+$1.1M
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	72	6	10	16	5	14	92	41	52.7	54.0	+6.9	$1.45M	+$3.6M
Brayden McNabb	D	76	5	10	15	26	52	88	225	51.8	51.6	+5.3	$1.7M	+$2.3M
Tomas Nosek	L	67	7	8	15	6	14	92	53	50.3	49.3	+4.0	$613K	+$2.6M
Luca Sbisa	D	30	2	12	14	8	15	26	50	43.2	46.7	+0.1	$3.6M	-$2.9M
Ryan Carpenter	C	36	9	5	14	0	9	65	52	50.2	50.7	+1.4	$650K	+$859K
Brendan Leipsic	L	44	2	11	13	-1	4	68	27	48.9	49.3	+2.7	$650K	+$1.7M
Oscar Lindberg	L	63	9	2	11	-11	14	81	72	50.2	52.9	+2.3	$1.7M	+$349K
Tomas Tatar	L	20	4	2	6	-11	10	34	22	49.8	48.0	+1.9	$5.3M	-$3.5M
Brandon Pirri	C	2	3	0	3	3	0	11	2	59.3	54.1	+0.5	$650K
Jon Merrill	D	34	1	2	3	7	22	30	35	50.3	52.8	+1.0	$1.138M	+$134K
Tomas Hyka	R	10	1	2	3	2	0	15	6	49.7	46.3	+1.1	$710K
William Carrier	L	37	1	2	3	-3	19	52	113	53.3	52.8	+2.3	$689K	+$1.4M
Ryan Reaves	R	21	0	2	2	2	10	8	75	47.4	49.4	-0.7	$1.125M	-$954K
Jason Garrison	D	8	0	1	1	-2	4	7	7	47.8	39.2	-0.4	$4.6M
Stefan Matteau	C	8	0	1	1	0	0	8	8	56.6	50.9	+0.6	$650K
Vadim Shipachyov	C	3	1	0	1	3	2	3	1	46.6	48.7	+0.0
Zach Whitecloud	D	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	51.7	51.2	+0.0	$925K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Marc-Andre Fleury	46	29	13	4	4	1376	1276	100	2.24	0.927	+15.6	+27.4	$5.75M	+$1.1M
Malcolm Subban	22	13	4	2	0	614	559	55	2.68	0.910	+1.2	+6.9	$650K	+$1.5M
Maxime Lagace	16	6	7	1	0	430	373	57	3.92	0.867	-18.6	-14.7	$650K
Oscar Dansk	4	3	0	0	1	93	88	5	1.78	0.946	+3.5	+4.3	$650K
Dylan Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6.50	0.500	-0.7	-0.7	$717K

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