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Vegas Golden Knights, 2020-21

Be the GM of the Vegas Golden Knights Take over the 2020-21 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Honda West Division Made the playoffs

2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 56 40-14-2 82 0.732 191 124 +67 21-5-2 19-9-0

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

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 56 games. 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

53.4Corsi for %6th of 31 · 2,726 attempts for, 2,380 against
53.7Fenwick for %4th of 31 · unblocked attempts
53.3Shots for %6th of 31 · shots on goal
53.8Expected goals for %5th of 31 · 131.1 expected for, 112.4 against
58.2Goals for %2nd of 31 · 135 for, 97 against
101.7PDO9.6% shooting + 92.1% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 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 season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 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 season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault52540:1656.954.022-18
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson40441:0653.057.738-17
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Tomas Nosek17129:5950.453.94-3
Alex Tuch · Nicolas Roy · Cody Glass1397:3057.159.05-3
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Nicolas Roy1278:3747.939.53-5
Alex Tuch · Keegan Kolesar · Cody Glass1269:1450.048.73-2
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud48526:4454.258.923-11
Alec Martinez · Shea Theodore43442:0753.454.232-19
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo34271:5752.152.016-15
Alex Pietrangelo · Brayden McNabb22202:2649.345.27-8
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore28193:0753.558.110-5

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

Shots for
Shots against

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 Minnesota Wild Won 4-3
2nd Round Colorado Avalanche Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Semifinals Montréal Canadiens Lost 2-4

Value for money

$77MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 22 ranked players
$110.7MWorth at the going rate118.2 goals above replacement
+$33.7MValue2nd of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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
Mark Stone R 55 21 40 61 26 28 98 31 52.2 54.9 +12.3 $9.5M+$3.7M
Max Pacioretty L 48 24 27 51 20 14 174 33 51.8 53.9 +8.2 $7M+$2M
Jonathan Marchessault R 55 18 26 44 19 39 176 44 55.9 54.1 +6.2 $5M+$2M
Shea Theodore D 53 8 34 42 28 14 161 22 54.5 54.4 +5.9 $5.2M+$1.5M
William Karlsson C 56 14 25 39 19 4 111 29 56.1 55.0 +6.5 $5.9M+$1.4M
Chandler Stephenson C 51 14 21 35 22 29 83 43 51.9 53.2 +4.8 $2.75M+$2.8M
Alex Tuch R 55 18 15 33 16 28 142 52 54.0 55.5 +7.2 $4.75M+$3.3M
Alec Martinez D 53 9 23 32 26 12 85 44 52.1 53.8 +6.0 $4M+$2.8M
Reilly Smith R 53 14 11 25 10 18 124 46 55.7 53.4 +2.5 $5M-$1.8M
Alex Pietrangelo D 41 7 16 23 20 16 126 28 52.7 51.7 +3.3 $8.8M-$4.8M
Tomas Nosek L 38 8 10 18 7 10 59 51 52.5 55.1 +2.0 $1.25M+$1.5M
Nicolas Hague D 52 5 12 17 14 31 78 94 54.2 57.6 +6.6 $792K+$6.6M
Nicolas Roy C 50 6 9 15 9 14 52 50 52.2 55.6 +3.3 $750K+$3.3M
William Carrier L 52 6 9 15 0 16 65 131 53.5 53.9 +4.7 $1.4M+$4M
Keegan Kolesar R 44 3 10 13 -4 30 46 107 53.0 51.0 +1.4 $725K+$1.4M
Zach Whitecloud D 51 2 10 12 9 24 54 85 51.9 54.0 +4.6 $725K+$4.7M
Cody Glass C 27 4 6 10 6 8 28 10 51.0 48.2 +0.3 $863K+$163K
Brayden McNabb D 41 2 6 8 10 16 39 98 53.4 53.0 +0.8 $2.5M-$973K
Dylan Coghlan D 29 3 3 6 -3 2 31 29 54.7 49.1 -1.2 $716K-$1.2M
Mattias Janmark C 15 1 4 5 5 2 23 4 45.8 46.6 -0.1 $2.25M-$1.6M
Ryan Reaves R 37 1 4 5 0 27 26 141 50.4 49.7 -1.0 $1.75M-$2.1M
Dylan Sikura R 6 2 0 2 0 0 8 3 46.4 57.7 +0.7 $750K
Nick Holden D 17 0 2 2 3 2 23 28 54.7 54.8 +0.9 $1.7M
Peyton Krebs C 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 55.2 54.7 +0.2 $894K
Tomas Jurco R 8 0 1 1 0 0 11 4 57.0 55.1 +0.0 $700K
Patrick Brown C 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 58.6 57.6 -0.2 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Marc-Andre Fleury 36 261006 989 918 71 1.98 0.928 +23.9 +33.6 $7M+$3.8M
Robin Lehner 19 13421 505 461 44 2.29 0.913 +8.3 +13.7
Logan Thompson 1 0000 2 2 0 0.00 1.000 +0.2 +0.2 $800K
Oscar Dansk 1 1000 29 25 4 3.91 0.862 -0.8 -0.5 $700K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 12, 2021 @ SJS W 6-0 44 19
May 10, 2021 vs COL L 1-2 37 21
May 8, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 29 21
May 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 35 25
May 5, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 34 28
May 3, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 32 32
May 1, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 34 21
Apr 30, 2021 @ ARI L 0-3 25 32
Apr 28, 2021 vs COL W 5-2 26 37
Apr 24, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 31 24
Apr 21, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 40 33
Apr 19, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 40 31
Apr 18, 2021 @ ANA W 5-2 29 35
Apr 16, 2021 @ ANA W 4-0 51 16
Apr 14, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 32 22
Apr 12, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 41 28
Apr 11, 2021 vs ARI W 1-0 29 14
Apr 9, 2021 vs ARI W 7-4 37 26
Apr 7, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 51 35
Apr 5, 2021 @ STL W 6-1 33 32
Apr 3, 2021 vs MIN L 1-2 28 27
Apr 1, 2021 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 37 37
Mar 31, 2021 vs LAK L 2-4 42 30
Mar 29, 2021 vs LAK W 4-1 24 25
Mar 27, 2021 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 34 24
Mar 25, 2021 @ COL L 1-5 19 32
Mar 22, 2021 vs STL W 5-1 35 16
Mar 21, 2021 @ LAK L 1-3 42 31
Mar 19, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 33 25
Mar 17, 2021 vs SJS W 5-4 37 33
Mar 15, 2021 vs SJS W 2-1 36 24
Mar 13, 2021 @ STL W 5-1 26 35
Mar 12, 2021 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 40 23
Mar 10, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 27 31
Mar 8, 2021 @ MIN L 0-2 26 21
Mar 6, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 32 24
Mar 5, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 27 29
Mar 3, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 28 37
Mar 1, 2021 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 39 30
Feb 27, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 27 30
Feb 22, 2021 @ COL W 3-0 28 34
Feb 20, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 29 39
Feb 16, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 29 25
Feb 14, 2021 vs COL W 1-0 24 30
Feb 13, 2021 @ SJS W 3-1 26 25
Feb 11, 2021 vs ANA L 0-1 21 28
Feb 9, 2021 vs ANA W 5-4 31 23
Feb 7, 2021 vs LAK W 4-3 33 32
Feb 5, 2021 vs LAK W 5-2 36 29
Jan 26, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 46 25
Jan 24, 2021 @ ARI W 1-0 27 16
Jan 22, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 31 26
Jan 20, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 29 23
Jan 18, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 28 32
Jan 16, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 33 22
Jan 14, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 29 22