Vegas Golden Knights
Why #8 at season’s end
Puckigree#8 · +7.2Standings5thChance share (xGF% 5v5)15thSchedule faced26th hardest
Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.
Final
Record51-22-9Points111Games82Goals for – against272–229
CF%48.122nd of 32
GF/GP3.2614th of 32
GA/GP2.7411th of 32
PP%20.318th of 32
PK%77.419th of 32
PDO101.34th of 32
SV% 5v5.9239th of 32
SF/GP31.515th of 32
Playoff odds
From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.FinalMade the playoffs
Lowest along the way71%
Player Puckigree
How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →Roster total+82.4goals above replacement · 11th of 32
Forwards +38.5Defence +13.8Goalies +30.1
Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.
Chances
From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD+7.0
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+9.4
Finishing GF−xGF+9.1
Goaltending GSAx+13.5
Goal difference GD+39
Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.
Record by the chances
Chances say44-32-693.7 pts
Actually51-22-9111 pts
17.3 points ahead of their chances.
xGF% 5v551.115th of 32
HDCF% 5v553.58th of 32
GF−xGF+9.110th of 32
GSAx+13.510th of 32
LeadersFull roster →
- CJack Eichel27-39-66
- CChandler Stephenson16-49-65
- RJonathan Marchessault28-29-57
- RReilly Smith26-30-56
- DAlex Pietrangelo11-43-54
- GLogan Thompson37 GP · .915
- GAdin Hill27 GP · .915
- GLaurent Brossoit11 GP · .927
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 14.