Vegas Golden Knights at New Jersey Devils

Feb 6, 2025 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	3	40
New Jersey Devils	1	15

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
03:09	VGK	Nicolas Roy (7)	Brayden McNabb (9)	1 - 0
11:18	VGK	Shea Theodore (7)	Victor Olofsson (9), Ivan Barbashev (19)	2 - 0
3rd Period
04:06	VGK	Jack Eichel (19)	Noah Hanifin (16), Zach Whitecloud (5)	3 - 0
15:43	NJD	Ondrej Palat (12) PP	Stefan Noesen (13), Jesper Bratt (46)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:01	NJD	Jack Hughes	High sticking double minor	4
2nd Period
07:27	NJD	Simon Nemec	Holding	2
15:45	NJD	Nathan Bastian	Tripping	2
3rd Period
15:33	VGK	Shea Theodore	Tripping	2
16:10	NJD	Paul Cotter	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	73	56	40	3	4.3	64.1
New Jersey Devils	38	29	15	1	1.4	35.9

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 4.3 expected, 3 scored · New Jersey Devils: 1.4 expected, 1 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.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights

New Jersey Devils

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ivan Barbashev · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel	12:30	61.8	69.5	2-0
Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev · Alexander Holtz	9:26	73.3	92.0	0-0
Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy · Jonas Rondbjerg	8:31	66.7	97.3	0-0
Mark Stone · Brandon Saad · Brett Howden	8:30	52.9	36.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Nicolas Hague	15:02	63.0	54.9	0-0
Noah Hanifin · Zach Whitecloud	14:59	66.7	80.2	1-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	14:25	56.3	74.2	2-0

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
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	2	0	6	1	22:06	0.59	22-14	1.31-0.57
10	Nicolas Roy	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	14:13	0.51	10-4	0.70-0.01
27	Shea Theodore	D	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	22:43	0.17	22-14	1.28-0.38
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	17:00	0.02	21-15	1.23-0.39
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	20:04	0.09	23-8	1.43-0.27
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	16:19	0.03	16-8	1.09-0.27
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	1	1	3	0	4	0	19:26	0.79	24-15	1.56-0.57
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	16:17	0.09	22-14	1.29-0.57
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:26	0.03	18-11	0.53-0.40
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18:27	0.50	15-4	0.78-0.05
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:43	0.05	11-11	0.21-0.42
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:25	0.07	10-11	0.20-0.42
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:00	0.28	15-7	0.73-0.13
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:19	0.03	18-10	0.51-0.39
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:38	0.05	9-3	0.49-0.01
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:28	0.19	17-4	0.82-0.05
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	10:43	0.04	11-4	0.81-0.01
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:39	0.80	11-8	0.20-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	W	15	14	1	59:54	1.46	+0.46

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ondrej Palat · Jesper Bratt · Jack Hughes	10:45	45.8	30.2	0-1
Erik Haula · Timo Meier · Dawson Mercer	9:24	30.0	12.6	0-0
Justin Dowling · Stefan Noesen · Paul Cotter	8:02	46.7	44.1	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Curtis Lazar · Nathan Bastian	7:34	33.3	32.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brett Pesce · Johnathan Kovacevic	10:29	46.2	46.2	0-0
Brenden Dillon · Dougie Hamilton	8:51	37.5	43.4	0-0
Luke Hughes · Simon Nemec	7:28	33.3	8.2	0-1

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
81	Ondrej Palat	L	1	0	1	-2	0	1	1	14:58	0.24	13-17	0.41-0.86
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	11:43	0.00	9-13	0.27-0.40
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	19:40	0.20	12-22	0.29-1.13
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23:01		10-18	0.37-0.83
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:33	0.00	10-20	0.30-0.67
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	24:46		15-28	0.51-1.69
11	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	13:47	0.02	5-8	0.27-0.40
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:05	0.04	2-7	0.04-0.22
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:50	0.22	17-19	0.81-0.67
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	14:52	0.06	7-20	0.16-1.21
37	Justin Dowling	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:04	0.18	10-13	0.33-0.43
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	19:41		9-21	0.07-1.45
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	10:59	0.05	10-10	0.27-0.28
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	15:41	0.11	6-19	0.16-1.48
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	12:32	0.01	4-12	0.05-0.75
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	-2	4	1	2	20:45	0.23	14-23	0.51-1.15
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:52	0.07	4-9	0.22-0.45
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:10	0.01	8-16	0.22-1.09

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	L	40	37	3	59:01	4.37	+1.37