Boston Bruins at Vegas Golden Knights

Mar 20, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	1	19
Vegas Golden Knights	5	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
09:19	VGK	Pavel Dorofeyev (28) PP	Jack Eichel (60), Noah Hanifin (24)	0 - 1
19:10	VGK	Pavel Dorofeyev (29)	Alex Pietrangelo (25), Brandon Saad (13)	0 - 2
3rd Period
05:47	VGK	Brett Howden (19)	William Karlsson (12)	0 - 3
10:21	VGK	Pavel Dorofeyev (30)	Brandon Saad (14), Noah Hanifin (25)	0 - 4
14:24	VGK	Ivan Barbashev (20)	Jack Eichel (61)	0 - 5
17:49	BOS	Morgan Geekie (24)	Pavel Zacha (28), David Pastrnak (50)	1 - 5

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:49	VGK	Mark Stone	Tripping	2
2nd Period
08:15	BOS	Nikita Zadorov	Slashing	2
11:51	BOS	John Beecher	Hooking	2
3rd Period
18:38	BOS	Patrick Brown	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	46	30	19	1	1.4	44.8
Vegas Golden Knights	59	44	32	5	3.4	55.2

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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 1.4 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.4 expected, 5 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

Boston Bruins

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Morgan Geekie	12:26	52.0	39.9	1-1
Elias Lindholm · Jakub Lauko · Marat Khusnutdinov	5:35	64.3	35.8	0-0
Vinni Lettieri · Casey Mittelstadt · Cole Koepke	4:38	42.9	34.1	0-0
Patrick Brown · Mark Kastelic · John Beecher	4:12	28.6	25.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Henri Jokiharju	17:55	39.4	39.2	1-1
Andrew Peeke · Mason Lohrei	14:26	47.6	23.1	0-2
Parker Wotherspoon · Ian Mitchell	12:24	62.5	37.9	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

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
39	Morgan Geekie	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5	2	18:47	0.55	15-16	0.65-1.03
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	18:08		13-17	0.57-1.12
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	19:34	0.14	14-16	0.65-1.00
6	Mason Lohrei	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	20:16	0.06	13-14	0.17-0.63
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:55	0.06	11-9	0.38-0.62
14	Ian Mitchell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:48	0.01	11-12	0.38-0.91
18	John Beecher	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	11:55	0.04	5-14	0.14-0.39
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	20:18	0.01	12-15	0.20-0.67
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:03	0.06	16-25	0.69-1.33
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:28	0.04	14-12	0.22-0.73
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:22		12-7	0.40-0.62
38	Patrick Brown	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	12:17	0.05	3-8	0.04-0.13
45	Cole Koepke	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	13:44	0.06	4-7	0.10-0.27
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	10:47		3-8	0.04-0.28
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	21:55	0.02	14-23	0.64-1.09
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	13:22	0.09	14-14	0.22-1.05
94	Jakub Lauko	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	12:34	0.13	14-10	0.37-0.53
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:21	0.07	7-13	0.33-0.73

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	L	32	27	5	60:00	3.40	-1.60

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel	10:24	52.2	50.4	1-1
Brandon Saad · Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev	9:16	63.2	78.0	2-0
Tanner Pearson · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy	6:22	40.0	89.3	0-0
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Nicolas Roy	5:49	37.5	84.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Nicolas Hague	16:28	48.4	62.4	2-0
Brayden McNabb · Kaedan Korczak	16:26	52.2	68.7	1-1
Noah Hanifin · Zach Whitecloud	16:25	59.3	64.6	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
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	3	0	3	2	0	5	0	13:31	0.59	13-10	0.83-0.29
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	15:11	0.05	13-12	0.57-0.49
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	20:44	0.02	18-12	0.86-0.38
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	13:20	0.32	15-8	0.92-0.33
21	Brett Howden	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	14:06	0.15	12-6	0.50-0.25
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	15:26	0.31	13-12	0.53-0.49
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	21:16	0.06	19-16	1.30-0.55
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	15:54	0.17	8-11	0.49-0.40
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:06	0.10	13-11	0.67-0.31
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:28	0.08	12-11	0.67-0.31
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:56	0.27	11-11	0.71-0.08
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	16:39	0.54	12-11	0.77-0.40
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18:16	0.06	18-11	0.84-0.36
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18:26		16-17	0.92-0.57
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	13:49	0.29	14-7	1.01-0.21
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15:08		9-9	0.32-0.14
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	15:08	0.11	15-11	0.73-0.49
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:36	0.27	10-9	0.67-0.14

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	W	19	18	1	60:00	1.41	+0.41