Vegas Golden Knights
at
Minnesota Wild
1st Round, Game 4 · Apr 26, 2025 · Xcel Energy Center
| Team | Goals | Shots |
|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights |
4 | 46 |
| Minnesota Wild |
3 | 32 |
Decided in overtime.
Scoring
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | ||||
| 06:47 | VGK | Shea Theodore (1) PP | Ivan Barbashev (1), Jack Eichel (1) | 1 - 0 |
| 10:43 | MIN | Marco Rossi (2) | Justin Brazeau (2), Yakov Trenin (2) | 1 - 1 |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 01:24 | MIN | Marcus Foligno (3) | Ryan Hartman (4), Mats Zuccarello (1) | 1 - 2 |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:50 | VGK | Nicolas Roy (1) PP | Tomas Hertl (2), Pavel Dorofeyev (1) | 2 - 2 |
| 10:03 | VGK | Tomas Hertl (3) | Mark Stone (1), Brayden McNabb (1) | 3 - 2 |
| 10:57 | MIN | Jared Spurgeon (1) | Kirill Kaprizov (4), Joel Eriksson Ek (1) | 3 - 3 |
| Overtime | ||||
| 17:26 | VGK | Ivan Barbashev (1) | Nicolas Roy (2), Reilly Smith (1) | 4 - 3 |
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Penalty | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | ||||
| 05:15 | MIN | Vinnie Hinostroza | High sticking | 2 |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 04:17 | MIN | Team | Too many men on the ice | 2 |
| 08:03 | MIN | Joel Eriksson Ek | Slashing | 2 |
| 10:59 | VGK | Keegan Kolesar | Holding the stick | 2 |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 01:48 | MIN | Zeev Buium | High sticking double minor | 4 |
| Overtime | ||||
| 08:09 | VGK | Nicolas Roy | Holding | 2 |
Shot attempts
| Team | Attempts (Corsi) | Unblocked (Fenwick) | On goal | Goals | Expected goals | 5-on-5 CF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights |
95 | 68 | 46 | 4 | 4.1 | 58.2 |
| Minnesota Wild |
67 | 44 | 32 | 3 | 2.9 | 41.8 |
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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.
Expected goals
Vegas Golden Knights: 4.1 expected, 4 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 3 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
Minnesota Wild
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Karlsson · Jack Eichel · Pavel Dorofeyev | 6:52 | 86.7 | 76.8 | 0-1 |
| Brandon Saad · Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev | 6:41 | 41.7 | 61.9 | 0-0 |
| Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel | 5:54 | 57.1 | 65.7 | 0-0 |
| Reilly Smith · Ivan Barbashev · Nicolas Roy | 5:35 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 1-0 |
| Defence pair | Time | CF% | xGF% | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore | 22:59 | 72.1 | 93.3 | 2-1 |
| Alex Pietrangelo · Noah Hanifin | 22:49 | 53.4 | 45.7 | 0-1 |
| Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud | 15:29 | 40.7 | 51.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Nicolas Roy |
C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17:58 | 0.37 | 23-13 | 1.09-0.92 |
| 48 |  Tomas Hertl |
C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23:14 | 0.37 | 18-17 | 0.74-0.49 |
| 49 |  Ivan Barbashev |
L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21:39 | 0.30 | 27-18 | 1.36-0.94 |
| 27 |  Shea Theodore |
D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30:41 | 0.50 | 32-13 | 1.60-0.20 |
| 3 |  Brayden McNabb |
D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:42 | 0.03 | 32-12 | 1.60-0.12 |
| 9 |  Jack Eichel |
C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 29:57 | 0.46 | 30-18 | 0.88-0.89 |
| 16 |  Pavel Dorofeyev |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:32 | 0.05 | 21-16 | 0.42-0.73 |
| 19 |  Reilly Smith |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20:18 | 0.37 | 25-14 | 1.37-0.86 |
| 61 |  Mark Stone |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26:42 | 0.10 | 23-18 | 0.92-0.63 |
| 7 |  Alex Pietrangelo |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28:48 | 0.12 | 36-28 | 1.21-1.38 |
| 15 |  Noah Hanifin |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26:05 | 0.19 | 34-30 | 1.27-1.81 |
| 20 |  Brandon Saad |
L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14:11 | 0.30 | 18-14 | 0.85-0.56 |
| 21 |  Brett Howden |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:01 | 0.14 | 11-18 | 0.44-0.66 |
| 28 |  Zach Whitecloud |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 | 13-16 | 0.51-0.46 | |
| 41 |  Nicolas Hague |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:56 | 0.02 | 15-19 | 0.60-0.92 |
| 55 |  Keegan Kolesar |
R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12:53 | 0.34 | 14-11 | 0.74-0.23 |
| 70 |  Tanner Pearson |
L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 08:49 | 0.05 | 11-10 | 0.43-0.23 |
| 71 |  William Karlsson |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22:25 | 0.35 | 27-10 | 1.21-0.21 |
| # | Goalie | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | TOI | xGA | Saved above xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 |  Adin Hill |
W | 32 | 29 | 3 | 77:26 | 2.93 | -0.07 |
Minnesota Wild
Lines and pairings
| Forward line | Time | CF% | xGF% | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy | 17:19 | 43.9 | 31.1 | 1-1 |
| Marcus Foligno · Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman | 14:22 | 35.1 | 41.6 | 1-1 |
| Yakov Trenin · Justin Brazeau · Marco Rossi | 7:24 | 53.8 | 73.1 | 1-0 |
| Gustav Nyquist · Vinnie Hinostroza · Frederick Gaudreau | 7:08 | 44.4 | 59.5 | 0-0 |
| Defence pair | Time | CF% | xGF% | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Brodin · Brock Faber | 23:21 | 52.3 | 50.2 | 0-0 |
| Jared Spurgeon · Jake Middleton | 18:18 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 1-1 |
| Zach Bogosian · Zeev Buium | 10:39 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 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
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI | xG | CF-CA | xGF-xGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 |  Marcus Foligno |
L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22:51 | 0.21 | 20-28 | 1.11-0.88 |
| 23 |  Marco Rossi |
C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11:01 | 0.20 | 11-10 | 0.48-0.27 |
| 46 |  Jared Spurgeon |
D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:40 | 0.09 | 16-37 | 0.20-1.27 |
| 13 |  Yakov Trenin |
C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10:31 | 0.11 | 10-10 | 0.51-0.22 |
| 14 |  Joel Eriksson Ek |
C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27:25 | 0.86 | 22-28 | 0.94-1.44 |
| 16 |  Justin Brazeau |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 08:31 | 0.14 | 8-8 | 0.48-0.16 |
| 36 |  Mats Zuccarello |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:30 | 0.17 | 16-29 | 0.71-1.26 |
| 38 |  Ryan Hartman |
R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21:59 | 0.52 | 19-31 | 0.83-1.28 |
| 97 |  Kirill Kaprizov |
L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28:12 | 0.24 | 22-32 | 0.65-1.79 |
| 7 |  Brock Faber |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33:07 | 0.01 | 31-28 | 1.43-1.38 |
| 8 |  Zeev Buium |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13:33 | 0.01 | 10-16 | 0.57-0.86 |
| 12 |  Matt Boldy |
L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33:08 | 0.15 | 25-35 | 1.04-1.76 |
| 14 |  Gustav Nyquist |
R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 | 0.07 | 9-8 | 0.18-0.27 |
| 24 |  Zach Bogosian |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:20 | 0.01 | 12-17 | 0.63-0.86 |
| 24 |  Vinnie Hinostroza |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:57 | 0.01 | 7-13 | 0.19-0.46 |
| 25 |  Jonas Brodin |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31:32 | 0.03 | 34-28 | 1.36-1.09 |
| 55 |  Jake Middleton |
D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29:17 | 0.03 | 15-38 | 0.70-1.44 |
| 89 |  Frederick Gaudreau |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:20 | 0.09 | 8-14 | 0.22-0.55 |
| # | Goalie | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | TOI | xGA | Saved above xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 |  Filip Gustavsson |
L | 46 | 42 | 4 | 77:26 | 4.09 | +0.09 |