Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 27, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	2	2	5		CHI	8	8	6	22
VGK	5	1	1	7		VGK	15	9	9	33

: CHI 47VGK 61
: CHI 2.00VGK 3.72
PP goals: CHI 0VGK 2
Hits: CHI 20VGK 17
Blocks: CHI 16VGK 14
PIM: CHI 6VGK 0
: CHI 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–5

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–5 at home. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:26 together.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.Barbashev
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Brett Howden had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:25.Howden
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Connor Murphy had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:57.Murphy
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Keegan Kolesar had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:00.Kolesar
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Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:26.Hertl
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Frank Nazar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:23.Nazar
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Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:02.Hanifin
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:26 together.Stone Hertl Hanifin Eichel Dorofeyev

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · VGK 61 · CHI 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 22% of the game, VGK 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	VGK
	50	62
	2.26	3.95
	2.20	3.71
	10	14
	4	4
	23	23
	−0.005	+0.005
	22%	48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Bertuzzi – Donato – Bedard
15:2939% CF
L2Maroon – Smith – Kurashev
9:1453% CF
L3Slaggert – Dach – Nazar
8:1625% CF
L4Foligno – Teravainen – Mikheyev
2:5443% CF
D1Murphy – Vlasic
11:5034% CF
D2Jones – Del Mastro
7:4663% CF
D3Martinez – Brodie
5:5342% CF

PK1FFoligno – Mikheyev
2:31
PK2FSlaggert – Nazar
0:48
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
2:01
PK2DMartinez – Jones
1:44

Current CHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Barbashev – Kolesar – Howden
11:5168% CF
L2Stone – Saad – Eichel
10:2143% CF
L3Pearson – Roy – Lavoie
7:3929% CF
L4Hertl – Olofsson – Dorofeyev
6:5364% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
19:0464% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
18:0457% CF
D3McNabb – Korczak
14:0548% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
3:2675% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Olofsson – Roy – Lavoie
1:16100% CF

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.14	1	1	0	22:45	—	—	41	23
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	2	22:43	—	—	43	21
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	40	24
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	52	51
Craig Smith C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	50	46
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	50	50
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	39	38
Colton Dach C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	6	0	0	12:08	—	—	32	12
Landon Slaggert L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	24	2
Ilya Mikheyev R	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.08	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	64	82
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	1	0	2	15:13	—	—	59	72
Nick Foligno L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	1	1	0	6:40	—	—	43	84
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	3	3	+3	1	0.07	3	6	0	22:57	—	—	45	50
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	2	3	0	20:42	—	—	34	39
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	0	0	23:44	—	—	44	9
Ethan Del Mastro D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	18:22	—	—	61	37
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	52	29
TJ Brodie D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:05	—	—	39	31

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom	L	18	16	2	.889	2.25	37:54
Petr Mrazek(start)	—	15	10	5	.667	1.47	20:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	2	0	2	+3	5	1.32	1	1	17:00	—	—	65	84
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	2	2	4	+3	2	0.39	1	2	15:47	—	—	64	83
Brett Howden C	L1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.08	0	0	13:25	—	—	69	81
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.11	0	0	22:11	—	—	52	76
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	0	0	19:30	—	—	50	76
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	18:13	—	—	50	63
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	10:36	—	—	32	60
Raphael Lavoie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	9:32	—	—	29	28
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	8:31	—	—	27	28
Tomas Hertl C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.20	2	0	17:26	—	—	60	38
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.40	1	0	17:23	—	—	62	39
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	3	1	15:25	—	—	68	49
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	2	21:38	—	—	61	61
Nicolas Hague D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	2	3	20:57	—	—	61	60
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	2	2	0	5	0.16	1	1	23:02	—	—	57	66
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	19:50	—	—	57	66
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	15:17	—	—	44	66
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	14:30	—	—	44	67

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	22	17	5	.773	2.00	59:47

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Philipp Kurashev (CHI) 3rd 9:44 · assists Craig Smith, Connor Murphy · Rush · carried in · 34.1 mph shot · 3.3 s from entry to goal.

Philipp Kurashev · 3rd 9:44 · CHI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Keegan Kolesar · 1st 1:06 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Nick Foligno · 1st 6:58 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Nicolas Hague · 1st 8:57 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 1st 12:17 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 72.1 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tomas Hertl · 1st 16:54 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 18:57 · VGK

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s

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Colton Dach · 2nd 1:01 · CHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Ethan Del Mastro · 2nd 5:30 · CHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 13:38 · VGK

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s

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Ilya Mikheyev · 3rd 6:56 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 15:45 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 27, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–5

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Chicago Blackhawks

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Philipp Kurashev · 3rd 9:44 · CHI

Keegan Kolesar · 1st 1:06 · VGK

Nick Foligno · 1st 6:58 · CHI

Nicolas Hague · 1st 8:57 · VGK

Ivan Barbashev · 1st 12:17 · VGK PP

Tomas Hertl · 1st 16:54 · VGK PP

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 18:57 · VGK

Colton Dach · 2nd 1:01 · CHI

Ethan Del Mastro · 2nd 5:30 · CHI

Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 13:38 · VGK

Ilya Mikheyev · 3rd 6:56 · CHI

Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 15:45 · VGK