St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 20, 2025

Final / SOMonday, Jan 20, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	2	2	0	0	1	5		STL	16	5	6	1	28
VGK	1	1	2	0	0	4		VGK	13	10	9	0	32

: STL 54VGK 83
: STL 2.12VGK 3.42
PP goals: STL 1VGK 1
Hits: STL 16VGK 22
Blocks: STL 26VGK 13
PIM: STL 4VGK 4
: STL 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in a shootout at VGK. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 4A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:51 together.

Points
Shea Theodore had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 24:16.Theodore
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:11.Eichel
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:02.Dorofeyev
Points
Jordan Kyrou had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:58.Kyrou
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:51 together.Stone Hertl Theodore Eichel Dorofeyev
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Buchnevich–Toropchenko skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Buchnevich Toropchenko
Usage
Cam Fowler (STL) played 26:16, +4:48 up on his 21:28 season average over 67 games.Fowler
New line
New look for STL: Saad–Thomas–Neighbours skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Thomas Neighbours

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

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

VGK
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 137 of 137 attempts · VGK 83 · STL 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 18% of the game, VGK 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

STL

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	STL	VGK
	52	79
	1.72	1.93
	1.66	1.87
	5	8
	2	7
	20	14
	+0.025	−0.025
	18%	43%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
13:2637% CF
L2Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Toropchenko
11:0728% CF
L3Saad – Thomas – Neighbours
10:3342% CF
L4Faksa – Walker – Joseph
8:2858% CF
D1Fowler – Parayko
20:2435% CF
D2Suter – Broberg
12:3750% CF
D3Faulk – Tucker
10:5525% CF

PP1Fowler – Saad – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas
1:2250% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
1:02100% CF
PK1FFaksa – Toropchenko
1:11
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:28
PK1DSuter – Parayko
1:25
PK2DFowler – Broberg
0:10

Current STL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
12:4874% CF
L2Hertl – Olofsson – Dorofeyev
10:5147% CF
L3Karlsson – Howden – Holtz
10:2364% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Roy
9:4571% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:1442% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hanifin
12:2560% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
12:1664% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Dorofeyev
2:51100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Stone – Theodore – Barbashev – Olofsson
0:10
PK1FStone – Eichel
1:27
PK2FKarlsson – Kolesar
0:29
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:00
PK2DHanifin – Hague
0:56

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: STL 5 – 4 VGK.

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	3	2	19:27	—	—	39	28
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	2	1	0	19:17	—	—	37	26
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	35	20
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	28	28
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	31	30
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	3	0	13:55	—	—	29	26
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.40	0	2	0	17:52	—	—	41	65
Jake Neighbours L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	39	68
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.40	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	39	67
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	50	62
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	11:37	—	—	60	64
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	3	2	0	10:55	—	—	57	64
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	5	0	27:34	—	—	39	49
Cam Fowler D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	1	0	26:16	—	—	37	44
Philip Broberg D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	55	64
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	52	55
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	3	2	18:10	—	—	31	41
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	13:07	—	—	29	20

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	3.42	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.56	0	1	0	24:11	—	—	71	48
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	23:02	—	—	68	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	63	43
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	47	41
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	1.01	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	50	42
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	50	41
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.15	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	64	62
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.23	1	0	2	13:29	—	—	60	53
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	1	0	2	12:02	—	—	66	61
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	1	0	12:56	—	—	56	57
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	11:56	—	—	56	63
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	10:46	—	—	70	82
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	4	4	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	24:16	—	—	46	30
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	5	1	0	17:09	—	—	42	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	0	7	0	23:31	—	—	64	51
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	68	56
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	18:22	—	—	68	80
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	69	79

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	O	28	24	4	.857	2.12	62:54

Goal anatomy

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

Brayden Schenn (STL) 1st 8:25 · assists Dylan Holloway, Jordan Kyrou · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 60.7 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Brayden Schenn · 1st 8:25 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 60.7 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Tomas Hertl · 1st 14:09 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan Walker · 1st 19:43 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Jake Neighbours · 2nd 6:31 · STL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 62.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Brett Howden · 2nd 7:25 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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Cam Fowler · 2nd 19:29 · STL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 70.9 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 16:50 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 19:30 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Brayden Schenn · 1st 8:25 · STL

Tomas Hertl · 1st 14:09 · VGK PP

Nathan Walker · 1st 19:43 · STL

Jake Neighbours · 2nd 6:31 · STL

Brett Howden · 2nd 7:25 · VGK

Cam Fowler · 2nd 19:29 · STL PP

Jack Eichel · 3rd 16:50 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 19:30 · VGK