Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 20, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 20, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	7	4	8	19
VGK	0	2	3	5		VGK	11	10	11	32

: BOS 48VGK 57
: BOS 1.38VGK 3.15
PP goals: BOS 0VGK 1
Hits: BOS 29VGK 16
Blocks: BOS 12VGK 15
PIM: BOS 6VGK 2
: BOS 59%VGK 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Boston Bruins 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 5–1 at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:09 together.

Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:31.Dorofeyev
Points
Brandon Saad had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:20.Saad
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:11.Eichel
Points
Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:44.Hanifin
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:09 together.Stone Hertl Hanifin Eichel Dorofeyev
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 15:11, −5:25 down on his 20:36 season average over 76 games.Eichel
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Roy skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Roy
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 3.15 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

VGK
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · VGK 57 · BOS 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 19% 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

BOS

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	BOS	VGK
	48	56
	1.54	3.14
	1.52	3.11
	6	11
	5	8
	20	20
	+0.030	−0.030
	19%	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.

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
12:2652% CF
L2Lindholm – Lauko – Khusnutdinov
5:3557% CF
L3Lettieri – Mittelstadt – Koepke
4:3843% CF
L4Brown – Kastelic – Beecher
4:1229% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
18:0042% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
14:3348% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Mitchell
12:3163% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
1:3575% CF
PP2Zacha – Lettieri – Jokiharju – Mitchell – Khusnutdinov
0:25
PK1FBrown – Zacha
1:22
PK2FKastelic – Beecher
0:40
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
1:59
PK2DWotherspoon – Jokiharju
1:17

Current BOS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
10:2452% CF
L2Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
9:1663% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Roy
5:4938% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Howden
5:0950% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
16:3745% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
16:2857% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
16:2659% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
2:0950% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Roy
1:4733% CF
PK1FSaad – Howden
0:52
PK2FKarlsson – Eichel
0:37
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:12
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:19
VGKPavel DorofeyevPP (Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin)wrist0.09 xG
BOS: Zacha, Jokiharju, Koepke, LohreiVGK: Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel, Dorofeyev
BOS 0 – 1 VGK
19:10
VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Alex Pietrangelo, Brandon Saad)wrist0.15 xG
BOS: Peeke, Geekie, Kastelic, Khusnutdinov, LohreiVGK: Pietrangelo, Saad, Hertl, Hague, Dorofeyev
BOS 0 – 2 VGK

3rd period

5:47
VGKBrett Howden (William Karlsson)wrist0.10 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Lettieri, Jokiharju, Lauko, BeecherVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Howden, Hague
BOS 0 – 3 VGK
10:21
VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Brandon Saad, Noah Hanifin)backhand0.17 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Wotherspoon, Mittelstadt, Mitchell, KhusnutdinovVGK: Saad, Hertl, Hanifin, Whitecloud, Dorofeyev
BOS 0 – 4 VGK
14:24
VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel)snap0.24 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie, LohreiVGK: McNabb, Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Korczak
BOS 0 – 5 VGK
17:49
BOSMorgan Geekie (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)wrist0.17 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie, JokiharjuVGK: McNabb, Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Korczak
BOS 1 – 5 VGK

Box score

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

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	47	42
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.60	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	48	42
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:08	—	—	47	38
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	50	25
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	50	18
Jakub Lauko C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	4	1	0	12:34	—	—	58	44
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	55	34
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	7	0	0	13:44	—	—	36	10
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	45	27
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	0	2	12:17	—	—	27	24
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	2	11:55	—	—	32	25
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:47	—	—	27	12
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	23:03	—	—	44	37
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	2	21:55	—	—	41	39
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	3	1	0	20:18	—	—	44	23
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	44	23
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	58	39
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	15:48	—	—	52	29

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.15	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.40	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	52	50
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	15:11	—	—	52	51
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	3	2	15:08	—	—	58	57
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.24	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	67	84
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	3	0	3	+2	5	0.68	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	57	80
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.21	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	65	73
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	18:56	—	—	50	87
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	44	64
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	37	52
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:08	—	—	56	68
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	2	0	14:36	—	—	58	81
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	56	57
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:16	—	—	49	72
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:26	—	—	46	64
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	19:06	—	—	54	64
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	57	64
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	60	68
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	62	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.38	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK PP) 2nd 9:19 · assists Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin · Cycle · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 71.0 mph shot · 7.9 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 9:19 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 4
Shot: 71.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 19:10 · VGK

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Brett Howden · 3rd 5:47 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 10:21 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 14:24 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 17:49 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 6 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.