Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	5	10	19	34
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	13	12	10	35

: VAN 71VGK 72
: VAN 2.77VGK 4.52
PP goals: VAN 0VGK 0
Hits: VAN 34VGK 10
Blocks: VAN 17VGK 19
PIM: VAN 6VGK 8
: VAN 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at home. Brett Howden (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Adin Hill (VGK) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +8 against a season average of 25.9; the win.

Points
Brett Howden had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:32.Howden
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +8 against a season average of 25.9; the win.Hill
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.77 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 4.52 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 14:28, −3:30 down on his 17:58 season average over 74 games.Soucy
Usage
Filip Chytil (VAN) played 19:11, +4:18 up on his 14:53 season average over 55 games.Chytil
Usage
Filip Hronek (VAN) played 27:33, +3:43 up on his 23:50 season average over 60 games.Hronek
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 22:48, +3:36 up on his 19:12 season average over 65 games.Stone

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

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

VGK
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 143 of 143 attempts · VGK 72 · VAN 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 26% of the game, VGK 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

VAN

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	VAN	VGK
	67	73
	2.33	3.11
	2.19	2.91
	12	18
	4	4
	20	17
	+0.008	−0.008
	26%	44%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Boeser – Chytil – O'Connor
11:3068% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Sherwood
10:2833% CF
L3Blueger – Hoglander – Aman
8:4742% CF
L4Joshua – Garland – Suter
8:3742% CF
D1Myers – Pettersson
14:2338% CF
D2Forbort – Hronek
9:3742% CF
D3Soucy – Pettersson
8:2956% CF

PP1Joshua – Boeser – Garland – Hronek – Chytil
2:30100% CF
PP2DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Suter – Hoglander
1:18100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:48
PK2FGarland – Sherwood
0:45
PK1DForbort – Hronek
3:58
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
1:01

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Saad – Howden
12:2148% CF
L2Barbashev – Olofsson – Eichel
9:3367% CF
L3Hertl – Lavoie – Dorofeyev
8:2755% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Roy
8:0939% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
14:0644% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
13:1970% CF
D3McNabb – Korczak
12:4258% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
4:01100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Olofsson – Roy – Lavoie
1:00
PK1FStone – Howden
1:24
PK2FSaad – Eichel
0:34
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:11
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:19

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:22
VANJake DeBrusk (Kiefer Sherwood, Carson Soucy)wrist0.15 xG
VAN: Soucy, DeBrusk, Pettersson, Sherwood, PetterssonVGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Korczak, Lavoie, Dorofeyev
VAN 1 – 0 VGK
11:02
VGKIvan Barbashev (Victor Olofsson, Kaedan Korczak)wrist0.25 xG
VAN: Myers, Soucy, DeBrusk, Pettersson, SherwoodVGK: McNabb, Barbashev, Olofsson, Eichel, Korczak
VAN 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

0:18
VGKBrandon Saad (Zach Whitecloud, Brett Howden)snap0.15 xG
VAN: Forbort, Joshua, Garland, Hronek, SuterVGK: Stone, Saad, Hanifin, Howden, Whitecloud
VAN 1 – 2 VGK
19:29
VGKTomas HertlEN (Brett Howden, Nicolas Roy)backhand0.54 xG
VAN: Boeser, Hronek, Pettersson, Sherwood, Hoglander, O'ConnorVGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Roy, Howden, Whitecloud
VAN 1 – 3 VGK

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	68	61
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.78	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	66	66
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:09	—	—	64	61
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	32	21
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	37	27
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	9	1	0	14:22	—	—	35	28
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	2	0	12:49	—	—	48	46
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	40	36
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	10:10	—	—	44	40
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	2	2	0	17:48	—	—	47	50
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	46	62
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	4	0	0	13:53	—	—	44	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	29	30
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	2	19:53	—	—	31	27
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.17	2	4	2	27:33	—	—	57	66
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	4	0	0	17:33	—	—	36	36
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	14:28	—	—	57	44
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	63	42

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.37	57:09

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	56	75
Brett Howden C	L1	0	2	2	+2	5	1.03	0	2	0	17:32	—	—	50	63
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	49	65
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	63	69
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.86	2	0	2	15:58	—	—	54	69
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.34	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	71	83
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.94	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	38
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.46	0	0	2	15:02	—	—	60	42
Raphael Lavoie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	46	32
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	44	47
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:54	—	—	35	26
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	42	22
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	5	2	24:25	—	—	43	31
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	2	16:59	—	—	42	42
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	64	71
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	16:47	—	—	63	90
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:30	—	—	56	63
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	51	58

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.77	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jake DeBrusk (VAN) 2nd 6:22 · assists Kiefer Sherwood, Carson Soucy · Cycle · 35.9 mph shot.

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 6:22 · VAN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Ivan Barbashev · 2nd 11:02 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 21.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s
Type: rebound

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Brandon Saad · 3rd 0:18 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: rebound

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 19:29 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.5 mph
Distance: 96 ft

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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.