New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 2, 2025

FinalSunday, Mar 2, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	8	8	9	25
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	7	8	9	24

: NJD 52VGK 56
: NJD 2.31VGK 3.08
PP goals: NJD 0VGK 2
Hits: NJD 23VGK 20
Blocks: NJD 12VGK 10
PIM: NJD 4VGK 2
: NJD 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 2–0 at home. Noah Hanifin (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:50 together.

Points
Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:50.Hanifin
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:19.Eichel
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:50 together.Stone Hertl Hanifin Eichel Dorofeyev
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.31 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 27:56, +6:52 up on his 21:04 season average over 70 games.Hughes
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 23:47, +3:59 up on his 19:48 season average over 63 games.Hamilton
Usage
Stefan Noesen (NJD) played 12:03, −3:56 down on his 15:59 season average over 77 games.Noesen
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 15:32, −3:27 down on his 18:59 season average over 80 games.Bratt

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

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

VGK
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · VGK 56 · NJD 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 27% of the game, VGK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

NJD

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	NJD	VGK
	54	59
	2.27	3.01
	2.18	2.90
	8	11
	5	4
	17	25
	+0.011	−0.010
	27%	42%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:4053% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
10:3748% CF
L3Tatar – Lazar – Bastian
8:0133% CF
L4Haula – Noesen – Cotter
8:0038% CF
D1Hamilton – Hughes
21:1846% CF
D2Pesce – Kovacevic
12:5646% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
9:0456% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
0:57100% CF
PP2Palat – Meier – Hughes – Mercer – Hughes
0:38100% CF
PK1FLazar – Bastian
1:00
PK2FHischier – Hughes
0:32
PK1DPesce – Hughes
1:36
PK2DDillon – Kovacevic
1:11

Current NJD line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
10:5482% CF
L2Barbashev – Kolesar – Howden
10:3530% CF
L3Stone – Olofsson – Eichel
8:4653% CF
L4Pearson – Roy – Lavoie
4:5533% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
17:1841% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
16:1563% CF
D3McNabb – Korczak
16:1148% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
2:5057% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Olofsson – Hanifin – Roy – Howden
0:49100% CF
PK1FSaad – Howden
0:58
PK2FStone – Eichel
0:40
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
0:58
PK2DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:27
VGKMark StonePP (Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.14 xG
NJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, MercerVGK: Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel, Dorofeyev
NJD 0 – 1 VGK
9:10
VGKNoah HanifinPP (Jack Eichel)slap0.08 xG
NJD: Haula, Dillon, Kovacevic, MercerVGK: Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel, Dorofeyev
NJD 0 – 2 VGK

Box score

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

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	2	0.36	0	1	0	21:49	—	—	53	40
Timo Meier R	L1	4	0.20	2	1	0	19:33	—	—	53	45
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0.27	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	50	37
Jack Hughes C	L2	3	0.25	0	0	2	21:54	—	—	55	61
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0.06	2	1	0	15:32	—	—	52	52
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0.28	3	3	2	13:55	—	—	46	47
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:35	—	—	42	57
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0.01	3	1	0	10:11	—	—	30	55
Tomas Tatar L	L3	2	0.26	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	50	58
Paul Cotter L	L4	1	0.15	3	0	0	12:32	—	—	39	33
Stefan Noesen R	L4	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:03	—	—	36	22
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	39	20
Luke Hughes D	D1	3	0.05	0	1	0	27:56	—	—	50	43
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	4	0.10	1	0	0	23:47	—	—	47	38
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0.08	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	46	46
Brett Pesce D	D2	3	0.12	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	47	40
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0.10	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	43	33
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	56	71

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	3.08	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	0	0	19:25	—	—	68	71
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	1	0.27	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	84	82
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	83	82
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	39	52
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:47	—	—	26	34
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	30	43
Mark Stone R	L3	1	0	1	2	0.22	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	61	71
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	2	2	4	0.37	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	56	62
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	54	45
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:35	—	—	33	35
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	43	65
Raphael Lavoie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	9:09	—	—	25	36
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	3	0	22:17	—	—	39	44
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	44	48
Noah Hanifin D	D2	1	1	2	6	0.39	0	1	0	22:50	—	—	64	65
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	1	0	18:24	—	—	63	68
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	3	0	18:32	—	—	52	53
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	52	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.31	59:26

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Stone (VGK PP) 3rd 1:27 · assists Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel · Deflection · 40.7 mph shot.

Mark Stone · 3rd 1:27 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 40.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Noah Hanifin · 3rd 9:10 · VGK PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.1 mph
Distance: 47 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.