New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 17, 2025

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 17, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	0	1	0	0	1	2		NJD	8	12	11	2	33
VGK	0	0	1	0	0	1		VGK	10	15	9	3	37

: NJD 68VGK 67
: NJD 4.10VGK 3.86
PP goals: NJD 0VGK 1
Hits: NJD 21VGK 21
Blocks: NJD 10VGK 19
PIM: NJD 8VGK 4
: NJD 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in a shootout at VGK. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD scored 1 goal on 4.10 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 4.10 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.86 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jake Allen (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 27.9; the win.Allen
New line
New look for VGK: Hertl–Barbashev–Dorofeyev skated 5:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Barbashev Dorofeyev
Usage
Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) played 22:38, +5:05 up on his 17:33 season average over 81 games.Dorofeyev
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 23:38, +4:30 up on his 19:08 season average over 59 games.Stone
Goalie
Carter Hart (VGK) faced 33 shots and stopped 32 (.970), +10 against a season average of 23.4; the overtime loss.Hart
Usage
Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 20:26, +3:26 up on his 17:00 season average over 81 games.Hertl

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 135 of 135 attempts · VGK 67 · NJD 68

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 39% of the game, VGK 20%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against NJD skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VGK side.

Matchup matrix

VGK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	VGK
	67	59
	3.93	2.66
	3.76	2.60
	13	17
	4	5
	22	16
	+0.016	−0.015
	39%	20%

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

L1Bratt – Hischier – Mercer
12:3356% CF
L2Palat – Brown – Glass
10:5963% CF
L3Noesen – Lammikko – Cotter
8:0955% CF
L4Glendening – Crookshank – Parent
7:5341% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
17:2546% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
17:0563% CF
D3Dillon – White
7:3777% CF

PP1Palat – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:4263% CF
PP2Hamilton – Brown – Glass – Cotter – Mercer
1:01100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Brown
1:35
PK2FHischier – Mercer
1:23
PK1DDillon – Pesce
2:43
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
0:54

Current NJD line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Marner – Howden
7:2175% CF
L2Sissons – Kolesar – Reinhardt
6:189% CF
L3Hertl – Barbashev – Dorofeyev
5:0960% CF
L4Smith – Saad – Bowman
2:2667% CF
D1McNabb – Korczak
16:3935% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
10:2453% CF
D3Hutton – Lauzon
7:1260% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev – Bowman
3:5480% CF
PP2Sissons – Hutton – Barbashev – Hanifin – Howden
0:42
PK1FKolesar – Howden
0:41
PK2FSmith – Sissons
0:32
PK1DMcNabb – Korczak
1:59
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
1:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:50
NJDConnor Brownwrist0.21 xG
NJD: Dillon, Palat, Brown, White, GlassVGK: Saad, Hertl, Hanifin, Whitecloud, Dorofeyev
NJD 1 – 0 VGK

3rd period

15:49
VGKPavel DorofeyevPP (Mark Stone, Tomas Hertl)snap0.16 xG
NJD: Dillon, Pesce, Hischier, MercerVGK: Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Marner, Dorofeyev
NJD 1 – 1 VGK

Decided in the shootout: NJD 2 – 1 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	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	5	0.72	1	1	0	23:15	—	—	55	65
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	2	0.46	1	1	0	20:55	—	—	59	70
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	2	20:17	—	—	64	69
Connor Brown R	L2	1	1	+1	3	0.52	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	50	64
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	68	91
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	+1	3	0.50	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	68	89
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	0	2	14:41	—	—	45	32
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	54	44
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:36	—	—	53	36
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:07	—	—	39	32
Xavier Parent C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.22	2	0	0	10:21	—	—	40	41
Angus Crookshank C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	10:01	—	—	40	41
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	25:05	—	—	45	57
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	3	2	23:17	—	—	38	56
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	26:17	—	—	56	50
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	3	0	23:58	—	—	58	55
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	15:28	—	—	77	91
Colton White D	D3	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:07	—	—	63	68

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	3.86	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.61	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	64	58
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	0	2	21:27	—	—	57	75
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	53	41
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	14	3
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:28	—	—	5	0
Cole Reinhardt L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	7:53	—	—	17	0
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.56	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	45	47
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.52	1	3	0	20:26	—	—	56	42
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	3	0	16:59	—	—	50	47
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	46	40
Braeden Bowman R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	61	42
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	50	33
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	21:17	—	—	39	32
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	0	20:44	—	—	36	26
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	2	1	0	26:07	—	—	67	55
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	0	18:52	—	—	41	18
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	73	75
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	2	13:52	—	—	27	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	O	33	32	1	.970	4.10	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Brown (NJD) 2nd 4:50 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 10.3 mph shot · 7.1 s from entry to goal.

Connor Brown · 2nd 4:50 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 15:49 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 14 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.