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Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 2, 2025

Final· T-Mobile Arena
away
PHI
2
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home
VGK
5
Goals123TShots123T
PHI1012PHI811625
VGK0325VGK4121127
PHI 64VGK 58
PHI 2.90VGK 3.38
PP goals
PHI 1VGK 0
Hits
PHI 17VGK 22
Blocks
PHI 13VGK 16
PIM
PHI 2VGK 4
PHI 43%VGK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Konecny, Tippett, Frost, Farabee and Drysdale) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:10 together.

  1. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:15.Stone
  2. Points
    Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.Eichel
  3. Points
    Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:13.Hanifin
  4. PP1
    PHI's first power-play unit (Konecny, Tippett, Frost, Farabee and Drysdale) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:10 together.KonecnyTippettFrostFarabeeDrysdale
  5. New line
    New look for VGK: Karlsson–Hertl–Dorofeyev skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KarlssonHertlDorofeyev
  6. Usage
    Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 18:46, +5:38 up on his 13:08 season average over 81 games.Kolesar
  7. New line
    New look for VGK: Pearson–Kolesar–Howden skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PearsonKolesarHowden
  8. Usage
    Sean Couturier (PHI) played 10:00, −7:23 down on his 17:23 season average over 78 games.Couturier

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.

Shot map, PHI at VGK: 122 attempts, 52 on goal, 7 goals, 6.28 expected goals; best chance Tyson Foerster at 0.57 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 58 · PHI 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PHI at VGK: expected goals 3.38 to 2.90 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 64, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKPHIFSHDHKPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • PHI
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKPHIcontrol2nd3rdFoerster · 1st 0:21Stone · 2nd 0:51Hague · 2nd 2:13Dorofeyev · 2nd 18:22Holtz · 3rd 2:46Konecny · 3rd 4:56Pearson · 3rd 19:24
  • VGK pressure
  • PHI pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 35% of the game, VGK 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PHI at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ilya Samsonov (60:00) for VGK and Aleksei Kolosov (57:53) for PHI, 7 goals.

VGK
PHI
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
StatPHIVGK
6567
2.923.21
2.783.16
1612
86
2320
−0.040+0.040
35%32%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Current PHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:21
    PHITyson Foerster (Noah Cates, Bobby Brink)wrist0.15 xG
    PHI: Sanheim, Cates, York, Brink, FoersterVGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Hertl, Hanifin, Kolesar
    PHI 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

  1. 0:51
    VGKMark Stone (Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin)tip-in0.33 xG
    PHI: Ristolainen, Konecny, Tippett, Poehling, ZamulaVGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Olofsson, Eichel
    PHI 1 – 1 VGK
  2. 2:13
    VGKNicolas Hague (Keegan Kolesar)wrap-around0.03 xG
    PHI: Seeler, Couturier, Hathaway, Farabee, ZamulaVGK: Pearson, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, Whitecloud
    PHI 1 – 2 VGK
  3. 18:22
    VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb)snap0.10 xG
    PHI: Sanheim, Cates, York, Brink, FoersterVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev
    PHI 1 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 2:46
    VGKAlexander Holtz (Noah Hanifin, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.12 xG
    PHI: Ristolainen, Frost, Farabee, Drysdale, MichkovVGK: Pietrangelo, Hanifin, Rondbjerg, Schwindt, Holtz
    PHI 1 – 4 VGK
  2. 4:56
    PHITravis KonecnyPP (Owen Tippett, Morgan Frost)wrist0.12 xG
    PHI: Konecny, Tippett, Frost, Farabee, DrysdaleVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, Eichel
    PHI 2 – 4 VGK
  3. 19:24
    VGKTanner PearsonEN (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)wrist0.55 xG
    PHI: Konecny, Tippett, Frost, Poehling, Drysdale, MichkovVGK: McNabb, Stone, Pearson, Theodore, Eichel
    PHI 2 – 5 VGK

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Konecny RL1101-240.2700019:00——5341
Ryan Poehling CL1000-220.1300217:36——5440
Owen Tippett RL1011-230.2003017:26——5843
Bobby Brink RL2011030.1500016:34——5258
Tyson Foerster RL2101030.9002016:01——4557
Noah Cates LL2011000.3901016:00——4857
Matvei Michkov RL3000-210.2300017:08——3237
Morgan Frost CL3011-200.0001016:06——2937
Scott Laughton CL3000000.0540014:29——3039
Joel Farabee LL4000-220.0400013:32——5728
Garnet Hathaway RL4000-110.1181010:19——6038
Sean Couturier CL4000-110.0700010:00——6038
Travis Sanheim DD1000030.0830021:21——4831
Cam York DD1000000.0002020:04——4325
Rasmus Ristolainen DD2000-210.0420021:04——4547
Egor Zamula DD2000-200.0002018:42——4245
Jamie Drysdale DD3000-200.0401020:37——5861
Nick Seeler DD3000-110.2100014:08——6790
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Aleksei Kolosov(start)L26224.8462.8357:53

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
William Karlsson CL1000020.4800018:31——5479
Tomas Hertl CL1000020.3920016:24——6180
Pavel Dorofeyev RL1101+130.2100015:40——5474
Jack Eichel CL2022+230.0700016:38——6152
Victor Olofsson LL2000+100.4520015:18——5770
Mark Stone RL2112+230.4420215:15——6052
Keegan Kolesar RL3011010.0671018:46——4449
Brett Howden CL3000+120.0910017:25——4834
Tanner Pearson LL3101+220.6800016:38——5225
Alexander Holtz RL4101+120.1302010:08——4839
Jonas Rondbjerg RL4000+110.031009:33——3735
Cole Schwindt RL4000+100.122008:29——3933
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011000.0424024:16——4535
Noah Hanifin DD1022010.0404223:13——5141
Shea Theodore DD2011+300.0010019:21——5881
Brayden McNabb DD2011+310.0512019:17——5981
Nicolas Hague DD3101+130.1003017:40——4335
Zach Whitecloud DD3000+110.0110015:14——5357
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)W25232.9202.9060:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tyson Foerster (PHI) 1st 0:21 · assists Noah Cates, Bobby Brink · Forecheck turnover · 29.4 mph shot.

Mark Stone · 2nd 0:51 · VGK

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3
Shot
22.0 mph
Distance
4 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s

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Tanner Pearson · 3rd 19:24 · VGK EN

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
62.8 mph
Distance
72 ft
Entry to goal
0.9 s

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