Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	3	5		VGK	5	9	8	22
CHI	1	2	0	3		CHI	6	7	8	21

: VGK 47CHI 47
: VGK 2.48CHI 2.23
PP goals: VGK 1CHI 0
Hits: VGK 18CHI 19
Blocks: VGK 13CHI 13
PIM: VGK 2CHI 4
: VGK 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Ryan Donato (CHI) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:22 together.

Points
Ryan Donato had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:55.Donato
Points
William Karlsson had 3 assists (3 points) in 16:42.Karlsson
Points
Victor Olofsson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:36.Olofsson
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:55.Stone
Points
Ilya Mikheyev had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:59.Mikheyev
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:22 together.Stone Karlsson Hanifin Eichel Dorofeyev
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Mikheyev–Bedard skated 13:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Mikheyev Bedard
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Veleno–Slaggert skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Veleno Slaggert

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

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

CHI
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · CHI 47 · VGK 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 30% of the game, CHI 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

VGK

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	VGK	CHI
	50	50
	1.97	2.24
	1.90	2.22
	10	7
	6	7
	19	28
	−0.025	+0.025
	30%	37%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
12:2258% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Olofsson
10:1864% CF
L3Saad – Roy – Dorofeyev
8:359% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Howden
8:3127% CF
D1Hague – Korczak
17:0845% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:5640% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
15:3162% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
2:2275% CF
PP2Smith – Stone – Barbashev – Hanifin – Dorofeyev
0:21100% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
0:43
PK2FSaad – Howden
0:26
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:11
PK2DHanifin – Hague
0:46

Current VGK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Mikheyev – Bedard
13:1858% CF
L2Foligno – Veleno – Slaggert
11:1156% CF
L3Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar
9:3141% CF
L4Maroon – Kurashev – Reichel
7:4067% CF
D1Murphy – Kaiser
16:0554% CF
D2Del Mastro – Korchinski
14:5457% CF
D3Vlasic – Levshunov
14:5346% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Donato – Bedard – Levshunov
1:20100% CF
PP2Maroon – Mikheyev – Reichel – Korchinski – Nazar
0:28100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Mikheyev
1:28
PK2FTeravainen – Nazar
1:10
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
1:41
PK2DKaiser – Del Mastro
1:10

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	56	54
Mark Stone R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.56	2	1	0	18:55	—	—	62	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.50	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	63	57
William Karlsson C	L2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:42	—	—	57	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	67	70
Victor Olofsson L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.53	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	58	56
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	15	10
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	23	12
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:22	—	—	25	12
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.50	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	39	28
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:31	—	—	36	12
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	31	12
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	48	58
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	18:57	—	—	44	42
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:25	—	—	42	17
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	2	19:08	—	—	42	18
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	61	68
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:50	—	—	63	64

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	2.23	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Donato C	L1	3	0	3	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	60	72
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	58	65
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.39	2	0	0	17:59	—	—	55	60
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	6	0	0	17:42	—	—	46	36
Joseph Veleno C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	16:24	—	—	50	43
Landon Slaggert L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	53	25
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:33	—	—	33	50
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.56	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	35	54
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	42	54
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.26	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	57	38
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	62	41
Philipp Kurashev C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	9:12	—	—	62	81
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	21:27	—	—	55	76
Wyatt Kaiser D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	3	0	20:13	—	—	48	58
Kevin Korchinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	54	48
Ethan Del Mastro D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	50	54
Artyom Levshunov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	20:21	—	—	43	41
Alex Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	3	0	18:28	—	—	45	47

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.98	58:15

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Donato (CHI) 1st 16:15 · assists Ethan Del Mastro, Ilya Mikheyev · Rebound · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 38.6 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Donato · 1st 16:15 · CHI

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: rebound

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Mark Stone · 2nd 6:41 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Victor Olofsson · 2nd 7:34 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Donato · 2nd 16:14 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Ryan Donato · 2nd 16:29 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 70.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 2:06 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 16:49 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 79.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brett Howden · 3rd 19:16 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.8 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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Ryan Donato · 1st 16:15 · CHI

Mark Stone · 2nd 6:41 · VGK

Victor Olofsson · 2nd 7:34 · VGK

Ryan Donato · 2nd 16:14 · CHI

Ryan Donato · 2nd 16:29 · CHI

Victor Olofsson · 3rd 2:06 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 16:49 · VGK PP

Brett Howden · 3rd 19:16 · VGK EN