Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 13, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 13, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	1	4		VGK	6	9	14	29
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	14	7	6	27

: VGK 48CBJ 62
: VGK 2.93CBJ 2.24
PP goals: VGK 1CBJ 0
Hits: VGK 11CBJ 31
Blocks: VGK 21CBJ 7
PIM: VGK 6CBJ 6
: VGK 40%CBJ 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 at CBJ. Brandon Saad (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.24 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:52.Saad
Points
Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:22.Roy
Points
Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:06.Hertl
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.24 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Fischer–Aston-Reese skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Fischer Aston-Reese
New line
New look for CBJ: van Riemsdyk–Kunin–Danforth skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Kunin Danforth
Usage
Jake Christiansen (CBJ) played 5:27, −7:12 down on his 12:39 season average over 67 games.Christiansen
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 19:22, −3:05 down on his 22:27 season average over 70 games.Pietrangelo

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · CBJ 62 · VGK 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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 35% of the game, CBJ 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	44	59
	1.84	1.90
	1.73	1.76
	12	6
	5	1
	29	11
	−0.058	+0.058
	35%	28%

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

L1Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
11:2437% CF
L2Stone – Pearson – Eichel
9:2440% CF
L3Barbashev – Kolesar – Howden
9:0738% CF
L4Smith – Olofsson – Roy
7:3850% CF
D1Hanifin – Whitecloud
18:3150% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
13:3550% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hague
12:3633% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
3:4883% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Barbashev – Olofsson – Roy
1:06100% CF
PK1FSmith – Roy
2:26
PK2FStone – Eichel
1:56
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:38
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
2:07

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Olivier – Johnson
7:4971% CF
L2Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
7:2867% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Kunin – Danforth
5:5163% CF
L4Kuraly – Fischer – Aston-Reese
5:1850% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
13:1159% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
11:4880% CF
D3Severson – Christiansen
5:0350% CF

PP1Jenner – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson – Fantilli
4:0286% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Provorov – Olivier – Voronkov – Mateychuk
1:39100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Aston-Reese
1:52
PK2FJenner – Danforth
1:08
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
1:58
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
0:27

Current CBJ 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
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	2	1	4	18:11	—	—	28	43
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	30	52
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.29	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	44	71
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.30	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	46	28
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	35	20
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	48	28
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	2	2	14:12	—	—	35	42
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:33	—	—	33	63
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	52	80
Nicolas Roy C	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.41	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	62	72
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	3	0	13:04	—	—	63	90
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	47	58
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	22:55	—	—	50	38
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	22:08	—	—	47	38
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	47	71
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	3	0	14:02	—	—	50	74
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.41	0	5	0	19:22	—	—	35	48
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	16:55	—	—	30	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.24	59:41

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	-1	2	0.39	2	0	0	19:46	—	—	62	48
Kent Johnson C	L1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	61	45
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	-1	3	0.34	6	1	0	16:54	—	—	50	43
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	68	52
Adam Fantilli C	L2	-2	3	0.24	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	68	49
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	-1	2	0.04	4	0	0	14:59	—	—	76	63
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	52	65
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	63	79
Justin Danforth R	L3	0	1	0.28	1	0	2	12:19	—	—	53	69
Sean Kuraly C	L4	-1	0	0.07	3	0	0	12:25	—	—	46	39
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	-1	2	0.14	5	2	0	12:07	—	—	48	44
Christian Fischer R	L4	-1	0	0.12	4	0	0	9:39	—	—	39	34
Zach Werenski D	D1	-2	4	0.13	0	0	0	27:53	—	—	57	59
Dante Fabbro D	D1	-1	1	0.06	2	0	4	19:54	—	—	62	62
Ivan Provorov D	D2	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	24:37	—	—	58	34
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	67	52
Damon Severson D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	36	49
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	5:27	—	—	50	3

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.56	59:35

Goal anatomy

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

Brandon Saad (VGK) 1st 19:01 · assists Reilly Smith, Nicolas Roy · Rebound · 6.2 mph shot.

Brandon Saad · 1st 19:01 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Nicolas Roy · 1st 12:00 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 12:17 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 45.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Alex Pietrangelo · 3rd 15:38 · VGK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.2 mph
Distance: 7 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. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Brandon Saad · 1st 19:01 · VGK

Nicolas Roy · 1st 12:00 · VGK PP

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 12:17 · VGK

Alex Pietrangelo · 3rd 15:38 · VGK EN