Vegas Golden Knights vs. St. Louis BluesNov 15, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	1	4		VGK	13	15	6	34
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	8	7	8	23

: VGK 72STL 48
: VGK 3.17STL 1.29
PP goals: VGK 1STL 0
Hits: VGK 12STL 24
Blocks: VGK 11STL 15
PIM: VGK 4STL 6
: VGK 50%STL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at STL. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:23 together.

Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:45.Dorofeyev
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:08.Smith
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:23 together.Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev Bowman
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Buchnevich–Suter skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Buchnevich Suter
New line
New look for VGK: Barbashev–Eichel–Bowman skated 11:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Eichel Bowman
Usage
Jeremy Lauzon (VGK) played 8:02, −9:17 down on his 17:19 season average over 67 games.Lauzon
New line
New look for STL: Bjugstad–Walker–Dvorsky skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Walker Dvorsky
New line
New look for STL: Thomas–Toropchenko–Snuggerud skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thomas Toropchenko Snuggerud

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · STL 48 · VGK 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 52% of the game, STL 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

STL 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	VGK	STL
	70	53
	2.80	1.22
	2.72	1.21
	12	8
	7	4
	23	29
	+0.019	−0.019
	52%	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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev
12:2160% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Bowman
11:2657% CF
L3Smith – Saad – Howden
10:0952% CF
L4Sissons – Kolesar – Reinhardt
8:1033% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:4260% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
13:2752% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
7:2856% CF

PP1Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev – Bowman
3:23100% CF
PP2Smith – Theodore – Barbashev – Hanifin – Howden
0:58100% CF
PK1FSissons – Kolesar
1:04
PK2FSmith – Howden
1:01
PK1DHanifin – Whitecloud
1:20
PK2DTheodore – Korczak
0:28

Current VGK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
11:2646% CF
L2Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Suter
5:5953% CF
L3Thomas – Toropchenko – Snuggerud
5:0573% CF
L4Bjugstad – Walker – Dvorsky
4:5871% CF
D1Faulk – Fowler
17:3053% CF
D2Parayko – Broberg
14:3642% CF
D3Tucker – Kessel
12:0243% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Suter – Holloway
1:4250% CF
PP2Fowler – Buchnevich – Thomas – Snuggerud – Dvorsky
1:4175% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:58
PK2FToropchenko – Suter
1:25
PK1DParayko – Broberg
1:58
PK2DFaulk – Fowler
0:57

Current STL 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
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	62	74
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	63	74
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.42	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	59	71
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	58	75
Braeden Bowman R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.61	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	59	77
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	61	78
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	54	60
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.07	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	52	54
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	0	0	2	12:22	—	—	50	53
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	53	59
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	46	16
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	50	55
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	67	75
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	3	2	21:06	—	—	53	70
Noah Hanifin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	0	3	0	23:37	—	—	55	62
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:58	—	—	57	64
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	0	19:01	—	—	55	70
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	8:02	—	—	61	80

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.29	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:44	—	—	40	13
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	40	13
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	40	20
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	35	29
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	57	41
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	0	0	15:30	—	—	38	32
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	38	35
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	40	33
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	1	0	13:39	—	—	43	41
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	2	13:27	—	—	55	29
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	12:56	—	—	65	50
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	4	12:33	—	—	39	33
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	24:16	—	—	46	32
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	23:42	—	—	50	34
Philip Broberg D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.08	0	4	0	20:34	—	—	39	32
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	38	40
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	3	0	14:21	—	—	40	15
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	42	14

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.17	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Braeden Bowman (VGK PP) 1st 14:58 · assists Pavel Dorofeyev, Jack Eichel · Deflection · 33.9 mph shot.

Braeden Bowman · 1st 14:58 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 33.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Brandon Saad · 1st 12:52 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Noah Hanifin · 2nd 0:36 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 73.8 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 11:20 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Philip Broberg · 3rd 15:57 · STL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.1 mph
Distance: 46 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. St. Louis BluesNov 15, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Braeden Bowman · 1st 14:58 · VGK PP

Brandon Saad · 1st 12:52 · VGK

Noah Hanifin · 2nd 0:36 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · 3rd 11:20 · VGK

Philip Broberg · 3rd 15:57 · STL