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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Boston BruinsJan 22, 2026

Final· TD Garden
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VGK
3
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BOS
4
Goals123TShots123T
VGK0033VGK482133
BOS3104BOS168529
VGK 68BOS 58
VGK 4.54BOS 2.99
PP goals
VGK 1BOS 2
Hits
VGK 28BOS 19
Blocks
VGK 14BOS 20
PIM
VGK 13BOS 15
VGK 58%BOS 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Boston Bruins beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:55 together.

  1. Points
    David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:32.Pastrnak
  2. Points
    Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:44.Lindholm
  3. Points
    Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:38.Eichel
  4. Points
    Morgan Geekie had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:31.Geekie
  5. PP1
    BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:55 together.LindholmPastrnakZachaMcAvoyGeekie
  6. Usage
    Tanner Jeannot (BOS) played 8:42, −4:00 down on his 12:42 season average over 76 games.Jeannot
  7. Luck
    VGK scored 3 goals on 4.54 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Usage
    David Pastrnak (BOS) played 17:32, −3:10 down on his 20:42 season average over 76 games.Pastrnak

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, VGK at BOS: 126 attempts, 62 on goal, 7 goals, 7.53 expected goals; best chance Jack Eichel at 0.53 xG.

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

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · BOS 58 · VGK 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at BOS: expected goals 2.99 to 4.54 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 68, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBOSVGKMLJPEHDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSVGKcontrol2nd3rdMcAvoy · 1st 9:12Lindholm · 1st 9:42Jeannot · 1st 10:06Pastrnak · 2nd 7:25Eichel · 3rd 0:31Hertl · 3rd 3:01Dorofeyev · 3rd 17:25
  • BOS 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 32% of the game, BOS 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Joonas Korpisalo (60:00) for BOS and Akira Schmid (57:19) for VGK, 7 goals.

BOS
VGK
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BOS rows versus VGK columns: 250 matchups; most common McAvoy vs Theodore, 8:52 at 58% xGF.

BOS ↓ · VGK →EichelStoneBarbashevMarnerDorofeyevSmithHertlBowmanKolesarLaczynskiHoltzReinhardtHanifinKorczakTheodoreLauzonCoghlanHuttonL1 LindholmL1 KhusnutdinovL1 PastrnakL2 GeekieL2 MintenL2 SteevesL3 ZachaL3 ArvidssonL3 MittelstadtL4 KuralyL4 KastelicL4 JeannotD1 ZadorovD1 PeekeD2 McAvoyD2 AspirotD3 LindholmD3 Lohrei
BOS 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
StatVGKBOS
5056
2.882.90
2.712.70
1310
25
1829
+0.060−0.060
32%29%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:12
    BOSCharlie McAvoyPP (David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie)slap0.05 xG
    VGK: Stone, Theodore, Eichel, LauzonBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
    VGK 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 9:42
    BOSElias LindholmPP (David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie)snap0.23 xG
    VGK: Smith, Hanifin, Marner, KorczakBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
    VGK 0 – 2 BOS
  3. 10:06
    BOSTanner Jeannot (Sean Kuraly)wrist0.09 xG
    VGK: Hutton, Kolesar, Laczynski, Coghlan, BowmanBOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Jeannot, Kastelic, Lohrei
    VGK 0 – 3 BOS

2nd period

  1. 7:25
    BOSDavid Pastrnak (Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm)wrist0.13 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Lauzon, BowmanBOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Aspirot
    VGK 0 – 4 BOS

3rd period

  1. 0:31
    VGKJack Eichel (Noah Hanifin, Kaedan Korczak)wrist0.53 xG
    VGK: Stone, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, KorczakBOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, Aspirot
    VGK 1 – 4 BOS
  2. 3:01
    VGKTomas HertlPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)snap0.22 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, DorofeyevBOS: Zadorov, Peeke, Kastelic, Minten
    VGK 2 – 4 BOS
  3. 17:25
    VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Shea Theodore, Mitch Marner)snap0.17 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, DorofeyevBOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke, Khusnutdinov
    VGK 3 – 4 BOS

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1112+240.9510022:38——5878
Mark Stone RL1011+100.1601020:50——5067
Ivan Barbashev LL1000+120.3630015:25——6180
Mitch Marner RL2011+120.2101021:51——3617
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2101+141.0501020:04——3237
Reilly Smith RL2000000.0020012:37——2537
Tomas Hertl CL3101091.2632419:58——4437
Braeden Bowman RL3000-200.0011013:37——5020
Keegan Kolesar RL3000-100.0620010:55——4616
Tanner Laczynski CL4000-120.1100013:19——5250
Alexander Holtz RL4000010.0122010:17——5061
Cole Reinhardt LL4000020.181029:36——5381
Noah Hanifin DD1011+120.1011023:14——5460
Kaedan Korczak DD1011+130.0230016:53——5054
Shea Theodore DD2011010.0104025:48——4145
Jeremy Lauzon DD2000-100.0140516:10——4138
Dylan Coghlan DD3000-110.0641213:57——5050
Ben Hutton DD3000-100.0010010:51——5040
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Akira Schmid(start)L29254.8622.9957:19

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Elias Lindholm CL1112-130.8101019:44——6367
Marat Khusnutdinov CL1000-100.0011218:02——6068
David Pastrnak RL1123060.7010017:32——6772
Morgan Geekie CL2022010.1340215:31——4327
Fraser Minten CL2000010.1900013:27——5057
Alex Steeves CL2000000.0210010:29——6787
Pavel Zacha CL3000040.4301217:09——5244
Viktor Arvidsson LL3000-150.2811015:21——4631
Casey Mittelstadt CL3000000.0000014:40——4420
Sean Kuraly CL4011+100.0013012:28——3365
Mark Kastelic CL4000+100.003059:38——4468
Tanner Jeannot LL4101+110.142008:42——4065
Nikita Zadorov DD1011010.0212220:36——5076
Andrew Peeke DD1000-100.0012020:27——4053
Charlie McAvoy DD2101-140.1123027:02——5537
Jonathan Aspirot DD2000020.0412217:06——5433
Hampus Lindholm DD3000+100.0702019:42——6075
Mason Lohrei DD3000+110.0502013:01——5973
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)W33303.9094.5460:00

Goal anatomy

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

Charlie McAvoy (BOS PP) 1st 9:12 · assists David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie · Forecheck turnover · 76.5 mph shot.

David Pastrnak · 2nd 7:25 · BOS

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
55.2 mph
Distance
15 ft
Entry to goal
5.3 s
Type
one-timer

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