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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 6, 2025

Final· Rogers Arena
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VGK
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VAN
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK2013VGK10131235
VAN1102VAN127221
VGK 70VAN 49
VGK 3.27VAN 2.78
PP goals
VGK 0VAN 0
Hits
VGK 7VAN 27
Blocks
VGK 14VAN 21
PIM
VGK 2VAN 4
VGK 51%VAN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at VAN. Victor Olofsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VAN: Boeser–Suter–Hoglander skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for VAN: Boeser–Suter–Hoglander skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoeserSuterHoglander
  2. New line
    New look for VAN: Blueger–DeBrusk–Garland skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BluegerDeBruskGarland
  3. Goalie
    Kevin Lankinen (VAN) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +9 against a season average of 26.4; the loss.Lankinen
  4. New line
    New look for VAN: Karlsson–O'Connor–Sasson skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KarlssonO'ConnorSasson
  5. Usage
    Nils Hoglander (VAN) played 16:20, +4:16 up on his 12:04 season average over 71 games.Hoglander
  6. Usage
    Pius Suter (VAN) played 20:58, +3:40 up on his 17:18 season average over 80 games.Suter
  7. Usage
    Ivan Barbashev (VGK) played 13:45, −3:06 down on his 16:51 season average over 69 games.Barbashev
  8. PP1
    VAN's PP1 (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Suter and Hughes) went scoreless in 3:02 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.BoeserDeBruskGarlandSuterHughes

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 VAN: 119 attempts, 56 on goal, 5 goals, 6.04 expected goals; best chance Reilly Smith at 0.46 xG.

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

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · VAN 49 · VGK 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at VAN: expected goals 2.78 to 3.27 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 70, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVANVGKHBRROnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VAN
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VANVGKcontrol2nd3rdHoglander · 1st 4:46Barbashev · 1st 8:36Roy · 1st 13:15Räty · 2nd 8:03Olofsson · 3rd 16:46
  • VAN 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 41% of the game, VAN 24%.

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 VAN: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Kevin Lankinen (58:45) for VAN and Adin Hill (60:00) for VGK, 5 goals.

VAN
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
StatVGKVAN
7452
3.572.84
3.322.52
1210
22
2230
−0.010+0.011
41%24%

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 →

Vancouver Canucks

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:46
    VANNils Hoglander (Pius Suter, Brock Boeser)wrist0.43 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Olofsson, Eichel, HagueVAN: Pettersson, Boeser, Hronek, Suter, Hoglander
    VGK 0 – 1 VAN
  2. 8:36
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Mark Stone)backhand0.21 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Barbashev, Hanifin, EichelVAN: Joshua, Hronek, Sherwood, Hughes, Sasson
    VGK 1 – 1 VAN
  3. 13:15
    VGKNicolas Roy (Tanner Pearson, Keegan Kolesar)slap0.01 xG
    VGK: Pearson, Theodore, Hanifin, Kolesar, RoyVAN: Hughes, Karlsson, O'Connor, Mancini, Sasson
    VGK 2 – 1 VAN

2nd period

  1. 8:03
    VANAatu Räty (Filip Hronek, Kiefer Sherwood)wrist0.46 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Stone, Saad, Theodore, EichelVAN: Pettersson, Joshua, Hronek, Sherwood, Räty
    VGK 2 – 2 VAN

3rd period

  1. 16:46
    VGKVictor Olofsson (William Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.16 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Olofsson, HagueVAN: Joshua, Sherwood, Hughes, Räty, Mancini
    VGK 3 – 2 VAN

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
Pavel Dorofeyev RL1000040.2800017:16——7373
Brett Howden CL1000010.1111016:01——6963
Brandon Saad LL1000-110.0600015:40——6535
Jack Eichel CL2000-140.3401218:11——4136
Mark Stone RL2011010.1301017:24——4751
Ivan Barbashev LL2101+110.2100013:45——5274
William Karlsson CL3011+110.0000016:54——6277
Reilly Smith RL3000010.4610015:39——5247
Victor Olofsson LL3101050.5100014:13——5447
Nicolas Roy CL4101+140.2021013:44——7080
Keegan Kolesar RL4011+110.0110010:52——6775
Tanner Pearson LL4011+110.2801010:13——6879
Brayden McNabb DD1000-140.2901021:31——6442
Shea Theodore DD1000010.1201020:38——6741
Noah Hanifin DD2000+210.0101019:28——6282
Zach Whitecloud DD2000020.1114018:45——5782
Alex Pietrangelo DD3011+120.1601020:33——5145
Nicolas Hague DD3000000.0111015:13——5232
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W21192.9052.7860:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pius Suter CL1011+130.4801020:58——5348
Brock Boeser RL1011+120.2621018:53——5654
Nils Hoglander LL1101+120.4421016:20——5651
Conor Garland RL2000010.0302019:28——3221
Jake DeBrusk LL2000000.0612017:42——3217
Teddy Blueger CL2000010.1200217:11——3119
Kiefer Sherwood LL3011-100.0260014:11——4344
Aatu Räty CL3101030.7040211:35——4853
Dakota Joshua CL3000-120.0623011:07——3955
Drew O'Connor LL4000-120.1601011:41——2935
Max Sasson CL4000-210.0110010:30——2742
Linus Karlsson CL4000-100.0002010:27——2231
Quinn Hughes DD1000-300.0001026:42——3628
Victor Mancini DD1000-210.2111016:59——3632
Filip Hronek DD2011+110.0611024:49——5062
Marcus Pettersson DD2000+210.1702020:32——5360
Derek Forbort DD3000010.0041016:37——2717
Elias Pettersson DD3000000.0032011:33——308
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)L35323.9143.2758:45

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 4:46 · assists Pius Suter, Brock Boeser · Rebound · 3.1 mph shot.

Ivan Barbashev · 1st 8:36 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
16.5 mph
Distance
2 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s

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Nicolas Roy · 1st 13:15 · VGK

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
22.9 mph
Distance
44 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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Aatu Räty · 2nd 8:03 · VAN

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
18.4 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
8.1 s
Type
rebound

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 16:46 · VGK

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
51.3 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s
Type
rebound

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