Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 16, 2025

FinalWednesday, Apr 16, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	3	4		VGK	8	12	11	31
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	8	5	4	17

: VGK 63VAN 52
: VGK 3.67VAN 1.82
PP goals: VGK 0VAN 0
Hits: VGK 15VAN 24
Blocks: VGK 15VAN 7
PIM: VGK 2VAN 6
: VGK 64%VAN 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at VAN. Victor Olofsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Eichel–Howden–Dorofeyev skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:56.Olofsson
Points
Ben Hutton had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:01.Hutton
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:42.Theodore
New line
New look for VGK: Eichel–Howden–Dorofeyev skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eichel Howden Dorofeyev
New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Rondbjerg skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Roy Rondbjerg
New line
New look for VGK: Pearson–Schwindt–Holtz skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Schwindt Holtz
Usage
Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) played 21:25, +4:57 up on his 16:28 season average over 81 games.Dorofeyev
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 19:11, +4:23 up on his 14:48 season average over 79 games.Howden

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VAN 52 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 43% of the game, VAN 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	VGK	VAN
	55	56
	2.30	1.74
	2.20	1.70
	8	7
	5	1
	20	14
	+0.070	−0.069
	43%	18%

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

L1Eichel – Howden – Dorofeyev
11:5754% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Olofsson
10:2250% CF
L3Kolesar – Roy – Rondbjerg
10:1343% CF
L4Pearson – Schwindt – Holtz
7:4650% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
18:1430% CF
D2Hutton – Korczak
15:4949% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:4074% CF

PP1Theodore – Eichel – Roy – Howden – Dorofeyev
4:36100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Olofsson – Holtz
1:0960% CF
PK1FEichel – Roy
0:47
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:34
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:20
PK2DTheodore – Hague
0:34

Current VGK line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Joshua – Sherwood – Räty
10:3158% CF
L2Boeser – DeBrusk – Sasson
10:1157% CF
L3Garland – Suter – Hoglander
9:5255% CF
L4Blueger – Karlsson – O'Connor
9:0357% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
12:1355% CF
D2Hughes – Pettersson
9:5365% CF
D3Kudryavtsev – Mancini
8:0054% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Suter – Hughes
1:26100% CF
PP2Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Hoglander – Mancini
0:330% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
3:04
PK2FBlueger – Suter
2:11
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
2:44
PK2DHughes – Mancini
0:48

Current VAN 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	1	0	1	+2	2	0.09	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	53	59
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	1	0	1	+2	7	0.76	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	55	66
Brett Howden C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.53	1	0	2	19:11	—	—	52	65
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	45	64
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.43	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	50	67
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	47	65
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.40	1	1	0	18:52	—	—	46	37
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	12:58	—	—	50	44
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	48	43
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	44	38
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	11:29	—	—	38	36
Cole Schwindt R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.65	3	1	0	10:09	—	—	63	75
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:13	—	—	36	26
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	19:40	—	—	32	18
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.07	1	2	0	17:01	—	—	47	79
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	54	80
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.12	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	70	77
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	1	1	0	17:01	—	—	75	79

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.82	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	8	1	0	18:34	—	—	52	46
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	50	47
Aatu Räty C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	48	44
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	50	33
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	47	24
Max Sasson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	50	35
Pius Suter C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.27	0	0	2	17:46	—	—	40	38
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.15	1	0	2	14:41	—	—	52	43
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	54	59
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	56	56
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	65	66
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	50	56
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	1	0	23:34	—	—	44	54
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	2	21:14	—	—	47	48
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.11	0	0	0	25:06	—	—	53	47
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	71	51
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	3	2	0	19:24	—	—	46	24
Kirill Kudryavtsev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:43	—	—	48	16

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	—	20	19	1	.950	2.34	40:00
Nikita Tolopilo	L	10	8	2	.800	0.79	19:15

Goal anatomy

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

Pius Suter (VAN) 1st 8:23 · assists Conor Garland, Nils Hoglander · Rebound · dumped in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 33.1 mph shot · 7.3 s from entry to goal.

Pius Suter · 1st 8:23 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: rebound

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Victor Olofsson · 2nd 18:33 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 57.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 7:59 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 10:45 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 20.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 9.8 s

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Cole Schwindt · 3rd 18:28 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.2 mph
Distance: 83 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. Vancouver CanucksApr 16, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Pius Suter · 1st 8:23 · VAN

Victor Olofsson · 2nd 18:33 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 7:59 · VGK

Jack Eichel · 3rd 10:45 · VGK

Cole Schwindt · 3rd 18:28 · VGK EN