Vegas Golden Knights vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 5, 2025

FinalFriday, Dec 5, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	13	7	5	25
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	5	11	8	24

: VGK 48NJD 62
: VGK 2.70NJD 1.72
PP goals: VGK 2NJD 0
Hits: VGK 21NJD 15
Blocks: VGK 23NJD 11
PIM: VGK 4NJD 4
: VGK 47%NJD 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at NJD. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:23.Eichel
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Glass–Gritsyuk skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Glass Gritsyuk
New line
New look for NJD: Glendening–Cotter–Crookshank skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glendening Cotter Crookshank
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Bratt–Mercer skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Bratt Mercer
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Kolesar–Reinhardt skated 7:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Kolesar Reinhardt
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 1.72 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD) played 18:30, +3:23 up on his 15:07 season average over 65 games.Gritsyuk

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · NJD 62 · VGK 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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, NJD 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NJD 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	NJD
	49	64
	2.22	1.70
	2.19	1.68
	13	8
	6	4
	25	30
	−0.011	+0.011
	43%	26%

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

L1Barbashev – Eichel – Bowman
13:2342% CF
L2Stone – Marner – Howden
11:5050% CF
L3Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
11:0952% CF
L4Smith – Kolesar – Reinhardt
7:1927% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
18:0548% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
10:3550% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
6:110% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
1:25100% CF
PP2Stone – Theodore – Barbashev – Eichel – Marner
1:1267% CF
PK1FEichel – Marner
1:21
PK2FStone – Howden
0:50
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
1:57
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Noesen – Meier – Hischier
10:2043% CF
L2Brown – Glass – Gritsyuk
10:0657% CF
L3Palat – Bratt – Mercer
7:3263% CF
L4Glendening – Cotter – Crookshank
6:1063% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
15:2461% CF
D2Dillon – Hughes
13:3235% CF
D3White – Nemec
9:2562% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer
2:1050% CF
PP2Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Gritsyuk – Nemec
1:01
PK1FGlendening – Brown
1:52
PK2FBratt – Mercer
0:43
PK1DDillon – Hughes
1:52
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
0:43

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:47
VGKShea Theodore (Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin)snap0.02 xG
VGK: Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, Hanifin, EichelNJD: Palat, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Hischier
VGK 1 – 0 NJD

3rd period

15:36
VGKTomas HertlPP (Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, DorofeyevNJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Mercer
VGK 2 – 0 NJD
18:36
VGKIvan BarbashevPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)wrist0.48 xG
VGK: Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, MarnerNJD: Dillon, Glendening, Brown, Hughes
VGK 3 – 0 NJD

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	0	2	2	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	20:23	—	—	47	72
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.65	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	47	65
Braeden Bowman R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	40	71
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	0	3	0	18:35	—	—	52	61
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	48	68
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	15:23	—	—	48	52
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	16:01	—	—	41	55
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	48	44
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	2	14:33	—	—	39	56
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:28	—	—	33	37
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	10:16	—	—	33	37
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:33	—	—	27	33
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:21	—	—	49	60
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.07	0	3	0	23:12	—	—	53	62
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	4	2	22:01	—	—	44	58
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	18:42	—	—	54	39
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	15:34	—	—	29	80
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:18	—	—	25	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.72	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	-1	4	0.19	1	1	4	20:38	—	—	42	34
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	55	39
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	48	49
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	62	31
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	61	27
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	65	23
Jesper Bratt L	L3	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	60	45
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	4	0.38	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	64	63
Ondrej Palat L	L3	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	11:06	—	—	57	57
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	10:58	—	—	60	65
Angus Crookshank C	L4	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	10:36	—	—	50	57
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0.22	1	0	0	10:17	—	—	63	58
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	-1	5	0.23	1	0	0	22:31	—	—	58	42
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	21:13	—	—	64	45
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	22:53	—	—	44	37
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:29	—	—	42	41
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	18:32	—	—	65	43
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	65	77

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.70	59:14

Goal anatomy

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

Shea Theodore (VGK) 1st 19:47 · assists Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin · Forecheck turnover · 64.5 mph shot.

Shea Theodore · 1st 19:47 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 15:36 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: deflection

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 18:36 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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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.