Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesOct 28, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	4	6		VGK	6	18	11	35
CAR	1	1	1	3		CAR	8	7	9	24

: VGK 65CAR 55
: VGK 5.55CAR 1.74
PP goals: VGK 1CAR 1
Hits: VGK 22CAR 17
Blocks: VGK 16CAR 17
PIM: VGK 4CAR 10
: VGK 49%CAR 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 at CAR. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:32 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 21:27.Eichel
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 15:32.Dorofeyev
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:41.Hertl
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:49.Barbashev
Points
Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:14.Marner
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:32 together.Hertl Theodore Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Howden–Reinhardt skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Howden Reinhardt
Usage
Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) played 7:19, −12:08 down on his 19:27 season average over 54 games.Gostisbehere

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CAR 55 · VGK 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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, CAR 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	CAR
	64	53
	4.29	1.65
	3.87	1.64
	19	7
	2	2
	26	29
	−0.028	+0.028
	52%	22%

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

L1Kolesar – Howden – Reinhardt
11:0444% CF
L2Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev
9:0179% CF
L3Barbashev – Eichel – Holtz
8:4964% CF
L4Smith – Saad – Karlsson
6:3047% CF
D1Lauzon – Korczak
19:0155% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:0959% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
10:3050% CF

PP1Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
5:32100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Barbashev – Marner – Holtz
0:4050% CF
PK1FEichel – Marner
0:02
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
0:02

Current VGK line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
13:1250% CF
L2Ehlers – Aho – Jarvis
11:5946% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov
10:0642% CF
L4Jankowski – Kotkaniemi – Nadeau
8:0443% CF
D1Walker – Nikishin
8:2079% CF
D2Fensore – Nystrom
6:4333% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Chatfield
6:3073% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
0:02100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
2:51
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:53
PK1DWalker – Nikishin
1:13
PK2DChatfield – Nystrom
1:02

Current CAR 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
Brett Howden C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	5	1	2	14:06	—	—	44	67
Cole Reinhardt L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.21	4	0	0	12:56	—	—	38	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	4	1	0	12:53	—	—	47	67
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.25	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	71	99
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.89	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	71	99
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	2	0	2	+1	9	0.78	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	76	94
Jack Eichel C	L3	2	1	3	+1	6	0.69	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	56	75
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	15:49	—	—	54	72
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.85	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	61	76
William Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.63	0	1	0	14:02	—	—	41	24
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:30	—	—	50	51
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	46	35
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	55	81
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	1	2	19:59	—	—	55	81
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.20	0	0	0	26:18	—	—	58	73
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.02	2	4	0	21:28	—	—	57	73
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	48	60
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	0	2	0	11:39	—	—	48	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	1.74	59:49

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	55	48
Logan Stankoven C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.22	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	52	39
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	45	36
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	44	28
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	48	30
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	2	14:57	—	—	48	33
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	15:53	—	—	41	28
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.38	1	1	4	15:00	—	—	41	20
Jordan Martinook L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.21	2	2	0	14:55	—	—	43	26
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:31	—	—	47	8
Bradly Nadeau L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:21	—	—	40	7
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:58	—	—	40	7
Alexander Nikishin D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	3	3	0	27:33	—	—	49	35
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	3	2	24:04	—	—	58	49
Domenick Fensore D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	3	0	19:22	—	—	26	9
Joel Nystrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:19	—	—	53	39
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	25:45	—	—	37	23
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:19	—	—	73	38

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	4.21	58:29

Goal anatomy

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

Andrei Svechnikov (CAR PP) 1st 3:46 · assists Sebastian Aho · Off the faceoff · 82.1 mph shot.

Andrei Svechnikov · 1st 3:46 · CAR PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 82.1 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Brett Howden · 3rd 6:10 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: deflection

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 6:27 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.8 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 18:03 · VGK PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 3
Shot: 80.3 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Martinook · 2nd 12:07 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Logan Stankoven · 3rd 2:31 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 15:01 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 17:36 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 19:38 · VGK EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 72 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. Carolina HurricanesOct 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–3

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

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Andrei Svechnikov · 1st 3:46 · CAR PP

Brett Howden · 3rd 6:10 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 6:27 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 18:03 · VGK PP

Jordan Martinook · 2nd 12:07 · CAR

Logan Stankoven · 3rd 2:31 · CAR

Jack Eichel · 3rd 15:01 · VGK

Jack Eichel · 3rd 17:36 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · 3rd 19:38 · VGK EN