Vegas Golden Knights vs. New York IslandersFeb 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Feb 4, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	5	14	15	34
NYI	1	0	1	2		NYI	4	4	6	14

: VGK 61NYI 40
: VGK 3.11NYI 1.24
PP goals: VGK 0NYI 0
Hits: VGK 21NYI 26
Blocks: VGK 13NYI 11
PIM: VGK 2NYI 2
: VGK 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at home. Brandon Saad (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Barbashev–Olofsson–Eichel skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Barbashev–Olofsson–Eichel skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Olofsson Eichel
Usage
Kaedan Korczak (VGK) played 3:34, −11:48 down on his 15:22 season average over 39 games.Korczak
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Alexander Romanov (NYI) played 28:51, +6:39 up on his 22:12 season average over 63 games.Romanov
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.11 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Pelech (NYI) played 25:19, +4:16 up on his 21:03 season average over 59 games.Pelech
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Tony DeAngelo (NYI) played 27:34, +4:21 up on his 23:13 season average over 34 games.DeAngelo
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Dennis Cholowski (NYI) played 7:25, −5:48 down on his 13:13 season average over 38 games.Cholowski
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Ivan Barbashev (VGK) played 22:22, +5:39 up on his 16:43 season average over 69 games.Barbashev

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · NYI 40 · VGK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 39% of the game, NYI 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	66	42
	2.78	1.17
	2.70	1.15
	17	6
	6	2
	25	23
	−0.006	+0.006
	39%	19%

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 – Olofsson – Eichel
7:0062% CF
L2Hertl – Dorofeyev – Holtz
3:57100% CF
L3Stone – Saad – Howden
3:0457% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
17:2879% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Hague
16:0741% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
13:5064% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Dorofeyev
0:59
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Olofsson – Hanifin – Roy
0:48
PK1FSaad – Eichel
1:22
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:56

Current VGK line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov
13:2946% CF
L2Lee – Duclair – Horvat
13:1537% CF
L3Cizikas – Pageau – Holmstrom
11:0540% CF
L4Engvall – MacLean – Gatcomb
6:3430% CF
D1DeAngelo – Romanov
15:0827% CF
D2Pelech – Perunovich
9:4569% CF
D3Cholowski – Boqvist
0:00

PP1Lee – Duclair – Horvat – DeAngelo – Boqvist
1:24100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Nelson – DeAngelo – Cholowski – Tsyplakov
0:27100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Holmstrom
0:43
PK2FPageau – Horvat
0:36
PK1DPelech – Romanov
0:56

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:21
NYIBo Horvat (Adam Pelech, Maxim Tsyplakov)backhand0.15 xG
VGK: Saad, Hanifin, Roy, Whitecloud, DorofeyevNYI: Lee, Duclair, Horvat, DeAngelo, Romanov
VGK 0 – 1 NYI

3rd period

7:40
VGKBrandon Saad (Nicolas Hague, Nicolas Roy)backhand0.34 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Saad, Roy, Hague, HoltzNYI: Pelech, Engvall, Perunovich, MacLean, Gatcomb
VGK 1 – 1 NYI
10:43
NYIBrock Nelson (Alexander Romanov, Tony DeAngelo)tip-in0.04 xG
VGK: Saad, Hertl, Hanifin, Whitecloud, HoltzNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, DeAngelo, Romanov, Tsyplakov
VGK 1 – 2 NYI

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
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	60	74
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	65	76
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	48	41
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.64	4	1	0	20:10	—	—	70	68
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	70	61
Alexander Holtz R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	67	82
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	72	86
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.73	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	46	65
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	67	87
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	79	89
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	2	0	20:11	—	—	79	89
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	5	0	19:46	—	—	44	72
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:10	—	—	39	64
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	69	63
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	62	48
Nicolas Roy C	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	5	1	0	13:54	—	—	52	61
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	5	0	2	11:46	—	—	55	51
Kaedan Korczak D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	3:34	—	—	100	100

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	14	12	2	.857	1.24	58:14

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	46	50
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	1	2	17:16	—	—	41	38
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:52	—	—	41	45
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	32	25
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	19:40	—	—	35	25
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	39	33
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	40	24
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	14:53	—	—	30	30
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	7	0	0	14:03	—	—	43	35
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:33	—	—	31	19
Pierre Engvall L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	7:59	—	—	46	19
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	0	7:39	—	—	47	23
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	4	0	28:51	—	—	28	35
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	1	0	27:34	—	—	29	28
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	2	2	0	25:19	—	—	50	18
Scott Perunovich D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	46	28
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	50	55
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:25	—	—	33	10

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.11	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Bo Horvat (NYI) 1st 18:21 · assists Adam Pelech, Maxim Tsyplakov · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 15.1 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Bo Horvat · 1st 18:21 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Brandon Saad · 3rd 7:40 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: rebound

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 10:43 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 29.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: deflection

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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.