Vegas Golden Knights vs. Winnipeg JetsJan 6, 2026

Final / OTTuesday, Jan 6, 2026· Canada Life Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	1	2	1	4		VGK	6	8	12	5	31
WPG	1	1	1	0	3		WPG	5	4	6	5	20

: VGK 66WPG 37
: VGK 3.22WPG 1.81
PP goals: VGK 2WPG 0
Hits: VGK 27WPG 25
Blocks: VGK 10WPG 18
PIM: VGK 9WPG 13
: VGK 44%WPG 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 4–3 in overtime at WPG. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:00 together.

Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:48.Hertl
Points
Gabriel Vilardi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:51.Vilardi
Points
Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:13.Marner
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:00 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
Usage
Haydn Fleury (WPG) played 2:36, −11:38 down on his 14:14 season average over 37 games.Fleury
Usage
Noah Hanifin (VGK) played 30:49, +8:20 up on his 22:29 season average over 70 games.Hanifin
New line
New look for VGK: Hertl–Kolesar–Howden skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Kolesar Howden
New line
New look for WPG: Toews–Vilardi–Perfetti skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Vilardi Perfetti

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · WPG 37 · VGK 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 51% of the game, WPG 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

WPG 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	WPG
	67	32
	2.80	1.03
	2.60	1.01
	12	2
	2	1
	18	18
	−0.044	+0.044
	51%	14%

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

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
9:1869% CF
L2Hertl – Kolesar – Howden
8:5173% CF
L3Smith – Saad – Marner
6:0888% CF
L4Sissons – Dorofeyev – Bowman
4:1967% CF
D1Lauzon – Korczak
13:2962% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
12:5662% CF
D3Hutton – Megna
2:070% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:00100% CF
PK1FSaad – Eichel
0:53
PK2FSmith – Marner
0:51
PK1DLauzon – Whitecloud
1:09
PK2DHanifin – Korczak
1:01

Current VGK line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo
14:1928% CF
L2Toews – Vilardi – Perfetti
9:5438% CF
L3Niederreiter – Lowry – Barron
9:2650% CF
L4Nyquist – Namestnikov – Pearson
6:5629% CF
D1DeMelo – Morrissey
15:3950% CF
D2Samberg – Pionk
12:4429% CF

PP1Nyquist – Scheifele – Morrissey – Connor – Vilardi
2:0733% CF
PP2Toews – Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Pionk – Perfetti
0:38100% CF
PK1FIafallo – Barron
0:50
PK2FNyquist – Pearson
0:44
PK1DSamberg – Pionk
1:41
PK2DSchenn – DeMelo
1:20

Current WPG 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	0	1	1	0	3	0.42	2	0	0	25:59	—	—	71	69
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	2	22:03	—	—	68	77
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	1	0	14:15	—	—	63	63
Brett Howden C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.45	2	1	0	16:08	—	—	68	91
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	1	2	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	68	83
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	5	0	5	12:00	—	—	68	100
Mitch Marner R	L3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	50	17
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	82	89
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	75	78
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	50	48
Braeden Bowman R	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.21	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	57	50
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:28	—	—	67	84
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	23:34	—	—	62	65
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.39	5	1	0	19:33	—	—	82	83
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.18	3	2	0	30:49	—	—	64	81
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	21:30	—	—	73	87
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:19	—	—	71	65
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	5:04	—	—	25	0

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	1.81	64:47

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Connor L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	28	22
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	1	0	21:14	—	—	31	28
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	27	7
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	50	65
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	2	2	2	14:59	—	—	32	26
Cole Perfetti C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	27	20
Morgan Barron C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	4	0	0	17:26	—	—	50	44
Adam Lowry C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	0	5	16:15	—	—	36	16
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	14:09	—	—	27	6
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	11:57	—	—	35	47
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	26	28
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:30	—	—	29	39
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	4	2	27:16	—	—	35	36
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	24:49	—	—	40	47
Dylan Samberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	0	4	4	28:07	—	—	29	23
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	4	0	26:23	—	—	23	19
Luke Schenn D	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	13:52	—	—	40	6
Haydn Fleury D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:36	—	—	25	0

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	O	31	27	4	.871	3.22	64:47

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Perfetti (WPG) 1st 5:16 · assists Jonathan Toews, Josh Morrissey · Forecheck turnover · 22.6 mph shot.

Cole Perfetti · 1st 5:16 · WPG

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Mark Stone · 2nd 19:09 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Brett Howden · 3rd 8:13 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s
Type: rebound

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Luke Schenn · 2nd 12:04 · WPG

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.9 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Kyle Connor · 3rd 14:56 · WPG

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 15:55 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 28.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Tomas Hertl · OT 4:47 · VGK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 3.1 mph
Distance: 3 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. Winnipeg JetsJan 6, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3 (OT)

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

Winnipeg Jets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Winnipeg Jets

Goal anatomy

Cole Perfetti · 1st 5:16 · WPG

Mark Stone · 2nd 19:09 · VGK PP

Brett Howden · 3rd 8:13 · VGK

Luke Schenn · 2nd 12:04 · WPG

Kyle Connor · 3rd 14:56 · WPG

Reilly Smith · 3rd 15:55 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · OT 4:47 · VGK PP