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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 24, 2025

Final· Crypto.com Arena
away
VGK
2
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home
LAK
5
Goals123TShots123T
VGK0202VGK68923
LAK1045LAK84719
VGK 52LAK 57
VGK 1.82LAK 2.12
PP goals
VGK 0LAK 1
Hits
VGK 23LAK 17
Blocks
VGK 15LAK 19
PIM
VGK 8LAK 6
VGK 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 4A. Jordan Spence (LAK) played 9:32, −7:21 down on his 16:53 season average over 78 games.

  1. Points
    Quinton Byfield had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.Byfield
  2. Points
    Trevor Moore had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.Moore
  3. Points
    Warren Foegele had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:21.Foegele
  4. Points
    Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:56.Kempe
  5. Usage
    Jordan Spence (LAK) played 9:32, −7:21 down on his 16:53 season average over 78 games.Spence
  6. New line
    New look for LAK: Fiala–Kempe–Byfield skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.FialaKempeByfield
  7. Luck
    LAK scored 5 goals on 2.12 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Usage
    Brandt Clarke (LAK) played 8:13, −8:10 down on his 16:23 season average over 77 games.Clarke

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.

Shot map, VGK at LAK: 109 attempts, 42 on goal, 7 goals, 3.94 expected goals; best chance Alex Laferriere at 0.25 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • LAK
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · LAK 57 · VGK 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at LAK: expected goals 2.12 to 1.82 (LAK led the chances), shot attempts 57 to 52, 7 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdLAKVGKMMSMFEFnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • LAK
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
LAKVGKcontrol2nd3rdMoore · 1st 10:30McNabb · 2nd 10:26Stone · 2nd 16:41Moore · 3rd 0:42Foegele · 3rd 8:31Edmundson · 3rd 15:28Fiala · 3rd 17:41
  • LAK 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 34% of the game, LAK 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at LAK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Darcy Kuemper (60:00) for LAK and Ilya Samsonov (59:43) for VGK, 7 goals.

LAK
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
StatVGKLAK
5459
1.512.13
1.472.08
118
56
1214
−0.021+0.022
34%38%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:30
    LAKTrevor MoorePP (Quinton Byfield, Jordan Spence)tip-in0.11 xG
    VGK: Kolesar, Roy, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Danault, Foegele, Moore, Spence, Byfield
    VGK 0 – 1 LAK

2nd period

  1. 10:26
    VGKBrayden McNabb (Tomas Hertl, Kaedan Korczak)wrist0.07 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Hertl, Hanifin, Lavoie, DorofeyevLAK: Fiala, Moverare, Spence, Byfield, Laferriere
    VGK 1 – 1 LAK
  2. 16:41
    VGKMark Stone (Noah Hanifin, Brett Howden)tip-in0.10 xG
    VGK: Stone, Saad, Hanifin, Howden, WhitecloudLAK: Kopitar, Lewis, Gavrikov, Anderson, Turcotte
    VGK 2 – 1 LAK

3rd period

  1. 0:42
    LAKTrevor Moore (Warren Foegele, Darcy Kuemper)wrist0.07 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Pearson, Kolesar, Roy, HagueLAK: Edmundson, Danault, Foegele, Moore, Clarke
    VGK 2 – 2 LAK
  2. 8:31
    LAKWarren Foegele (Quinton Byfield)backhand0.23 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Saad, Howden, DorofeyevLAK: Danault, Foegele, Anderson, Spence, Byfield
    VGK 2 – 3 LAK
  3. 15:28
    LAKJoel Edmundson (Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield)slap0.01 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Hertl, Hanifin, Lavoie, DorofeyevLAK: Doughty, Edmundson, Fiala, Kempe, Byfield
    VGK 2 – 4 LAK
  4. 17:41
    LAKKevin Fiala (Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield)backhand0.12 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Eichel, Howden, DorofeyevLAK: Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, Gavrikov, Byfield
    VGK 2 – 5 LAK

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1000-130.0303021:05——4215
Ivan Barbashev LL1000000.0000014:24——5530
Victor Olofsson LL1000010.0300014:13——6836
Nicolas Roy CL2000-110.0320015:20——3345
Keegan Kolesar RL2000-100.0050015:04——2946
Tanner Pearson LL2000-130.3401012:17——3041
Pavel Dorofeyev RL3000-210.1611216:48——4127
Tomas Hertl CL3011000.1241016:34——5239
Raphael Lavoie CL3000020.2110012:19——5741
Mark Stone RL4101040.3100214:40——4550
Brett Howden CL4011-120.2711011:57——5747
Brandon Saad LL4000010.1000011:34——7154
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000-410.0205023:24——4033
Nicolas Hague DD1000-100.0010217:31——4248
Brayden McNabb DD2101010.1030019:12——5734
Kaedan Korczak DD2011020.0730017:12——4818
Noah Hanifin DD3011+110.0300022:16——6165
Zach Whitecloud DD3000+100.0023216:45——5255
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)L19145.7372.1259:43

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Phillip Danault CL1000+210.0421018:17——5262
Trevor Moore LL1202+140.3100015:53——6530
Warren Foegele LL1112+220.3811015:21——6672
Kevin Fiala LL2101+120.3400021:52——4875
Adrian Kempe RL2022+210.3410220:56——4867
Quinton Byfield RL2044+230.1411420:28——4880
Tanner Jeannot LL3000000.0330010:19——6787
Trevor Lewis CL3000-100.0400010:16——6522
Alex Turcotte CL3000-100.000207:54——5424
Drew Doughty DD1000+230.1110023:55——5465
Joel Edmundson DD1101+210.0111022:31——5361
Mikey Anderson DD2000000.0033019:20——5867
Vladislav Gavrikov DD2000000.0001018:07——5961
Jacob Moverare DD3000-110.0105012:42——3841
Jordan Spence DD3011000.011109:32——3066
Alex Laferriere R—000-110.3510019:57——4252
Anze Kopitar C—000-100.0012018:27——3936
Brandt Clarke D—000+100.001108:13——5347
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)W23212.9131.8260:00

Goal anatomy

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

Trevor Moore (LAK PP) 1st 10:30 · assists Quinton Byfield, Jordan Spence · Deflection · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 13.6 mph shot · 3.9 s from entry to goal.

Trevor Moore · 1st 10:30 · LAK PP

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
4
Shot
13.6 mph
Distance
55 ft
Entry to goal
3.9 s

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Brayden McNabb · 2nd 10:26 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
66.5 mph
Distance
37 ft
Entry to goal
4.6 s

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Trevor Moore · 3rd 0:42 · LAK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
69.1 mph
Distance
31 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s

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