Vegas Golden Knights vs. Tampa Bay LightningOct 26, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Oct 26, 2025· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	0	0	1		VGK	6	2	11	0	19
TBL	1	0	0	1	2		TBL	13	11	3	1	28

: VGK 41TBL 64
: VGK 1.38TBL 2.96
PP goals: VGK 0TBL 0
Hits: VGK 27TBL 19
Blocks: VGK 24TBL 14
PIM: VGK 15TBL 11
: VGK 50%TBL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in overtime at home. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 8:41, −14:12 down on his 22:53 season average over 72 games.

Points
Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:24.Hagel
Usage
Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 8:41, −14:12 down on his 22:53 season average over 72 games.Raddysh
Usage
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL) played 10:36, −8:16 down on his 18:52 season average over 69 games.D'Astous
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Shea Theodore (VGK) played 27:45, +4:59 up on his 22:46 season average over 69 games.Theodore
Usage
Colton Sissons (VGK) played 7:15, −5:20 down on his 12:35 season average over 65 games.Sissons
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 18:04, +3:09 up on his 14:55 season average over 13 games.Karlsson
Usage
Emil Lilleberg (TBL) played 12:41, −4:43 down on his 17:24 season average over 49 games.Lilleberg
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Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 24:34, +4:07 up on his 20:27 season average over 62 games.McNabb

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · TBL 64 · VGK 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 17% of the game, TBL 56%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

TBL 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	TBL
	40	54
	0.85	2.12
	0.84	1.96
	5	6
	4	2
	22	17
	+0.010	−0.009
	17%	56%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Holtz
9:1525% CF
L2Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev
8:3953% CF
L3Saad – Barbashev – Eichel
4:3940% CF
L4Sissons – Kolesar – Howden
3:2850% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:3143% CF
D2Lauzon – Korczak
13:1733% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
10:4347% CF

PP1Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
4:03100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Barbashev – Holtz
0:22100% CF
PK1FEichel – Marner
2:23
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:54
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
4:33
PK2DLauzon – Whitecloud
2:28

Current VGK line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
9:0663% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – James
8:4738% CF
L3Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
8:0364% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:2863% CF
D2Hedman – Moser
11:1965% CF
D3Raddysh – Lilleberg
4:41100% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point
5:38100% CF
PP2Cirelli – Hagel – D'Astous – Goncalves – James
1:31100% CF
PK1FGourde – Guentzel
1:53
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
0:52
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
2:20
PK2DHedman – Moser
1:06

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:53
TBLBrandon Hagel (Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel)snap0.62 xG
VGK: Sissons, Hutton, Marner, Howden, WhitecloudTBL: Hedman, Guentzel, Cirelli, Hagel, Moser
VGK 0 – 1 TBL
18:25
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore)snap0.11 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Hutton, Whitecloud, HoltzTBL: Kucherov, Point, D'Astous, Moser, James
VGK 1 – 1 TBL

OT period

0:32
TBLNikita Kucherov (Brandon Hagel)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Theodore, Eichel, HowdenTBL: Kucherov, Hagel, Moser
VGK 1 – 2 TBL

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
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	2	0	18:04	—	—	32	51
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	20	52
Alexander Holtz R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	0	0	4	10:41	—	—	21	50
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	50	17
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	61	55
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	50	33
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	21:41	—	—	39	31
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	42	13
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	11:33	—	—	50	26
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:00	—	—	50	10
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	5	9:20	—	—	62	76
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	7:15	—	—	46	9
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	5	0	27:45	—	—	48	41
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	4	0	24:34	—	—	42	23
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	4	2	17:49	—	—	36	28
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	3	2	15:22	—	—	36	32
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	46	19
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	12:58	—	—	39	18

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carl Lindbom(start)	O	28	26	2	.929	2.96	60:32

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	15:49	—	—	47	33
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	50	27
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	55	19
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	0	2	15:18	—	—	40	67
Gage Goncalves C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	12:40	—	—	47	77
Dominic James C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	3	3	0	12:34	—	—	43	67
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.47	0	1	0	23:08	—	—	60	81
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	68	81
Brayden Point C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	56	52
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:37	—	—	55	71
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	17:41	—	—	59	71
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:15	—	—	57	77
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	59	82
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	12:41	—	—	78	61
Darren Raddysh D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	50	40
Brandon Hagel L	—	1	1	2	+2	5	0.93	0	0	2	19:24	—	—	77	91
Anthony Cirelli C	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	70	89
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:36	—	—	50	28

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.38	60:32

Goal anatomy

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

Brandon Hagel (TBL) 1st 4:53 · assists Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel · Rebound · 39.3 mph shot.

Brandon Hagel · 1st 4:53 · TBL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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William Karlsson · 1st 18:25 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Nikita Kucherov · OT 0:32 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 43.0 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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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.