Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton OilersDec 21, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	8	10	13	31
EDM	2	2	0	4		EDM	12	6	3	21

: VGK 63EDM 51
: VGK 4.53EDM 3.63
PP goals: VGK 2EDM 2
Hits: VGK 32EDM 24
Blocks: VGK 13EDM 16
PIM: VGK 6EDM 10
: VGK 54%EDM 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:00 together.

Points
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:49.Nugent-Hopkins
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Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:46.McDavid
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:33.Hertl
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Noah Hanifin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 26:28.Hanifin
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Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:00.Marner
Points
Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:21.Hyman
Points
Leon Draisaitl had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:17.Draisaitl
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:00 together.Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid Bouchard

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · EDM 51 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 36% of the game, EDM 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

EDM 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	EDM
	50	41
	2.87	2.17
	2.64	2.11
	10	12
	4	4
	23	18
	+0.013	−0.014
	36%	30%

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 – Marner
10:5752% CF
L2Smith – Howden – Bowman
10:2045% CF
L3Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
8:4856% CF
L4Sissons – Kolesar – Reinhardt
6:1946% CF
D1Hutton – Hanifin
12:4550% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
12:3075% CF
D3Lauzon – Whitecloud
10:0537% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Marner – Dorofeyev
5:3994% CF
PP2Smith – Hutton – Barbashev – Howden – Bowman
1:25100% CF
PK1FStone – Sissons
1:44
PK2FSmith – Marner
0:47
PK1DMcNabb – Korczak
1:29
PK2DLauzon – Whitecloud
0:33

Current VGK line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Draisaitl – Roslovic – Podkolzin
10:2864% CF
L2Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
8:0239% CF
L3Henrique – Mangiapane – Savoie
7:0260% CF
L4Janmark – Lazar – Jones
6:1544% CF
D1Nurse – Regula
13:5553% CF
D2Ekholm – Bouchard
13:5043% CF
D3Emberson – Stastney
9:5335% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
4:00100% CF
PK1FHenrique – Savoie
2:02
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Lazar
1:58
PK1DEkholm – Bouchard
2:59
PK2DEmberson – Stastney
2:06

Current EDM 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
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.72	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	59	61
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	1	0	0	23:39	—	—	63	62
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	57	28
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	2	15:10	—	—	50	38
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	50	47
Braeden Bowman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	50	45
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	2	3	+1	5	1.15	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	64	87
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	1	0	1	0	6	1.21	0	1	0	19:27	—	—	59	74
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	52	68
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:44	—	—	47	34
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	7	1	0	9:48	—	—	47	34
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:50	—	—	53	35
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	3	3	0	4	0.10	0	4	0	26:28	—	—	57	63
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	16:35	—	—	52	69
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:50	—	—	68	76
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	77	78
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	2	0	17:31	—	—	44	21
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	13:23	—	—	36	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.98	57:43

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.36	0	0	2	22:17	—	—	56	51
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	6	0	0	17:22	—	—	50	62
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	0	15:29	—	—	53	36
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	2	1	3	+1	2	0.46	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	36	43
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	2	3	+1	5	0.73	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	41	43
Zach Hyman L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.64	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	46	66
Matt Savoie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	47	10
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:02	—	—	47	10
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	4	9:17	—	—	43	12
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	29	18
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:01	—	—	39	26
Max Jones L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	7:56	—	—	46	31
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	22:38	—	—	51	45
Alec Regula D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	2	2	17:00	—	—	52	43
Evan Bouchard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	3	0	24:58	—	—	40	51
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:22	—	—	47	66
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	37	17
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	30	17

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	4.53	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor McDavid (EDM) 1st 9:11 · assists Leon Draisaitl, Alec Regula · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 20.0 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Connor McDavid · 1st 9:11 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 14:37 · EDM PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 2nd 2:22 · EDM PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Zach Hyman · 2nd 7:45 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Tomas Hertl · 2nd 12:59 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 3:52 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Mitch Marner · 3rd 5:49 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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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. Edmonton OilersDec 21, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Edmonton Oilers edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

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

Edmonton Oilers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Edmonton Oilers

Goal anatomy

Connor McDavid · 1st 9:11 · EDM

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 14:37 · EDM PP

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 2nd 2:22 · EDM PP

Zach Hyman · 2nd 7:45 · EDM

Tomas Hertl · 2nd 12:59 · VGK PP

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 3:52 · VGK PP

Mitch Marner · 3rd 5:49 · VGK