Vegas Golden Knights vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 29, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 29, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	9	11	9	29
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	9	8	7	24

: VGK 47NSH 45
: VGK 4.02NSH 1.46
PP goals: VGK 1NSH 1
Hits: VGK 19NSH 31
Blocks: VGK 13NSH 8
PIM: VGK 2NSH 2
: VGK 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at NSH. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Colton Sissons (NSH) played 3:35, −10:56 down on his 14:31 season average over 71 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:28.Eichel
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.Theodore
Usage
Colton Sissons (NSH) played 3:35, −10:56 down on his 14:31 season average over 71 games.Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Bellows–Smith skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Bellows Smith
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 17:59, −4:04 down on his 22:03 season average over 66 games.Theodore
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 11:33, −3:21 down on his 14:54 season average over 79 games.Howden
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 22:03, +4:36 up on his 17:27 season average over 73 games.Whitecloud
Usage
Marc Del Gaizo (NSH) played 20:37, +3:57 up on his 16:40 season average over 45 games.Del Gaizo

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · NSH 45 · VGK 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 43% of the game, NSH 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	50	49
	3.01	1.49
	2.92	1.45
	10	7
	1	5
	26	29
	+0.006	−0.006
	43%	20%

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

L1Saad – Roy – Dorofeyev
14:5047% CF
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
13:0158% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Olofsson
11:4158% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Howden
8:1742% CF
D1Hanifin – Whitecloud
19:4362% CF
D2Hague – Korczak
18:1238% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
15:2350% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
1:090% CF
PP2Smith – Theodore – Barbashev – Olofsson – Roy
0:4375% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
0:06
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:06

Current VGK line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Marchessault – Bunting
12:0155% CF
L2O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
11:5529% CF
L3McCarron – Bellows – Smith
5:0663% CF
L4Sissons – L'Heureux – Svechkov
2:4975% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
18:0539% CF
D2Del Gaizo – Barron
16:0271% CF
D3Englund – Stastney
12:2735% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
0:06100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – L'Heureux
0:39
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
0:32
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:11
PK2DStastney – Del Gaizo
0:37

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:53
NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Nick Blankenburg, Filip Forsberg)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Eichel, WhitecloudNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg, Blankenburg
VGK 0 – 1 NSH
8:26
VGKJack Eichel (Shea Theodore, Mark Stone)wrist0.56 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelNSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Evangelista, Blankenburg
VGK 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

6:25
VGKReilly SmithPP (Ivan Barbashev, Victor Olofsson)backhand0.76 xG
VGK: Smith, Theodore, Barbashev, Olofsson, RoyNSH: Skjei, McCarron, Svechkov, Blankenburg
VGK 2 – 1 NSH
19:15
VGKBrett HowdenEN (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)wrist0.66 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Theodore, Eichel, HowdenNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg, Bunting, Blankenburg
VGK 3 – 1 NSH

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
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	47	53
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	47	49
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	47	46
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.91	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	61	87
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	59	86
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	54	85
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.15	1	1	2	14:59	—	—	58	70
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	50	66
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	1.14	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	60	75
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.66	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	29	9
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:40	—	—	38	22
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	9:23	—	—	40	25
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	22:03	—	—	55	77
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	2	0	22:01	—	—	63	79
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:58	—	—	45	40
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:19	—	—	38	33
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	2	2	0	18:03	—	—	50	75
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	52	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.46	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	62	43
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	54	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	56	46
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	27	6
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.05	3	0	0	17:42	—	—	31	9
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	33	14
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	0	0	14:44	—	—	59	68
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	6	0	0	13:46	—	—	69	81
Kieffer Bellows L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	2	0	12:01	—	—	53	50
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	4	0	0	15:29	—	—	67	72
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	64	61
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	3:35	—	—	75	92
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:57	—	—	44	29
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	41	20
Marc Del Gaizo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	20:37	—	—	65	34
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	1	1	2	20:25	—	—	69	53
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:05	—	—	39	48
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	39	38

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	3.36	58:41

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan O'Reilly (NSH PP) 2nd 5:53 · assists Nick Blankenburg, Filip Forsberg · Deflection · 40.2 mph shot.

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 5:53 · NSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: deflection

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 8:26 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 6.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s
Type: rebound

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 6:25 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 7.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Brett Howden · 3rd 19:15 · VGK EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.1 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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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.