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Vegas Golden Knights vs. New York RangersFeb 2, 2025

Final· Madison Square Garden
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NYR
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK1102VGK1415736
NYR0134NYR791228
VGK 69NYR 52
VGK 2.53NYR 2.62
PP goals
VGK 1NYR 2
Hits
VGK 22NYR 38
Blocks
VGK 11NYR 15
PIM
VGK 11NYR 9
VGK 43%NYR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

New York Rangers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:07 together.

  1. Points
    Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:00.Panarin
  2. Points
    Mika Zibanejad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:03.Zibanejad
  3. Points
    Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:12.Eichel
  4. Points
    J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:23.Miller
  5. PP1
    NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:07 together.KreiderZibanejadMillerPanarinFox
  6. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:05 together.StoneHertlTheodoreEichelDorofeyev
  7. New line
    New look for VGK: Barbashev–Eichel–Kolesar skated 14:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BarbashevEichelKolesar
  8. New line
    New look for VGK: Stone–Saad–Howden skated 12:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StoneSaadHowden

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 NYR: 121 attempts, 64 on goal, 6 goals, 5.16 expected goals; best chance Mika Zibanejad at 0.74 xG.

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

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · NYR 52 · VGK 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at NYR: expected goals 2.62 to 2.53 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 69, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdNYRVGKELEZMPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRVGKcontrol2nd3rdEichel · 1st 19:41Lafrenière · 2nd 1:18Eichel · 2nd 9:16Zibanejad · 3rd 5:04Miller · 3rd 11:33Panarin · 3rd 18:19
  • NYR 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 33% of the game, NYR 25%.

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 NYR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jonathan Quick (60:00) for NYR and Adin Hill (58:25) for VGK, 6 goals.

NYR
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
StatVGKNYR
7648
2.471.63
2.371.62
168
44
3816
−0.042+0.042
33%25%

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 →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 19:41
    VGKJack EichelPP (Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev)snap0.15 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, DorofeyevNYR: Smith, Trocheck, Fox, Miller
    VGK 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

  1. 1:18
    NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Adam Fox, Reilly Smith)wrist0.11 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Hertl, Barbashev, Hague, DorofeyevNYR: Smith, Miller, Borgen, Fox, Lafrenière
    VGK 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 9:16
    VGKJack Eichel (Keegan Kolesar, Shea Theodore)snap0.05 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, KolesarNYR: Smith, Trocheck, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
    VGK 2 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 5:04
    NYRMika ZibanejadPP (J.T. Miller, Artemi Panarin)backhand0.74 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, EichelNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox
    VGK 2 – 2 NYR
  2. 11:33
    NYRK'Andre Miller (Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin)snap0.07 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, KolesarNYR: Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Borgen, Miller
    VGK 2 – 3 NYR
  3. 18:19
    NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Mika Zibanejad, J.T. Miller)wrist0.06 xG
    VGK: Theodore, Hanifin, Kolesar, RoyNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Miller
    VGK 2 – 4 NYR

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 CL1202040.2410020:12——4938
Ivan Barbashev LL1000-110.0520016:59——5040
Keegan Kolesar RL1011010.1530015:48——5347
Mark Stone RL2011040.1601018:51——6373
Brandon Saad LL2000030.3110016:22——6579
Brett Howden CL2000020.0230215:31——6685
Nicolas Roy CL3000000.0410012:17——6583
Raphael Lavoie CL3000040.4320011:58——7483
Tanner Pearson LL3000030.0901011:14——6780
Tomas Hertl CL4000-130.2031014:38——7151
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4011-110.2100014:26——5643
Victor Olofsson LL4000000.0110011:06——6850
Shea Theodore DD1011-130.3502224:55——5566
Brayden McNabb DD1000030.1522023:19——5970
Alex Pietrangelo DD2000-110.0902221:23——6354
Nicolas Hague DD2000-120.0411515:50——6352
Noah Hanifin DD3000+100.0010016:45——6852
Zach Whitecloud DD3000010.0111015:54——6745
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)L28244.8572.6258:25

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mika Zibanejad CL1123+150.9002021:03——5158
Artemi Panarin LL1123+140.3800020:00——6063
J.T. Miller CL1022+220.2150018:23——5563
Vincent Trocheck CL2000-100.0940020:18——3124
Alexis Lafrenière LL2101010.1132016:56——2522
Reilly Smith RL2011000.0001016:43——2728
Jimmy Vesey LL3000000.0011012:24——215
Sam Carrick CL3000010.0110010:49——196
Matt Rempe CL3000000.0030210:08——226
Chris Kreider LL4000040.3720012:21——4661
Jonny Brodzinski CL4000000.0021010:45——4661
Will Cuylle LL4000020.075059:13——5356
Braden Schneider DD1000000.0064019:04——3025
Urho Vaakanainen DD1000020.0100018:47——2919
K'Andre Miller DD2101+110.0712021:55——4659
Will Borgen DD2000+220.0642018:34——4453
Adam Fox DD3011010.1300021:03——4042
Ryan Lindgren DD3000-130.2010218:29——4034
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jonathan Quick(start)W36342.9442.5360:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Eichel (VGK PP) 1st 19:41 · assists Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev · Forecheck turnover · 21.1 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · 2nd 9:16 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
70.3 mph
Distance
39 ft
Entry to goal
1.3 s

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