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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 25, 2026

Final· Canadian Tire Centre
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK0011VGK58720
OTT1337OTT6121432
VGK 49OTT 73
VGK 2.76OTT 3.64
PP goals
VGK 0OTT 0
Hits
VGK 20OTT 34
Blocks
VGK 16OTT 18
PIM
VGK 2OTT 2
VGK 55%OTT 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Vegas Golden Knights 7–1

Ottawa Senators beat Vegas Golden Knights 7–1 at home. Stephen Halliday (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. OTT scored 7 goals on 3.64 expected goals (73 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

  1. Points
    Stephen Halliday had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 7:39.Halliday
  2. Points
    Brady Tkachuk had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:48.Tkachuk
  3. Points
    Dylan Cozens had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:45.Cozens
  4. Points
    Thomas Chabot had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:55.Chabot
  5. Points
    Tyler Kleven had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:46.Kleven
  6. Luck
    OTT scored 7 goals on 3.64 expected goals (73 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for VGK: Laczynski–Reinhardt–Bowman skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LaczynskiReinhardtBowman
  8. Luck
    VGK scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 OTT: 122 attempts, 52 on goal, 8 goals, 6.40 expected goals; best chance Tanner Laczynski at 0.42 xG.

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

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · OTT 73 · VGK 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at OTT: expected goals 3.64 to 2.76 (OTT led the chances), shot attempts 73 to 49, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTTVGKZCSHCHJAnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • OTT
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
OTTVGKcontrol2nd3rdZetterlund · 1st 9:25Cozens · 2nd 5:51Spence · 2nd 6:07Halliday · 2nd 17:50Cozens · 3rd 1:22Halliday · 3rd 2:05Jensen · 3rd 3:56Andersson · 3rd 15:05
  • OTT 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 23% of the game, OTT 51%.

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 OTT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Mads Sogaard (60:00) for OTT and Adin Hill (59:59) for VGK, 8 goals.

OTT
VGK
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, OTT rows versus VGK columns: 250 matchups; most common Pinto vs Eichel, 13:37 at 66% xGF.

OTT ↓ · VGK →EichelBarbashevStoneLaczynskiBowmanReinhardtMarnerDorofeyevHertlSmithKolesarRondbjergTheodoreLauzonHanifinAnderssonKorczakHuttonL1 StützleL1 GirouxL1 BathersonL2 PintoL2 AmadioL2 CousinsL3 GreigL3 TkachukL3 CozensL4 ZetterlundL4 EllerL4 HallidayD1 ChabotD1 JensenD2 KlevenD2 SpenceD3 SandersonD3 Zub
OTT 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
StatVGKOTT
5080
2.053.80
1.773.58
1114
51
2420
+0.011−0.011
23%51%

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 →

Ottawa Senators

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:25
    OTTFabian Zetterlund (Stephen Halliday)wrist0.07 xG
    VGK: Smith, Hutton, Kolesar, Rondbjerg, KorczakOTT: Eller, Zetterlund, Sanderson, Zub, Halliday
    VGK 0 – 1 OTT

2nd period

  1. 5:51
    OTTDylan Cozens (Ridly Greig, Brady Tkachuk)backhand0.27 xG
    VGK: Smith, Hutton, Reinhardt, Korczak, BowmanOTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, Greig
    VGK 0 – 2 OTT
  2. 6:07
    OTTJordan Spence (Tyler Kleven, Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.01 xG
    VGK: Smith, Theodore, Kolesar, Lauzon, RondbjergOTT: Tkachuk, Cozens, Spence, Greig, Kleven
    VGK 0 – 3 OTT
  3. 17:50
    OTTStephen Halliday (Thomas Chabot, Tim Stützle)wrist0.13 xG
    VGK: Theodore, Kolesar, Lauzon, Laczynski, RondbjergOTT: Giroux, Jensen, Chabot, Stützle, Halliday
    VGK 0 – 4 OTT

3rd period

  1. 1:22
    OTTDylan Cozens (Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.12 xG
    VGK: Smith, Hertl, Hanifin, Andersson, KolesarOTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, Greig
    VGK 0 – 5 OTT
  2. 2:05
    OTTStephen Halliday (Tyler Kleven)tip-in0.09 xG
    VGK: Hutton, Laczynski, Reinhardt, Korczak, BowmanOTT: Eller, Zetterlund, Spence, Kleven, Halliday
    VGK 0 – 6 OTT
  3. 3:56
    OTTNick Jensen (Thomas Chabot, Shane Pinto)wrist0.03 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Andersson, Kolesar, RondbjergOTT: Jensen, Cousins, Chabot, Cozens, Greig
    VGK 0 – 7 OTT
  4. 15:05
    VGKRasmus Andersson (Tomas Hertl)wrist0.20 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Andersson, Kolesar, RondbjergOTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, Greig
    VGK 1 – 7 OTT

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 CL1000020.2700019:38——3622
Ivan Barbashev LL1000000.0022017:36——3823
Mark Stone RL1000020.0702017:35——4325
Tanner Laczynski CL2000-210.4501013:34——5362
Braeden Bowman RL2000-210.1600013:10——5255
Cole Reinhardt LL2000-210.2221012:23——4853
Mitch Marner RL3000010.3811017:59——3732
Pavel Dorofeyev RL3000000.0500217:41——2314
Tomas Hertl CL3011-140.4451017:40——3937
Reilly Smith RL4000-410.0810012:45——257
Keegan Kolesar RL4000-400.0041012:04——3026
Jonas Rondbjerg RL4000-300.0000011:38——2931
Shea Theodore DD1000-210.0401022:00——3825
Jeremy Lauzon DD1000-210.0340020:33——3312
Noah Hanifin DD2000-100.0003021:17——4337
Rasmus Andersson DD2101-120.3512019:35——3633
Kaedan Korczak DD3000-300.0000015:37——4145
Ben Hutton DD3000-330.2301015:16——4151
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)L32257.7813.6459:59

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tim Stützle CL1011+100.0631017:30——6579
Claude Giroux RL1000+120.4630016:31——7788
Drake Batherson RL1000010.1201015:33——7288
Shane Pinto CL2011000.1800017:39——5966
Michael Amadio RL2000010.0500017:38——4655
Nick Cousins CL2000+130.1130015:04——6978
Ridly Greig CL3011+310.1031216:13——5974
Brady Tkachuk LL3033+230.4451014:48——6878
Dylan Cozens CL3202+350.8410013:45——7280
Fabian Zetterlund LL4101+220.1611012:26——5542
Lars Eller CL4000+210.0721011:10——5036
Stephen Halliday CL4213+330.511107:39——6047
Thomas Chabot DD1022+330.0914022:55——5759
Nick Jensen DD1101+310.0312018:24——4852
Tyler Kleven DD2022+220.1141019:46——5459
Jordan Spence DD2101+210.0931018:56——6383
Jake Sanderson DD3000+120.1532020:21——7477
Artem Zub DD3000+110.0601019:42——7480
OTT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mads Sogaard(start)W20191.9502.7660:00

Goal anatomy

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

Fabian Zetterlund (OTT) 1st 9:25 · assists Stephen Halliday · Forecheck turnover · 9.4 mph shot.

Dylan Cozens · 3rd 1:22 · OTT

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
76.3 mph
Distance
32 ft
Entry to goal
3.3 s

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