Edgehalla

Seattle Kraken vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 31, 2026

Final· T-Mobile Arena
away
SEA
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VGK
2
Goals123TShots123T
SEA2013SEA510722
VGK0202VGK8101129
SEA 46VGK 60
SEA 2.64VGK 2.59
PP goals
SEA 1VGK 1
Hits
SEA 23VGK 24
Blocks
SEA 15VGK 11
PIM
SEA 4VGK 2
SEA 53%VGK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:00 together.

  1. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:01.Stephenson
  2. Points
    Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:59.Eichel
  3. PP1
    SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:00 together.EberleStephensonMcCannDunnBeniers
  4. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:02 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  5. New line
    New look for VGK: Barbashev–Eichel–Bowman skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BarbashevEichelBowman
  6. New line
    New look for SEA: Gaudreau–Kartye–Melanson skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GaudreauKartyeMelanson
  7. New line
    New look for SEA: Stephenson–Tolvanen–Winterton skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StephensonTolvanenWinterton
  8. New line
    New look for VGK: Smith–Reinhardt–Holtz skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SmithReinhardtHoltz

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, SEA at VGK: 106 attempts, 51 on goal, 5 goals, 5.23 expected goals; best chance Ivan Barbashev at 0.37 xG.

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

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · VGK 60 · SEA 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SEA at VGK: expected goals 2.59 to 2.64 (SEA led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 46, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdVGKSEATMBMKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • SEA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSEAcontrol2nd3rdTolvanen · 1st 6:50McCann · 1st 13:04Barbashev · 2nd 8:52Marner · 2nd 19:48Kakko · 3rd 3:18
  • VGK pressure
  • SEA pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 33% of the game, VGK 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, SEA at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Akira Schmid (58:20) for VGK and Joey Daccord (60:00) for SEA, 5 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, VGK rows versus SEA columns: 250 matchups; most common Hanifin vs Larsson, 9:46 at 40% xGF.

VGK ↓ · SEA →BeniersEberleMcCannSchwartzWrightKakkoStephensonTolvanenWintertonGaudreauKartyeMelansonMontourOleksiakLarssonDunnLindgrenEvansL1 HertlL1 KolesarL1 RondbjergL2 EichelL2 BarbashevL2 BowmanL3 SmithL3 HoltzL3 ReinhardtL4 StoneL4 MarnerL4 DorofeyevD1 HanifinD1 AnderssonD2 TheodoreD2 LauzonD3 HuttonD3 Korczak
VGK 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
StatSEAVGK
4853
2.412.05
2.332.03
68
62
2519
+0.007−0.007
33%23%

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.

Seattle Kraken

Current SEA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 6:50
    SEAEeli Tolvanen (Ryan Winterton, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.27 xG
    SEA: Stephenson, Lindgren, Tolvanen, Winterton, EvansVGK: Theodore, Lauzon, Marner, Dorofeyev, Bowman
    SEA 1 – 0 VGK
  2. 13:04
    SEAJared McCannPP (Vince Dunn, Chandler Stephenson)snap0.17 xG
    SEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn, BeniersVGK: Smith, Hanifin, Andersson, Marner
    SEA 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

  1. 8:52
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel, Ben Hutton)wrist0.37 xG
    SEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, Stephenson, Montour, KakkoVGK: Hutton, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, Bowman
    SEA 2 – 1 VGK
  2. 19:48
    VGKMitch MarnerPP (Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.15 xG
    SEA: Larsson, Stephenson, Lindgren, TolvanenVGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev
    SEA 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 3:18
    SEAKaapo Kakko (Adam Larsson)backhand0.35 xG
    SEA: Schwartz, Larsson, Dunn, Kakko, WrightVGK: Smith, Hertl, Lauzon, Korczak, Holtz
    SEA 3 – 2 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matty Beniers CL1000010.1301019:13——4041
Jordan Eberle RL1000030.4901018:28——4443
Jared McCann LL1101020.2010017:58——4343
Jaden Schwartz LL2000020.0701015:22——4859
Shane Wright CL2000+120.1900013:46——4768
Kaapo Kakko RL2101020.5300013:35——5053
Chandler Stephenson CL3022000.0600018:01——4649
Eeli Tolvanen RL3101+120.3421015:26——4656
Ryan Winterton CL3011+120.2900013:05——4263
Frederick Gaudreau CL4000020.0202014:42——5775
Tye Kartye LL4000000.0010010:32——7073
Jacob Melanson RL4000000.0012009:56——8686
Brandon Montour DD1000-110.0611021:12——4235
Jamie Oleksiak DD1000-100.0022017:38——3826
Adam Larsson DD2011+110.1221022:13——6469
Vince Dunn DD2011+110.1001219:52——5057
Ryan Lindgren DD3000+100.0002019:34——5081
Ryker Evans DD3000+110.0322217:06——4871
SEA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joey Daccord(start)W29272.9312.5960:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Hertl CL1011-120.3840019:14——5832
Keegan Kolesar RL1000020.1830015:29——6761
Jonas Rondbjerg RL1000020.2000013:41——5544
Jack Eichel CL2022+150.4002021:59——5470
Ivan Barbashev LL2101+130.6623016:21——5773
Braeden Bowman RL2000010.1000014:34——5051
Reilly Smith RL3000-110.0000011:52——3318
Alexander Holtz RL3000-100.0031010:05——4011
Cole Reinhardt LL3000010.011009:32——4229
Mark Stone RL4000000.0210018:42——5054
Mitch Marner RL4101-140.2500017:22——4620
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000-100.0510216:20——5825
Noah Hanifin DD1000010.0322021:37——6047
Rasmus Andersson DD1000040.0800020:55——6248
Shea Theodore DD2000000.0000022:44——4040
Jeremy Lauzon DD2000-210.0842017:43——2018
Ben Hutton DD3011+120.1601015:29——6594
Kaedan Korczak DD3000-100.0030014:48——6057
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Akira Schmid(start)L22193.8642.6458:20

Goal anatomy

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

Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) 1st 6:50 · assists Ryan Winterton, Chandler Stephenson · Rebound · carried in · 37.2 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Eeli Tolvanen · 1st 6:50 · SEA

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
37.2 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s
Type
rebound

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Jared McCann · 1st 13:04 · SEA PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
68.5 mph
Distance
29 ft
Type
one-timer

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