Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 5, 2025

FinalWednesday, Mar 5, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	1	1	2		TOR	16	9	6	31
VGK	3	2	0	5		VGK	8	15	2	25

: TOR 65VGK 65
: TOR 3.05VGK 3.76
PP goals: TOR 1VGK 1
Hits: TOR 39VGK 26
Blocks: TOR 14VGK 14
PIM: TOR 13VGK 15
: TOR 63%VGK 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at home. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:15 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:34.Eichel
Points
Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:01.Hanifin
Points
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 12:42.Pearson
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:30.Hertl
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:15 together.Tavares Nylander Marner Matthews Knies
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:53 together.Stone Hertl Hanifin Eichel Dorofeyev
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 17:34, −3:00 down on his 20:34 season average over 76 games.Eichel
Usage
Raphael Lavoie (VGK) played 5:48, −4:49 down on his 10:37 season average over 8 games.Lavoie

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

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · VGK 65 · TOR 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
TOR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 27% of the game, VGK 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

TOR

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	TOR	VGK
	60	62
	1.89	3.62
	1.81	3.32
	5	17
	4	6
	22	14
	+0.066	−0.066
	27%	34%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg
7:0769% CF
L2Marner – Matthews – Knies
5:5164% CF
L3Domi – Robertson – McMann
5:2216% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Lorentz – Kampf
3:3938% CF
D1Rielly – Myers
11:0047% CF
D2McCabe – Benoit
8:3319% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Timmins
8:2577% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
3:1580% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly – Domi – Robertson – McMann
1:2683% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Kampf
1:49
PK2FMatthews – Knies
0:40
PK1DMcCabe – Benoit
2:52
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Timmins
0:55

Current TOR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Barbashev – Kolesar – Howden
9:5533% CF
L2Stone – Pearson – Eichel
7:3252% CF
L3Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
7:2670% CF
L4Olofsson – Roy – Lavoie
4:3033% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
14:4239% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
13:1359% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
12:1654% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Hanifin – Eichel – Dorofeyev
2:5390% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Olofsson – Roy – Lavoie
0:45
PK1FStone – Eichel
2:28
PK2FSaad – Howden
1:18
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:31
PK2DHanifin – Hague
0:42

Current VGK 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	67	51
John Tavares C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.38	1	0	2	16:17	—	—	67	74
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	2	0	13:28	—	—	46	40
Auston Matthews C	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.97	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	54	34
Mitch Marner R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	65	53
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.39	5	0	5	16:51	—	—	52	29
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	41	45
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.28	3	1	0	13:42	—	—	31	15
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	2	0	13:32	—	—	24	8
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	65	29
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	2	2	12:58	—	—	46	27
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	5	1	0	9:50	—	—	56	19
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	46	33
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	17:16	—	—	52	38
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	18:32	—	—	39	28
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	31	28
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.07	4	1	4	19:45	—	—	59	36
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	18:13	—	—	69	47

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz	—	18	16	2	.889	2.85	44:54
Joseph Woll(start)	L	7	4	3	.571	0.92	14:31

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	4	0	0	18:19	—	—	37	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.47	6	0	2	15:58	—	—	39	66
Brett Howden C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	4	13:40	—	—	35	62
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	+1	6	0.54	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	52	57
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	50	60
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	6	0.85	3	0	0	12:42	—	—	64	74
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.45	2	0	0	17:30	—	—	64	82
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	70	83
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.47	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	63	68
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	2	2	14:54	—	—	43	44
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	33	15
Raphael Lavoie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:48	—	—	33	0
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	2	23:38	—	—	44	47
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	3	0	20:07	—	—	39	27
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	3	2	0	20:57	—	—	56	79
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	59	86
Noah Hanifin D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	1	2	0	21:01	—	—	56	77
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	2	1	5	17:23	—	—	54	75

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.05	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tanner Pearson (VGK) 2nd 13:33 · assists Kaedan Korczak, Tomas Hertl · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 1.9 mph shot · 9.9 s from entry to goal.

Tanner Pearson · 2nd 13:33 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 9.9 s

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Tomas Hertl · 1st 4:33 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s

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Brett Howden · 1st 11:18 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 26.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Jack Eichel · 1st 15:03 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 84.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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Noah Hanifin · 2nd 0:17 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 18:01 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Mitch Marner · 3rd 13:27 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 5, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Tanner Pearson · 2nd 13:33 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · 1st 4:33 · VGK

Brett Howden · 1st 11:18 · VGK

Jack Eichel · 1st 15:03 · VGK PP

Noah Hanifin · 2nd 0:17 · VGK

Auston Matthews · 2nd 18:01 · TOR PP

Mitch Marner · 3rd 13:27 · TOR