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New York Rangers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsNov 18, 2025

Final· T-Mobile Arena
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NYR
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VGK
3
Goals123TShots123T
NYR0112NYR56819
VGK1113VGK871126
NYR 56VGK 59
NYR 2.06VGK 2.60
PP goals
NYR 0VGK 2
Hits
NYR 34VGK 20
Blocks
NYR 17VGK 17
PIM
NYR 4VGK 2
NYR 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New York Rangers 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 3–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:35 together.

  1. Points
    Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:01.Hertl
  2. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:35 together.HertlEichelMarnerDorofeyevBowman
  3. Usage
    Jonny Brodzinski (NYR) played 16:13, +5:08 up on his 11:05 season average over 54 games.Brodzinski
  4. New line
    New look for NYR: Carrick–Raddysh–Parssinen skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CarrickRaddyshParssinen
  5. Usage
    Braden Schneider (NYR) played 17:05, −3:24 down on his 20:29 season average over 81 games.Schneider
  6. Usage
    Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 23:52, +3:24 up on his 20:28 season average over 62 games.McNabb
  7. Usage
    Matthew Robertson (NYR) played 14:23, −3:04 down on his 17:27 season average over 71 games.Robertson
  8. Usage
    Taylor Raddysh (NYR) played 8:43, −3:10 down on his 11:53 season average over 67 games.Raddysh

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, NYR at VGK: 115 attempts, 45 on goal, 5 goals, 4.66 expected goals; best chance Reilly Smith at 0.44 xG.

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

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 59 · NYR 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NYR at VGK: expected goals 2.60 to 2.06 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 56, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdVGKNYRBHBTTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • NYR
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKNYRcontrol2nd3rdBowman · 1st 11:40Hutton · 2nd 3:23Brodzinski · 2nd 8:56Theodore · 3rd 7:18Trocheck · 3rd 17:17
  • VGK pressure
  • NYR pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 40% of the game, VGK 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NYR at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Akira Schmid (59:48) for VGK and Igor Shesterkin (57:38) for NYR, 5 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against NYR 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 NYR columns: 249 matchups; most common McNabb vs Panarin, 12:33 at 57% xGF.

VGK ↓ · NYR →PanarinTrocheckLafrenièreZibanejadMillerCuylleRaddyshCarrickParssinenBrodzinskiLabaShearyFoxGavrikovSoucyBorgenSchneiderRobertsonL1 EichelL1 BarbashevL1 BowmanL2 MarnerL2 HertlL2 DorofeyevL3 HowdenL3 SmithL3 SaadL4 SissonsL4 KolesarL4 ReinhardtD1 McNabbD1 TheodoreD2 HanifinD2 WhitecloudD3 KorczakD3 Hutton
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
StatNYRVGK
5850
1.651.65
1.581.60
810
16
2522
+0.014−0.014
40%27%

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.

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 11:40
    VGKBraeden BowmanPP (Tomas Hertl, Mitch Marner)wrist0.16 xG
    NYR: Trocheck, Soucy, Borgen, CuylleVGK: Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, Bowman
    NYR 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 3:23
    VGKBen Hutton (Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.10 xG
    NYR: Zibanejad, Miller, Gavrikov, Fox, CuylleVGK: Hertl, Hutton, Marner, Korczak, Dorofeyev
    NYR 0 – 2 VGK
  2. 8:56
    NYRJonny Brodzinski (Will Cuylle)snap0.27 xG
    NYR: Soucy, Brodzinski, Borgen, Cuylle, LabaVGK: Hutton, Barbashev, Eichel, Whitecloud, Bowman
    NYR 1 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 7:18
    VGKShea TheodorePP (Noah Hanifin, Colton Sissons)snap0.06 xG
    NYR: Raddysh, Robertson, Schneider, LabaVGK: Smith, Sissons, Theodore, Barbashev, Hanifin
    NYR 1 – 3 VGK
  2. 17:17
    NYRVincent Trocheck (Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller)tip-in0.12 xG
    NYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox, CuylleVGK: McNabb, Sissons, Theodore, Kolesar, Reinhardt
    NYR 2 – 3 VGK

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artemi Panarin LL1011+110.0400220:21——6542
Vincent Trocheck CL1101+120.3350019:52——6745
Alexis Lafrenière LL1000010.2721016:27——7550
Mika Zibanejad CL2000020.1322020:49——4358
J.T. Miller CL2011000.0021020:14——4358
Will Cuylle LL2011+120.4540018:57——3053
Taylor Raddysh RL3000000.002108:43——5750
Sam Carrick CL3000000.001007:36——6050
Juuso Parssinen CL3000020.093006:48——5348
Jonny Brodzinski CL4101+110.3400016:13——5862
Noah Laba CL4000+110.1610015:22——5049
Conor Sheary LL4000000.0012013:22——5030
Adam Fox DD1000040.0731026:25——6354
Vladislav Gavrikov DD1000-110.1001022:35——6862
Carson Soucy DD2000+100.0111218:03——4868
Will Borgen DD2000+110.0122016:58——4461
Braden Schneider DD3000010.0234017:05——3525
Matthew Robertson DD3000000.0421014:23——4324
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)L26233.8852.1657:38

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1000-150.2700019:52——5536
Ivan Barbashev LL1000-100.1210018:43——5221
Braeden Bowman RL1101-110.1612017:02——5521
Mitch Marner RL2011+110.0903018:07——3038
Tomas Hertl CL2022+120.1041015:01——2938
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2011+140.4201014:57——3038
Brett Howden CL3000000.0821015:11——5681
Reilly Smith RL3000010.5700015:03——6091
Brandon Saad LL3000030.5002014:34——5684
Colton Sissons CL4011-120.0700011:38——4723
Keegan Kolesar RL4000-100.0110010:36——4718
Cole Reinhardt LL4000-100.0020010:28——5324
Brayden McNabb DD1000-110.0044023:52——3645
Shea Theodore DD1101-120.0700022:49——4158
Noah Hanifin DD2011020.0201019:48——4141
Zach Whitecloud DD2000-110.0230019:05——3613
Kaedan Korczak DD3000+100.0011215:54——6377
Ben Hutton DD3101010.1011015:32——6759
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Akira Schmid(start)W19172.8952.0659:48

Goal anatomy

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

Braeden Bowman (VGK PP) 1st 11:40 · assists Tomas Hertl, Mitch Marner · Rebound · 41.2 mph shot.

Jonny Brodzinski · 2nd 8:56 · NYR

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
33.0 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s
Type
rebound

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