Edgehalla

Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 28, 2025

Final / OT· T-Mobile Arena
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DAL
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VGK
3
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
DAL11114DAL8136128
VGK21003VGK1089128
DAL 60VGK 64
DAL 3.42VGK 1.99
PP goals
DAL 0VGK 1
Hits
DAL 15VGK 27
Blocks
DAL 23VGK 15
PIM
DAL 4VGK 6
DAL 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in overtime at VGK. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:22 together.

  1. Points
    Wyatt Johnston had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:33.Johnston
  2. Points
    Roope Hintz had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:54.Hintz
  3. Points
    Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:25.Eichel
  4. Points
    Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:27.Dorofeyev
  5. Points
    Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:31.Stone
  6. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:22 together.StoneHertlTheodoreEichelDorofeyev
  7. Usage
    Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 19:50, −5:26 down on his 25:16 season average over 49 games.Heiskanen
  8. New line
    New look for VGK: Howden–Rondbjerg–Lavoie skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HowdenRondbjergLavoie

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, DAL at VGK: 124 attempts, 56 on goal, 7 goals, 5.41 expected goals; best chance Wyatt Johnston at 0.38 xG.

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

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 64 · DAL 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, DAL at VGK: expected goals 1.99 to 3.42 (DAL led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 60, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTVGKDALEBHDJJJnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:20
  • VGK
  • DAL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKDALcontrol2nd3rdOTEichel · 1st 1:54Bourque · 1st 3:41Hertl · 1st 6:35Dorofeyev · 2nd 3:57Johnston · 2nd 5:04Johnston · 3rd 11:54Johnston · OT 0:20
  • VGK pressure
  • DAL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 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, DAL at VGK: 38 players over 60:20; most ice Adin Hill (60:20) for VGK and Jake Oettinger (60:20) for DAL, 7 goals.

VGK
DAL
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
StatDALVGK
6072
2.821.78
2.691.74
1011
25
1726
+0.019−0.019
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.

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:54
    VGKJack Eichel (Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone)snap0.21 xG
    DAL: Dadonov, Robertson, Heiskanen, Harley, JohnstonVGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel
    DAL 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 3:41
    DALMavrik Bourque (Matt Duchene, Miro Heiskanen)wrist0.16 xG
    DAL: Benn, Duchene, Heiskanen, Harley, BourqueVGK: Pietrangelo, Hanifin, Howden, Rondbjerg, Lavoie
    DAL 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 6:35
    VGKTomas Hertl (Nicolas Hague, Pavel Dorofeyev)wrist0.11 xG
    DAL: Duchene, Dumba, Robertson, Bourque, BichselVGK: Hertl, Olofsson, Hague, Whitecloud, Dorofeyev
    DAL 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 3:57
    VGKPavel DorofeyevPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)wrist0.18 xG
    DAL: Blackwell, Lindell, HarleyVGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Dorofeyev
    DAL 1 – 3 VGK
  2. 5:04
    DALWyatt JohnstonSH (Roope Hintz)wrist0.24 xG
    DAL: Lindell, Hintz, Heiskanen, JohnstonVGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Eichel
    DAL 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 11:54
    DALWyatt Johnston (Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson)wrist0.09 xG
    DAL: Dumba, Hintz, Robertson, Harley, JohnstonVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Barbashev, Hanifin, Howden
    DAL 3 – 3 VGK

OT period

  1. 0:20
    DALWyatt Johnston (Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell)wrist0.38 xG
    DAL: Lindell, Hintz, JohnstonVGK: Stone, Theodore, Eichel
    DAL 4 – 3 VGK

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Duchene CL1011000.0000018:20——3842
Mavrik Bourque CL1101020.3101015:26——4144
Jamie Benn LL1000+110.3011015:12——4355
Jason Robertson LL2011-140.4401021:13——5769
Wyatt Johnston CL2303+250.8200020:33——5477
Evgenii Dadonov LL2000-130.4402017:01——5067
Roope Hintz CL3033+320.3711015:54——4582
Logan Stankoven CL3000010.0502014:48——2657
Sam Steel CL3000000.0001014:38——3666
Thomas Harley DD1000+110.1304027:20——5264
Miro Heiskanen DD1011+120.0301019:50——5661
Esa Lindell DD2011+200.0003020:44——4981
Ilya Lyubushkin DD2000000.0311217:53——4778
Lian Bichsel DD3000-110.0550215:44——3628
Mathew Dumba DD3000000.0123013:50——2835
Oskar Bäck C—000010.1601010:54——5463
Colin Blackwell C—000020.1410010:27——5463
Brendan Smith D—000030.124107:58——4440
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)W28253.8931.9960:20

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1112-130.2301023:25——4144
Mark Stone RL1022-240.5201221:31——4339
Ivan Barbashev LL1011000.0041018:34——4440
Tomas Hertl CL2101020.2821015:53——5660
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2112+120.3411014:27——5252
Victor Olofsson LL2000020.0610012:46——5044
Keegan Kolesar RL3000000.0051014:28——5223
Nicolas Roy CL3000000.0011412:08——5216
Tanner Pearson LL3000030.0532011:11——5534
Brett Howden CL4000-200.0000013:27——7617
Jonas Rondbjerg RL4000-120.0901010:39——8021
Raphael Lavoie CL4000-100.003008:28——8129
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000-230.1001023:09——4329
Noah Hanifin DD1000-210.0410020:00——5034
Brayden McNabb DD2000+110.0232022:00——5136
Shea Theodore DD2000-120.1102021:47——4831
Nicolas Hague DD3011+130.1610015:34——7269
Zach Whitecloud DD3000+100.0020015:33——7168
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)O28244.8573.4260:20

Goal anatomy

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

Tomas Hertl (VGK) 1st 6:35 · assists Nicolas Hague, Pavel Dorofeyev · Cycle · 12.8 mph shot.

Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 5:04 · DAL SH

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
27.4 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s
Type
rebound

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Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 11:54 · DAL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
3
Shot
67.1 mph
Distance
27 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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Wyatt Johnston · OT 0:20 · DAL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
14.9 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
3.7 s

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