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Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 12, 2025

Final· T-Mobile Arena
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VGK
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN1001MIN76316
VGK0134VGK9171137
MIN 38VGK 71
MIN 2.01VGK 4.57
PP goals
MIN 0VGK 2
Hits
MIN 27VGK 23
Blocks
MIN 16VGK 10
PIM
MIN 15VGK 9
MIN 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:53 together.

  1. Points
    Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:27.Dorofeyev
  2. Points
    Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:52.Hertl
  3. Points
    Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:51.Stone
  4. Points
    Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:54.Theodore
  5. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:53 together.StoneKarlssonHertlTheodoreDorofeyev
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Hertl–Olofsson–Dorofeyev skated 11:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HertlOlofssonDorofeyev
  7. Usage
    Zach Bogosian (MIN) played 24:45, +9:03 up on his 15:42 season average over 80 games.Bogosian
  8. New line
    New look for VGK: Stone–Karlsson–Barbashev skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StoneKarlssonBarbashev

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, MIN at VGK: 109 attempts, 53 on goal, 5 goals, 6.58 expected goals; best chance Mark Stone at 0.34 xG.

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

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · VGK 71 · MIN 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at VGK: expected goals 4.57 to 2.01 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 71 to 38, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdVGKMINHDKHDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMINcontrol2nd3rdHartman · 1st 12:09Dorofeyev · 2nd 5:21Kolesar · 3rd 4:09Hertl · 3rd 15:40Dorofeyev · 3rd 17:48
  • VGK pressure
  • MIN pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 19% of the game, VGK 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MIN at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Adin Hill (59:46) for VGK and Filip Gustavsson (59:56) for MIN, 5 goals.

VGK
MIN
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
StatMINVGK
3662
1.813.30
1.772.98
711
46
2220
+0.038−0.038
19%53%

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.

Minnesota Wild

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 12:09
    MINRyan Hartman (Zach Bogosian)snap0.02 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Johansson, Merrill, Hartman, GaudreauVGK: McNabb, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Dorofeyev
    MIN 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

  1. 5:21
    VGKPavel DorofeyevPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)snap0.14 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Merrill, Shore, KhusnutdinovVGK: Stone, Karlsson, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev
    MIN 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

  1. 4:09
    VGKKeegan Kolesar (Zach Whitecloud, Nicolas Roy)backhand0.20 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Shore, Jones, Chisholm, KhusnutdinovVGK: Kolesar, Roy, Howden, Hague, Whitecloud
    MIN 1 – 2 VGK
  2. 15:40
    VGKTomas Hertl (Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore)snap0.13 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Shore, Middleton, Jones, KhusnutdinovVGK: McNabb, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, Dorofeyev
    MIN 1 – 3 VGK
  3. 17:48
    VGKPavel DorofeyevPP (Mark Stone, Tomas Hertl)snap0.16 xG
    MIN: Merrill, Middleton, Boldy, RossiVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Dorofeyev
    MIN 1 – 4 VGK

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mats Zuccarello RL1000030.2201021:39——3323
Matt Boldy LL1000010.3020021:02——3725
Marco Rossi CL1000020.2401020:16——3623
Frederick Gaudreau CL2000+100.0021015:19——2927
Ryan Hartman RL2101+140.2801012:58——3125
Marcus Johansson LL2000+100.0701012:32——2526
Joel Eriksson Ek CL3000000.1841019:03——4652
Marcus Foligno LL3000000.0040512:40——4247
Yakov Trenin CL3000000.0060210:52——5064
Marat Khusnutdinov CL4000-220.4110011:30——4254
Devin Shore CL4000-220.152128:21——4454
Ben Jones CL4000-210.081008:21——4757
Zach Bogosian DD1011-100.0300424:45——4861
Declan Chisholm DD1000-110.0412021:49——3738
Jake Middleton DD2000-100.0033225:00——3534
Jon Merrill DD2000+100.0013021:22——4356
Travis Dermott DD3000000.0100013:40——238
David Jiricek DD3000000.0001010:11——265
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)L37334.8924.5759:56

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Hertl CL1112050.6810019:52——6863
Pavel Dorofeyev RL1213050.5800019:27——6968
Victor Olofsson LL1000020.3510016:11——6463
Mark Stone RL2022010.3700021:51——6476
William Karlsson CL2000030.5001020:04——5662
Ivan Barbashev LL2000030.1950216:40——6574
Nicolas Roy CL3011+100.0001017:03——6768
Brett Howden CL3000+120.3472215:47——7476
Keegan Kolesar RL3101+120.5720514:15——6978
Tanner Pearson LL4000010.140006:56——4437
Alexander Holtz RL4000010.010006:29——332
Cole Schwindt RL4000000.001006:28——5011
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000020.1900022:40——6864
Noah Hanifin DD1000030.1622022:01——6671
Shea Theodore DD2022040.3300020:54——6976
Brayden McNabb DD2000020.0422018:27——6776
Zach Whitecloud DD3011+110.1012016:39——5857
Nicolas Hague DD3000+100.0310014:30——5044
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W16151.9382.0159:46

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Hartman (MIN) 1st 12:09 · assists Zach Bogosian · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 70.8 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Hartman · 1st 12:09 · MIN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
70.8 mph
Distance
30 ft
Entry to goal
2.0 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 17:48 · VGK PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
65.1 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
5.6 s

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