NHL Recaps: Monday, Jan 1, 2024

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Vegas Golden Knights

Seattle Kraken

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Seattle Kraken beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Carrier skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:43.
•New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Carrier skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Joey Daccord (SEA) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 27.5; the win.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Will Borgen for SEA vs VGK, 70.8 mph. Full game report →

Will Borgen (SEA vs VGK): Rebound, 0 passes, 70.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Eeli Tolvanen SEA	vs VGK	1	1	2	2	4	2	15:43	—
Jonathan Marchessault VGK	at SEA	0	0	0	7	0	0	19:12	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Marchessault–Stephenson–Carrier skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Joey Daccord SEA	vs VGK	W	35	0	.1000
Logan Thompson VGK	at SEA	L	27	3	.889

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.