Thu, Dec 19, 2024·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Vancouver Canucks 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 65% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 111 | 02 | 07 | 120 |
| VGK | 05 | 19 | 27 | 321 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 8:15VANTeddy BluegerAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Danton Heinen · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
- P2 17:35VGKAlex PietrangeloAssists: Shea Theodore, Mark Stone · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
- P3 3:44VGKWilliam KarlssonGWGAssists: Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
- P3 19:10VGKBrett HowdenENAssists: Noah Hanifin · Backhand, 0.82 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
- P1 11:38VGKAlexander Holtz: High sticking2 min
- P3 4:34VGKPavel Dorofeyev: High sticking2 min
- P3 7:29VANDerek Forbort: Tripping2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Suter
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestBlueger – Heinen – Sherwood9:07
xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0
- Joshua – Garland – Suter9:43
xG 0.36–0.51 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1
- Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:41
xG 0.03–0.31 (10%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson7:20
xG 0.01–0.41 (2%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMyers – Hughes18:49
xG 0.87–0.54 (62%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0
- Forbort – Desharnais14:57
xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1
- Soucy – Juulsen12:23
xG 0.03–0.66 (4%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestPearson – Hertl – Kolesar8:54
xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0
- Stone – Eichel – Dorofeyev14:02
xG 0.72–0.12 (85%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0
- Karlsson – Olofsson – Howden9:38
xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0
- Laczynski – Schwindt – Holtz3:35
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestPietrangelo – Hanifin18:06
xG 1.34–0.35 (79%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0
- McNabb – Theodore16:08
xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0
- Hague – Whitecloud12:29
xG 0.21–0.95 (18%)attempts 7–20goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 65% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VGK − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).