VGK 2 @ NYR 4 · Feb 2, 2025

Sun, Feb 2, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

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Vegas Golden Knights

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New York Rangers

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 60% of the time.

30%

10%

51%

NYR winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Barbashev–Eichel–Kolesar	Stone–Saad–Howden	Pearson–Roy–Lavoie	Hertl–Olofsson–Dorofeyev	McNabb–Theodore	Pietrangelo–Hague	Hanifin–Whitecloud	Pietrangelo–Hanifin	Pietrangelo–Theodore
Zibanejad–Miller–Panarin	9:220.41–0.37	1:440.09–0.06	0:420.00–0.00	0:390.00–0.02	8:170.32–0.30	2:270.00–0.09	0:550.13–0.00	0:340.09–0.00
Smith–Trocheck–Lafrenière	2:000.00–0.14	2:580.03–0.27	1:520.06–0.30	3:480.04–0.17	2:070.04–0.41	2:300.00–0.15	6:180.09–0.16	1:050.00–0.09
Carrick–Vesey–Rempe		3:260.02–0.08	2:360.01–0.06		2:570.01–0.09	2:380.02–0.07	0:550.00–0.01
Kreider–Brodzinski–Cuylle	0:400.00–0.00	0:450.00–0.05	2:210.04–0.13	1:590.16–0.01	1:080.00–0.04	3:010.16–0.05	2:510.00–0.05
Trocheck–Zibanejad–Panarin	0:510.09–0.00	0:350.01–0.00			1:300.10–0.00
Carrick–Vesey–Lafrenière		0:490.00–0.01			0:340.00–0.00	1:010.00–0.01
Zibanejad–Vesey–Rempe			0:580.00–0.23			0:430.00–0.00
Kreider–Carrick–Brodzinski				0:360.00–0.08	0:370.00–0.08
Vaakanainen–Schneider		5:240.00–0.21	6:530.04–0.36	1:290.07–0.02	6:320.01–0.23	5:270.07–0.10	3:140.00–0.25
Borgen–Miller	8:150.27–0.22	4:090.10–0.13		2:220.09–0.10	6:170.28–0.12	6:210.09–0.25	2:170.00–0.03	0:350.09–0.00	0:370.00–0.06
Fox–Lindgren	4:200.18–0.29	1:590.04–0.11	2:110.06–0.36	3:490.04–0.09	5:030.14–0.52	2:010.02–0.04	6:170.29–0.08	0:400.00–0.09
Lindgren–Miller	0:330.00–0.00							0:320.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

NYRVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Shea TheodoreVGK	28	24:55	0:53	2:10	6	1
Brayden McNabbVGK	28	23:19	0:50	1:33	4	3
K'Andre MillerNYR	25	21:55	0:53	2:05	2	4
Alex PietrangeloVGK	27	21:23	0:48	1:55	5	4
Mika ZibanejadNYR	24	21:03	0:53	1:44	4	6
Adam FoxNYR	25	21:03	0:51	1:30	4	4
Vincent TrocheckNYR	27	20:18	0:45	1:42	3	7
Jack EichelVGK	21	20:12	0:58	1:41	7	4
Artemi PanarinNYR	22	20:00	0:55	1:32	4	6
Braden SchneiderNYR	21	19:04	0:54	2:04	0	5
Mark StoneVGK	21	18:51	0:54	1:41	2	1
Urho VaakanainenNYR	22	18:47	0:51	2:05	0	4
Will BorgenNYR	23	18:34	0:48	1:38	1	3
Ryan LindgrenNYR	25	18:29	0:44	1:30	2	4
J.T. MillerNYR	25	18:23	0:44	1:22	3	9
Ivan BarbashevVGK	17	16:59	1:00	1:33	6	3
Alexis LafrenièreNYR	24	16:56	0:42	1:13	4	3
Noah HanifinVGK	21	16:45	0:48	1:36	2	4
Reilly SmithNYR	22	16:43	0:46	1:16	4	3
Brandon SaadVGK	20	16:22	0:49	1:34	2	2
Zach WhitecloudVGK	21	15:54	0:45	1:33	2	3
Nicolas HagueVGK	22	15:50	0:43	1:18	5	3
Keegan KolesarVGK	18	15:48	0:53	1:26	5	4
Brett HowdenVGK	21	15:31	0:44	1:07	1	2
Tomas HertlVGK	18	14:38	0:49	1:35	4	2
Pavel DorofeyevVGK	18	14:26	0:48	1:41	3	2
Jimmy VeseyNYR	15	12:24	0:50	2:02	0	4
Chris KreiderNYR	16	12:21	0:46	1:32	2	2
Nicolas RoyVGK	15	12:17	0:49	1:23	3	1
Raphael LavoieVGK	14	11:58	0:51	1:25	3	1
Tanner PearsonVGK	14	11:14	0:48	1:51	2	2
Victor OlofssonVGK	17	11:06	0:39	1:08	4	2
Sam CarrickNYR	16	10:49	0:41	1:14	0	5
Jonny BrodzinskiNYR	15	10:45	0:43	1:37	1	2
Matt RempeNYR	15	10:08	0:41	2:00	0	1
Will CuylleNYR	14	9:13	0:40	1:24	2	0

Vegas Golden Knights 2, New York Rangers 4

Who was on the ice

Shift totals