Fri, Mar 7, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Vegas Golden Knights 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 82% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 09 | 09 | 04 | 022 |
| VGK | 16 | 19 | 212 | 427 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 12:58VGKTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Zach Whitecloud · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
- P2 4:38VGKIvan BarbashevAssists: Mark Stone, Nicolas Hague · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
- P3 2:00VGKBrandon SaadAssists: Tomas Hertl, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
- P3 2:54VGKMark StoneAssists: Tanner Pearson, Jack Eichel · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–4
Penalties (3)
- P1 0:58PITEvgeni Malkin: Tripping2 min
- P1 7:18PITRyan Shea: High sticking2 min
- P1 18:10PITKris Letang: Hooking2 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 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Eichel
- 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.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward lines
- bestMalkin – Hayes – Bemstrom11:37
xG 0.26–0.10 (73%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0
- Crosby – Rust – Rakell15:50
xG 0.76–0.72 (51%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1
- Imama – Acciari – Lizotte3:51
xG 0.04–0.12 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
- Heinen – Novak – Tomasino9:09
xG 0.31–1.25 (20%)attempts 5–12goals 0–2
Defence pairs
- Letang – Karlsson2:08
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0
- Graves – Kolyachonok9:06
xG 0.38–0.42 (47%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1
- Karlsson – Grzelcyk18:49
xG 0.84–0.90 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0
Vegas Golden Knights
Forward lines
- bestBarbashev – Kolesar – Howden10:19
xG 0.71–0.17 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0
- Stone – Pearson – Eichel10:31
xG 0.83–0.30 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0
- Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev11:45
xG 0.82–0.41 (66%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0
- Smith – Roy – Schwindt7:01
xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHanifin – Whitecloud18:19
xG 1.62–0.74 (69%)attempts 18–18goals 2–0
- McNabb – Korczak10:54
xG 0.79–0.30 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0
- Pietrangelo – Hague16:27
xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0
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 PIT. 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 82% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VGK − PIT), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).