Wed, Dec 17, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
New Jersey Devils 2, Vegas Golden Knights 1 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 56% of the time.
49%
37%
VGK winsNJD wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NJD'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.
| Bratt–Hischier–Mercer | Palat–Brown–Glass | Noesen–Lammikko–Cotter | Glendening–Crookshank–Parent | Hamilton–Siegenthaler | Pesce–Hughes | Dillon–White | Dillon–Hamilton | Dillon–Hughes | Siegenthaler–Hughes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone–Marner–Howden | 3:320.28–0.04 | 1:020.03–0.00 | 1:040.02–0.00 | 3:340.06–0.14 | 2:090.28–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | ||||
| Sissons–Kolesar–Reinhardt | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 1:180.00–0.18 | 2:250.00–0.11 | 2:360.00–0.17 | 2:330.00–0.11 | 0:350.00–0.01 | |||
| Hertl–Barbashev–Dorofeyev | 1:030.00–0.12 | 1:160.00–0.16 | 0:500.14–0.00 | 0:470.17–0.00 | 1:270.14–0.00 | 2:020.00–0.28 | ||||
| Smith–Stone–Howden | 0:480.00–0.00 | 2:340.09–0.04 | 0:550.04–0.13 | 1:340.00–0.04 | 1:380.25–0.17 | 0:590.09–0.00 | ||||
| Barbashev–Marner–Dorofeyev | 0:550.04–0.00 | 1:330.00–0.07 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 2:180.00–0.01 | |||||
| Saad–Hertl–Bowman | 2:180.20–0.12 | 0:400.03–0.00 | 1:190.17–0.00 | 1:530.07–0.12 | ||||||
| Smith–Barbashev–Bowman | 1:270.15–0.34 | 1:140.08–0.00 | 1:040.08–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.34 | 0:440.00–0.10 | 0:370.15–0.00 | ||||
| Saad–Hertl–Dorofeyev | 1:470.02–0.39 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 1:000.02–0.18 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.26 | |||||
| Smith–Saad–Bowman | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:120.11–0.00 | 0:390.11–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | |||||
| McNabb–Korczak | 7:500.44–0.74 | 4:150.09–0.30 | 1:480.14–0.17 | 5:550.14–0.69 | 4:530.17–0.39 | 2:320.09–0.18 | 0:480.15–0.00 | |||
| Hanifin–Whitecloud | 1:500.12–0.16 | 3:170.02–0.46 | 1:270.00–0.00 | 1:200.17–0.00 | 2:530.02–0.23 | 3:050.12–0.00 | 2:100.00–0.49 | |||
| Hutton–Lauzon | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 2:110.08–0.00 | 2:070.00–0.00 | 3:190.08–0.00 | 1:420.00–0.00 | 1:250.00–0.00 | |||
| Hutton–Hanifin | 0:520.00–0.00 | 0:370.03–0.00 | 1:500.14–0.22 | 1:230.15–0.13 | 1:450.15–0.00 | 2:470.40–0.33 | 0:440.00–0.01 | |||
| Lauzon–Whitecloud | 0:420.04–0.12 | 1:150.00–0.00 | 1:410.03–0.11 | 1:040.03–0.01 | 3:110.00–0.23 | |||||
| Hutton–Whitecloud | 0:520.02–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
VGKNJDFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Luke HughesNJD | 28 | 26:17 | 0:56 | 1:41 | 5 | 3 |
 Noah HanifinVGK | 27 | 26:07 | 0:58 | 1:50 | 3 | 5 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 33 | 25:05 | 0:46 | 1:43 | 4 | 3 |
 Brett PesceNJD | 28 | 23:58 | 0:51 | 2:12 | 3 | 5 |
 Mark StoneVGK | 23 | 23:38 | 1:02 | 2:44 | 2 | 3 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 30 | 23:17 | 0:47 | 1:48 | 4 | 5 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 30 | 23:15 | 0:47 | 1:49 | 3 | 5 |
 Pavel DorofeyevVGK | 19 | 22:38 | 1:11 | 3:02 | 3 | 1 |
 Mitch MarnerVGK | 23 | 21:27 | 0:56 | 2:07 | 4 | 2 |
 Kaedan KorczakVGK | 27 | 21:17 | 0:47 | 1:20 | 2 | 4 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 28 | 20:55 | 0:45 | 1:39 | 4 | 3 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 25 | 20:44 | 0:50 | 1:17 | 2 | 3 |
 Connor BrownNJD | 26 | 20:32 | 0:47 | 1:50 | 3 | 4 |
 Tomas HertlVGK | 20 | 20:26 | 1:01 | 2:44 | 4 | 2 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 29 | 20:17 | 0:42 | 1:25 | 3 | 4 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 23 | 18:52 | 0:49 | 1:23 | 3 | 4 |
 Brett HowdenVGK | 23 | 18:15 | 0:48 | 1:08 | 1 | 4 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 18 | 16:59 | 0:57 | 1:33 | 1 | 0 |
 Ben HuttonVGK | 19 | 16:13 | 0:51 | 1:14 | 1 | 3 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 21 | 16:08 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 0 | 3 |
 Ondrej PalatNJD | 22 | 16:05 | 0:44 | 1:24 | 5 | 1 |
 Cody GlassNJD | 21 | 15:52 | 0:45 | 1:49 | 2 | 1 |
 Brenden DillonNJD | 24 | 15:28 | 0:39 | 1:08 | 1 | 5 |
 Paul CotterNJD | 20 | 14:41 | 0:44 | 1:14 | 1 | 0 |
 Jeremy LauzonVGK | 18 | 13:52 | 0:46 | 1:29 | 1 | 2 |
 Braeden BowmanVGK | 16 | 13:46 | 0:52 | 1:20 | 2 | 1 |
 Brandon SaadVGK | 18 | 12:46 | 0:43 | 1:27 | 1 | 2 |
 Stefan NoesenNJD | 16 | 12:19 | 0:46 | 1:47 | 2 | 1 |
 Luke GlendeningNJD | 20 | 12:07 | 0:36 | 1:25 | 3 | 6 |
 Colton SissonsVGK | 16 | 11:24 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 1 | 6 |
 Juho LammikkoNJD | 16 | 10:36 | 0:40 | 1:08 | 2 | 0 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 16 | 10:28 | 0:39 | 1:01 | 3 | 5 |
 Xavier ParentNJD | 13 | 10:21 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 3 | 1 |
 Angus CrookshankNJD | 13 | 10:01 | 0:46 | 1:12 | 3 | 1 |
 Colton WhiteNJD | 17 | 9:07 | 0:32 | 0:58 | 2 | 1 |
 Cole ReinhardtVGK | 12 | 7:53 | 0:39 | 0:53 | 2 | 4 |