VGK @ STL 3–4 · 2026-01-02

Team	1	2	3	SOG
VGK	1	1	1	25
STL	1	2	1	19

Story

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Result STL 4–3Call No lean · VGK 53%xG 2.11–2.85 · deserved STL 64%Swing Schenn +48 3rd 18:27Method

Goals and penalties with STL win probability
Time	Event	STL win before	STL win after
1st 1:35	STL penalty · J. Kyrou · holding · 2 min
1st 3:44	VGK penalty · N. Hanifin · ps slash on breakaway
1st 7:09	STL penalty · J. Faulk · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
1st 10:12	Goal VGK · K. Kolesar	48%	28%
1st 10:39	Goal STL · A. Toropchenko	28%	48%
1st 15:11	VGK penalty · B. Hutton · tripping · 2 min
1st 19:38	VGK penalty · M. Marner · tripping · 2 min
2nd 5:39	Goal STL · J. Faulk	48%	72%
2nd 6:37	Goal STL · O. Sundqvist	72%	89%
2nd 9:10	Goal VGK · M. Stone	90%	73%
3rd 8:21	Goal VGK · P. Dorofeyev	84%	49%
3rd 18:27	Goal STL · B. Schenn	49%	97%

On ice · final horn

VGK6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. EichelC	1:44	19:34	22	0	0	3	4	0	2	2	6-7
48T. HertlC	1:33	17:06	19	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	5-8
16P. DorofeyevR	1:23	17:12	19	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0-1
61M. StoneR	1:33	17:55	19	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	–
93M. MarnerR	1:47	19:01	20	0	0	3	4	2	0	4	3-2
15N. HanifinD	2:27	26:17	28	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	–

STL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18R. ThomasC	1:20	20:05	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12-6
28O. StenbergC	0:41	14:16	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1-0
63J. NeighboursL	0:45	17:23	23	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	–
6P. BrobergD	1:45	25:23	29	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	–
55C. ParaykoD	1:47	22:37	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	–
30J. HoferG		60:00	SA25GA3SV%.880xGA2.11GSAx−0.89

Goals

1st
Keegan Kolesar(1)
C. Sissons (1), K. Korczak (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 VGK1st 10:12+19.872%
Alexey Toropchenko(1)
M. Joseph (1), O. Sundqvist (1)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 10:39+19.948%
2nd
Justin Faulk(1)
P. Buchnevich (1), T. Tucker (1)
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 STL2nd 05:39+24.272%
Oskar Sundqvist(1)
A. Toropchenko (1), M. Joseph (2)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 STL2nd 06:37+16.389%
Mark Stone(1)
B. Howden (1)
xG 0.30wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 STL2nd 09:10+16.327%
3rd
Pavel Dorofeyev(1)
B. Bowman (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied3rd 08:21+36.051%
Brayden Schenn(1)
J. Snuggerud (1), P. Buchnevich (2)
xG 0.18deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 STL3rd 18:27+48.397%

Shots

VGK2.11 xG36 unblocked · 11 blocked36 unblocked · 11 blocked

STL2.85 xG33 unblocked · 14 blocked33 unblocked · 14 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VGKSTL3Goals42.11xG2.8525Shots1936Unblocked3347Attempts473High danger50/2Power play0/222Faceoffs2921Hits1914Blocks116Takeaways616Giveaways184PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
15N. HanifinNoah HanifinD	26:17	0	0	0	2	2	0.05	−0.05	2	1	2	2	—	0	-1
2Z. WhitecloudZach WhitecloudD	22:29	0	0	0	1	4	0.06	−0.06	0	2	0	0	—	0	0
6K. KorczakKaedan KorczakD	20:33	0	1	1	3	4	0.06	−0.06	2	1	0	4	—	0	+1
5J. LauzonJeremy LauzonD	19:37	0	0	0	1	2	0.03	−0.03	5	2	0	0	—	0	+2
9J. EichelJack EichelC	19:34	0	0	0	3	4	0.12	−0.12	2	2	0	2	46%	0	-2
93M. MarnerMitch MarnerR	19:01	0	0	0	3	4	0.17	−0.17	0	3	0	1	60%	2	0
61M. StoneMark StoneR	17:55	1	0	1	2	4	0.40	+0.60	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
16P. DorofeyevPavel DorofeyevR	17:12	1	0	1	2	4	0.20	+0.80	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0
48T. HertlTomas HertlC	17:06	0	0	0	1	5	0.30	−0.30	3	0	0	1	38%	0	0
49I. BarbashevIvan BarbashevL	15:08	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	0	0	1	1	0%	0	-1
42B. BowmanBraeden BowmanR	14:27	0	1	1	1	2	0.21	−0.21	0	1	2	2	—	0	0
21B. HowdenBrett HowdenC	14:01	0	1	1	1	3	0.13	−0.13	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0
10C. SissonsColton SissonsC	13:39	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	50%	0	0
20B. SaadBrandon SaadL	13:23	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0
19R. SmithReilly SmithR	12:23	0	0	0	1	1	0.18	−0.18	0	0	0	1	0%	0	-1
55K. KolesarKeegan KolesarR	12:00	1	0	1	1	1	0.12	+0.88	4	0	0	1	—	0	+1
17B. HuttonBen HuttonD	11:56	0	0	0	1	3	0.04	−0.04	0	0	0	0	—	2	-2
88J. MegnaJaycob MegnaD	10:43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	-2
VGK total		3	4	7	25	47	2.11	+0.89	21	14	6	16	43%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Stone+0.48

Kolesar+0.47

Dorofeyev+0.37

Bowman+0.34

Howden+0.30

Sissons+0.24

Eichel−0.16

Saad−0.25

Hertl−0.29

Smith−0.33

Marner−0.40

Barbashev−0.49

Defence

Whitecloud+0.03

Korczak+0.01

Lauzon−0.03

Megna−0.17

Hanifin−0.25

Hutton−0.47

Goalie

Hart−1.62

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Saad·Sissons·Kolesar	9:49	18	8	4	66.7%	4	1	1	0	0.17	0.08	68.6%	+0.09	0	3	0%
Barbashev·Eichel·Bowman	6:37	11	4	4	50.0%	3	1	0	0	0.09	0.14	38.6%	−0.05	2	1	67%
Howden·Stone·Marner	6:16	9	10	4	71.4%	6	0	1	0	0.59	0.07	89.4%	+0.52	4	2	67%
Hertl·Dorofeyev·Smith	5:00	9	7	5	58.3%	5	3	0	1	0.29	0.47	38.0%	−0.18	1	0	100%
Hertl·Dorofeyev·Bowman	4:28	6	6	1	85.7%	2	0	1	0	0.42	0.00	100.0%	+0.42	3	0	100%
Barbashev·Eichel·Marner	4:25	7	0	11	0.0%	0	6	0	1	0.00	0.52	0.0%	−0.52	2	0	100%
Howden·Smith·Stone	3:19	5	0	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Occasional · 4 groups
Barbashev·Hertl·Dorofeyev	1:11	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Barbashev·Howden·Bowman	0:47	3	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.22	0.0%	−0.22	0	0	—
Sissons·Smith·Kolesar	0:40	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Eichel·Dorofeyev·Smith	0:30	2	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.22	0.0%	−0.22	0	0	—
VGK 5v5	50:36		38	41	48.1%	21	18	3	4	1.64	2.04	44.7%	−0.39

Goalies

Carter Hart

VGK · 58:36

Saves: 15/19
SV%: .789
xGA: 2.36
GSAx: −1.64

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/18	.778	2.04	−1.96
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.32	+0.32
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/4	.250	0.70	−2.30

Joel Hofer

STL · 60:00

Saves: 22/25
SV%: .880
xGA: 2.11
GSAx: −0.89

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/22	.864	1.66	−1.34
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.40	+0.40
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.06	+0.06
High danger	2/3	.667	0.67	−0.33

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Vegas Golden Knights

Minutes

26:17Hanifin
22:29Whitecloud
20:33Korczak
19:37Lauzon
11:56Hutton
10:43Megna

19:34Eichel
19:01Marner
17:55Stone
17:12Dorofeyev
17:06Hertl
15:08Barbashev
14:27Bowman
14:01Howden
13:39Sissons
13:23Saad
12:23Smith
12:00Kolesar

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVGKSTL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HanifinD1 O9
HuttonD0 O5
MegnaD0 O1
WhitecloudD3 O2
KorczakD4 O1
LauzonD6 O1
MarnerD2 O9
HertlD0 O6
DorofeyevD0 O6
EichelD1 O6
StoneD2 O6
BowmanD1 O5
BarbashevD1 O4
HowdenD1 O4
SmithD0 O1
KolesarD3 O0
SaadD4 O0
SissonsD4 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period