VGK @ MTL 2–3 · 2026-01-27

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
VGK	1	0	1	0	34
MTL	0	2	0	1	26

Story

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Result MTL 3–2 OTCall No lean · MTL 55%xG 3.92–3.32 · deserved VGK 59%Swing Evans +48 OT 3:58Method

Goals and penalties with MTL win probability
Time	Event	MTL win before	MTL win after
1st 8:38	Goal VGK · P. Dorofeyev	55%	38%
2nd 0:36	VGK penalty · I. Barbashev · tripping · 2 min
2nd 4:24	Goal MTL · P. Danault	34%	54%
2nd 8:55	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	54%	74%
2nd 10:31	VGK penalty · A. Holtz · holding · 2 min
2nd 16:34	MTL penalty · C. Caufield · hooking · 2 min
2nd 19:18	MTL penalty · L. Hutson · holding the stick · 2 min
3rd 1:37	MTL penalty · O. Kapanen · interference · 2 min
3rd 9:01	VGK penalty · S. Theodore · slashing · 2 min
3rd 16:52	Goal VGK · P. Dorofeyev	94%	52%
3rd 19:27	VGK penalty · R. Andersson · tripping · 2 min
OT 3:58	Goal MTL · J. Evans	52%	100%

On ice · final horn

VGK4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. EichelC	0:23	26:00	25	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	10-8
48T. HertlC	1:06	18:54	21	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	7-5
6K. KorczakD	0:20	15:40	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	–
15N. HanifinD	0:31	22:22	27	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	–
40A. SchmidG		63:58	SA25GA2SV%.920xGA3.16GSAx+1.16

MTL4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71J. EvansC	1:16	19:23	24	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	5-9
85A. TexierL	1:09	16:45	17	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	–
8M. MathesonD	1:18	24:25	26	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	–
21K. GuhleD	1:08	19:42	23	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	3	–
75J. DobesG		63:47	SA34GA2SV%.941xGA3.92GSAx+1.92

Goals

1st
Pavel Dorofeyev(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 VGK1st 08:38+17.062%
2nd
Phillip Danault(1)
Z. Bolduc (1)
xG 0.06tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 04:24+20.254%
Cole Caufield(1)
N. Dobson (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.33backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 MTL2nd 08:55+20.574%
3rd
Pavel Dorofeyev(2)
B. Hutton (1), B. Bowman (1)
xG 0.04tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied3rd 16:52+41.448%
OT
Jake Evans(1)
A. Texier (1)
xG 0.16backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 MTLOT 03:58+48.0100%

Shots

VGK3.92 xG45 unblocked · 18 blocked45 unblocked · 18 blocked

MTL3.32 xG44 unblocked · 19 blocked44 unblocked · 19 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VGKMTL2Goals33.92xG3.3234Shots2645Unblocked4463Attempts636High danger50/3Power play0/422Faceoffs1824Hits2419Blocks184Takeaways512Giveaways88PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
9J. EichelJack EichelC	26:00	0	0	0	3	6	0.16	−0.16	1	0	1	1	56%	0	-2
27S. TheodoreShea TheodoreD	24:19	0	0	0	1	1	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	1	—	2	-1
61M. StoneMark StoneR	23:00	0	0	0	4	8	1.08	−1.08	0	0	0	2	—	0	-1
4R. AnderssonRasmus AnderssonD	22:49	0	0	0	5	6	0.30	−0.30	0	3	0	1	—	2	0
93M. MarnerMitch MarnerR	22:26	0	0	0	4	6	0.28	−0.28	0	0	0	0	33%	0	+2
15N. HanifinNoah HanifinD	22:22	0	0	0	2	5	0.15	−0.15	0	1	0	2	—	0	-1
5J. LauzonJeremy LauzonD	20:51	0	0	0	1	2	0.03	−0.03	6	2	0	1	—	0	-1
16P. DorofeyevPavel DorofeyevR	19:16	2	0	2	8	10	0.74	+1.26	0	0	1	0	—	0	+2
48T. HertlTomas HertlC	18:54	0	0	0	1	4	0.45	−0.45	2	1	1	0	58%	0	-1
49I. BarbashevIvan BarbashevL	16:20	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	2	1	1	0	—	2	0
6K. KorczakKaedan KorczakD	15:40	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	−0.06	1	3	0	2	—	0	0
42B. BowmanBraeden BowmanR	15:26	0	1	1	1	4	0.21	−0.21	3	0	0	0	0%	0	+2
55K. KolesarKeegan KolesarR	15:13	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	6	1	0	1	—	0	0
19R. SmithReilly SmithR	14:44	0	0	0	1	2	0.18	−0.18	1	1	0	1	100%	0	-1
17B. HuttonBen HuttonD	13:14	0	1	1	2	3	0.02	−0.02	1	2	0	0	—	0	+1
28T. LaczynskiTanner LaczynskiC	6:27	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	100%	0	-1
23C. ReinhardtCole ReinhardtL	5:33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
26A. HoltzAlexander HoltzR	5:18	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	−0.09	0	0	0	0	—	2	-1
VGK total		2	2	4	34	63	3.92	−1.92	24	15	4	12	55%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Dorofeyev+1.39

Marner+0.01

Stone0.00

Bowman−0.18

Reinhardt−0.19

Laczynski−0.22

Hertl−0.24

Smith−0.31

Kolesar−0.32

Holtz−0.34

Eichel−0.35

Barbashev−0.40

Defence

Hutton+0.32

Hanifin+0.11

Korczak+0.08

Lauzon−0.08

Andersson−0.09

Theodore−0.49

Goalie

Schmid+0.35

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Eichel·Smith·Stone	11:10	14	13	11	54.2%	6	5	0	1	0.78	0.96	44.9%	−0.18	1	3	25%
Dorofeyev·Bowman·Marner	10:34	15	18	8	69.2%	11	3	2	0	1.06	0.34	75.6%	+0.72	1	0	100%
Barbashev·Hertl·Kolesar	10:09	16	6	16	27.3%	2	5	0	0	0.21	0.45	31.2%	−0.25	2	1	67%
Reinhardt·Laczynski·Holtz	4:08	7	3	7	30.0%	2	4	0	1	0.03	0.40	6.0%	−0.37	0	0	—
Occasional · 9 groups
Eichel·Dorofeyev·Stone	1:13	5	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.06	0.00	100.0%	+0.06	0	0	—
Eichel·Dorofeyev·Bowman	1:06	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Barbashev·Hertl·Marner	0:48	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	1	0	100%
Barbashev·Bowman·Marner	0:41	2	0	4	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.20	0.0%	−0.20	0	0	—
Barbashev·Eichel·Stone	0:40	6	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Eichel·Smith·Holtz	0:33	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.09	0.00	100.0%	+0.09	0	0	—
Barbashev·Hertl·Smith	0:33	1	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Reinhardt·Smith·Kolesar	0:33	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Barbashev·Laczynski·Kolesar	0:31	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
VGK 5v5	47:16		48	51	48.5%	23	20	2	2	2.53	2.62	49.1%	−0.09

Goalies

Akira Schmid

VGK · 63:58

Saves: 23/26
SV%: .885
xGA: 3.32
GSAx: +0.32

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/21	.857	2.89	−0.11
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.39	+0.39
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.04	+0.04
High danger	1/3	.333	1.06	−0.94

Jakub Dobes

MTL · 63:47

Saves: 32/34
SV%: .941
xGA: 3.92
GSAx: +1.92

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	22/24	.917	2.58	+0.58
Power play	6/6	1.000	1.12	+1.12
Shorthanded	4/4	1.000	0.21	+0.21
High danger	4/4	1.000	1.46	+1.46

Lines

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

Vegas Golden Knights

Minutes

24:19Theodore
22:49Andersson
22:22Hanifin
20:51Lauzon
15:40Korczak
13:14Hutton

26:00Eichel
23:00Stone
22:26Marner
19:16Dorofeyev
18:54Hertl
16:20Barbashev
15:26Bowman
15:13Kolesar
14:44Smith
6:27Laczynski
5:33Reinhardt
5:18Holtz

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVGKMTL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HuttonD0 O1
HanifinD2 O3
KorczakD0 O1
AnderssonD3 O3
TheodoreD5 O1
LauzonD6 O1
MarnerD0 O4
HertlD1 O4
BarbashevD1 O3
DorofeyevD0 O2
KolesarD1 O2
BowmanD0 O1
LaczynskiD0 O0
ReinhardtD0 O0
HoltzD0 O0
SmithD3 O1
StoneD6 O3
EichelD7 O3

Shift starts · darker = later period