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Vegas Golden Knights at Boston Bruins

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Vegas Golden Knights
▸4
Boston Bruins
3
FinalTV ABC, ESPN+·TD Garden

Recap

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The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Boston Bruins 4-3. The Golden Knights came back from two goals down. The Bruins led 3-2 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Tomas Hertl's goal at 18:50 of the third period, which took the Golden Knights' chances from 53% to 97%. Expected goals favored the Golden Knights, 3.4 to 2.4; shots on goal were VGK 38, BOS 24. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Golden Knights win a replay of these chances 66% of the time. Ilya Samsonov stopped 21 of 24 (.875), 0.6 goals below expected; Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 of 38 (.895), 0.6 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Tomas Hertl (1 G), 2. Shea Theodore (2 A), 3. Brad Marchand (1 G).

Three stars

  1. ★
    VGK
    T. Hertl1 G
  2. ★★
    VGK
    S. Theodore2 A
  3. ★★★
    BOS
    B. Marchand1 G

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
VGKVGK111116211438
BOSBOS2121606324

Scoring

7 goals

1st period

  1. BOS
    B. Marchand(20)
    N. Zadorov (11)
    wristxG 0.23win prob +12 ptsVideo
    0-1
    3:17
  2. BOS
    N. Zadorov(3)
    Unassisted
    slapxG 0.02win prob +14 ptsVideo
    0-2
    13:49
  3. VGK
    M. Stone(14)PPG
    S. Theodore (40), B. Saad (10)
    tip-inxG 0.15win prob +14 ptsVideo
    1-2
    15:09

2nd period

  1. BOS
    M. Geekie(17)
    D. Pastrnak (40)
    wristxG 0.13win prob +16 ptsVideo
    1-3
    15:07
  2. VGK
    Z. Whitecloud(4)
    N. Hanifin (17), B. Howden (7)
    slapxG 0.03win prob +15 ptsVideo
    2-3
    19:26

3rd period

  1. VGK
    P. Dorofeyev(23)
    S. Theodore (41), J. Eichel (49)
    wristxG 0.12win prob +26 ptsVideo
    3-3
    4:54
  2. VGK
    T. Hertl(21)PPG
    J. Eichel (50), M. Stone (35)
    wristxG 0.10win prob +44 ptsVideo
    4-3
    18:50

Penalties

VGK 9 PIM·BOS 15 PIM

1st

  • 13:24BOSTrent Frederic · Roughingdrawn by Pavel Dorofeyev2 min
  • 13:24VGKPavel Dorofeyev · Roughingdrawn by Trent Frederic2 min
  • 13:24BOSOliver Wahlstrom · Fightingdrawn by Keegan Kolesar5 min
  • 13:24VGKKeegan Kolesar · Fightingdrawn by Oliver Wahlstrom5 min
  • 14:30BOSJohn Beecher · Trippingdrawn by Alex Pietrangelo2 min
  • 16:28BOSBrandon Carlo · Roughingdrawn by Ivan Barbashev2 min

2nd

  • 5:24VGKPavel Dorofeyev · Trippingdrawn by Trent Frederic2 min

3rd

  • 16:50BOSPavel Zacha · Slashingdrawn by Pavel Dorofeyev2 min
  • 19:09BOSDavid Pastrnak · Hookingdrawn by Brett Howden2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
BOS goalVGK goalFinal: BOS 0%

Biggest swing: Tomas Hertl, 3rd 18:50 — VGK 53% → 97%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
B. Marchand · Goal · xG 0.23E. Lindholm · On goal · xG 0.19E. Lindholm · On goal · xG 0.17P. Zacha · On goal · xG 0.17B. Marchand · Missed · xG 0.15M. Geekie · Goal · xG 0.13M. Geekie · On goal · xG 0.13B. Marchand · On goal · xG 0.11C. Koepke · Missed · xG 0.11C. McAvoy · On goal · xG 0.10D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.09E. Lindholm · On goal · xG 0.09M. Geekie · On goal · xG 0.09E. Lindholm · On goal · xG 0.08C. Coyle · Missed · xG 0.05C. McAvoy · Missed · xG 0.05C. Coyle · On goal · xG 0.05D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.04D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.04M. Kastelic · On goal · xG 0.03A. Peeke · On goal · xG 0.03T. Frederic · On goal · xG 0.03E. Lindholm · Missed · xG 0.03C. McAvoy · Missed · xG 0.02M. Kastelic · Missed · xG 0.02A. Peeke · Missed · xG 0.02M. Geekie · Missed · xG 0.02N. Zadorov · Goal · xG 0.02E. Lindholm · Missed · xG 0.02J. Beecher · Missed · xG 0.02M. Lohrei · Missed · xG 0.02D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.02M. Lohrei · Missed · xG 0.01N. Zadorov · On goal · xG 0.01C. Coyle · On goal · xG 0.01B. Carlo · Missed · xG 0.01C. Coyle · On goal · xG 0.01D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.01
BOS3 G · 2.4 xG · 38 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

VGKvsBOS
3.44 G
All situations
3 G2.4
2.82 G
Even strength
3 G2.2
0.62 G
Power play
0 G0.2
0.00 G
Shorthanded
0 G0.0

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 93 unblocked attempts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
VGK66%34%BOS

Flurry-adjusted xG 3.35 – 2.41

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

VGKvsBOS
38
Shots on goal
24
44%
Faceoffs
56%
2/4
Power play
0/1
9
Penalty minutes
15
6
Hits
21
13
Blocked shots
17
20
Giveaways
15
3
Takeaways
8

Box score

every player line
Vegas Golden Knights skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
61M. StoneR112-120.39000—22:15
27S. TheodoreD022-110.09030—21:58
9J. EichelC022+150.120005020:44
7A. PietrangeloD000030.08000—20:42
3B. McNabbD000-110.01010—19:14
49I. BarbashevL000-120.22020—19:01
16P. DorofeyevR101+130.64104—18:39
15N. HanifinD011020.11000—18:28
48T. HertlC101030.481005518:23
14N. HagueD000020.05000—18:22
2Z. WhitecloudD101010.03020—17:46
20B. SaadL011030.45020—16:24
21B. HowdenC011050.340003816:20
10N. RoyC000-120.181203813:35
55K. KolesarR000-100.00015—12:15
46J. RondbjergR000-110.03000—12:07
36R. LavoieC000020.16300011:14
95V. OlofssonL000000.00000—00:33
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
35I. Samsonov(W)24213.8752.42-0.5860:00

Season series

VGK leads 2-0

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).