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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 3–0 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Friday, December 5, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 102 3 25
New Jersey DevilsNJD 000 0 24

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Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
19:47 VGK Shea Theodore (4) Jack Eichel (22), Noah Hanifin (4) · snap xG 0.03 1–0 ▶
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
15:36 VGK Tomas Hertl (12)PP Mitch Marner (21), Pavel Dorofeyev (7) · wrist xG 0.12 2–0 ▶
18:36 VGK Ivan Barbashev (10)PP Mark Stone (14), Jack Eichel (23) · wrist xG 0.52 3–0 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

VGK 69%Deserve to win31% NJD
VGKNJD
2.76Expected goals1.77
3Goals (no shootout)0
1.93Expected goals, 5 on 51.49
48Shot attempts62
35Unblocked attempts38
25Shots on goal24

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
2:20 NJD No shift No shift · White, 11:28 on the bench
No shift from 12:12 of the 2nd to 6:03 of the 3rd; 11 shifts (9:08) before that

Shot map

VGK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots
Mark Stone: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 0:20) Brett Howden: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 0:21) Braeden Bowman: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 1:03) Brandon Saad: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:52) Mitch Marner: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 3:04) Shea Theodore: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:15) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:53) Shea Theodore: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:15) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 5:24) Luke Hughes: wrist, 147 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:41) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 7:30) Reilly Smith: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 9:49) Shea Theodore: wrist, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 10:02) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 11:34) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 12:00) Brett Howden: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 13:17) Simon Nemec: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:57) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 14:22) Ivan Barbashev: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 15:09) Mitch Marner: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:38) Kaedan Korczak: snap, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:40) Paul Cotter: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 17:00) Nico Hischier: wrist, 95 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 18:42) Jack Eichel: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 18:54) Shea Theodore: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:36) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:24) Nico Hischier: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 0:41) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 1:01) Ondrej Palat: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 2:19) Nico Hischier: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:32) Timo Meier: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:45) Zach Whitecloud: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 4:26) Cody Glass: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 4:57) Dawson Mercer: backhand, 23 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 5:55) Luke Glendening: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 7:24) Mitch Marner: bat, 13 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 7:46) Zach Whitecloud: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:08) Stefan Noesen: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 8:20) Shea Theodore: wrist, 118 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 8:30) Timo Meier: backhand, 21 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 8:39) Ondrej Palat: deflected, 22 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:04) Simon Nemec: deflected, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:08) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 9:26) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 12:48) Nico Hischier: poke, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:04) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 13:04) Jack Eichel: deflected, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 13:40) Brett Howden: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 14:40) Jack Eichel: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:32) Paul Cotter: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 16:43) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:21) Ivan Barbashev: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:38) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:54) Brandon Saad: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 2:07) Mark Stone: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 2:25) Stefan Noesen: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 4:06) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:45) Pavel Dorofeyev: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 6:01) Timo Meier: snap, 79 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:51) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 126 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 9:22) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:04) Jonas Siegenthaler: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:28) Angus Crookshank: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:50) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 13:02) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:57) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 17:05) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 17:12) Luke Hughes: backhand, 50 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 17:38) Jack Eichel: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 18:33) Stefan Noesen: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:17) Shea Theodore: GOAL, snap, 34 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 19:47) Tomas Hertl: GOAL, wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 15:36) Ivan Barbashev: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.52 (P3 18:36)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Jack Eichel 022 +1 50.24 1120:23
93 Mitch Marner 011 0 30.26 0318:35
61 Mark Stone 011 +1 30.30 1017:28
49 Ivan Barbashev 101 +1 30.67 1116:11
48 Tomas Hertl 101 0 30.12 4016:01
42 Braeden Bowman 000 0 30.22 0115:37
16 Pavel Dorofeyev 011 0 40.19 0015:24
21 Brett Howden 000 0 30.26 2115:23
20 Brandon Saad 000 0 20.24 0114:33
55 Keegan Kolesar 000 0 00.00 3010:28
19 Reilly Smith 000 0 10.11 0010:16
29 Cole Reinhardt 000 0 00.00 4009:33
Defense
3 Brayden McNabb 000 0 10.00 1223:21
27 Shea Theodore 101 +1 80.09 0323:12
15 Noah Hanifin 011 +1 30.01 0422:01
28 Zach Whitecloud 000 0 30.04 3118:42
6 Kaedan Korczak 000 0 30.01 1315:34
17 Ben Hutton 000 0 00.00 0213:18
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Akira Schmid 24024 1.000 1.77 +1.77

New Jersey Devils

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
13 Nico Hischier 000 -1 50.20 1120:38
28 Timo Meier 000 0 40.05 1019:32
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 000 0 40.04 1018:30
63 Jesper Bratt 000 -1 30.09 1018:25
91 Dawson Mercer 000 0 60.40 0117:35
16 Connor Brown 000 0 00.00 0115:34
12 Cody Glass 000 0 10.11 0015:07
11 Stefan Noesen 000 0 30.25 2013:46
81 Ondrej Palat 000 -1 30.12 0211:06
47 Paul Cotter 000 0 40.06 3010:58
41 Luke Glendening 000 0 10.20 1010:17
Defense
43 Luke Hughes 000 0 30.00 0022:53
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 -1 150.18 1022:31
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -1 20.01 2221:13
5 Brenden Dillon 000 0 00.00 1119:29
71 Simon Nemec 000 0 50.03 0218:32
6 Colton White 000 0 10.00 0011:27
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jacob Markstrom 25322 .880 2.76 -0.24

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Vegas Golden Knights

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
9 Jack Eichel C +1.87 +1.25 +0.15 +0.47 0.00 -0.03 +0.03 — 20:23
40 Akira Schmid G +1.77 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.77 60:00
93 Mitch Marner R +1.60 +0.70 +0.17 +0.46 +0.15 +0.01 +0.11 — 18:35
61 Mark Stone R +1.53 +0.70 +0.20 +0.66 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 17:28
49 Ivan Barbashev L +1.52 +0.75 +0.43 +0.27 0.00 -0.01 +0.07 — 16:11
27 Shea Theodore D +1.43 +0.75 +0.06 +0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 23:12
15 Noah Hanifin D +1.13 +0.55 +0.01 +0.51 -0.15 0.00 +0.22 — 22:01
48 Tomas Hertl C +0.95 +0.75 +0.08 +0.04 +0.15 -0.01 -0.06 — 16:01
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R +0.52 +0.55 +0.12 -0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:24
42 Braeden Bowman R +0.44 0.00 +0.14 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:37
21 Brett Howden C +0.42 0.00 +0.17 +0.24 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 15:23
6 Kaedan Korczak D +0.36 0.00 0.00 +0.27 0.00 0.00 +0.09 — 15:34
3 Brayden McNabb D +0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 23:21
20 Brandon Saad L +0.10 0.00 +0.16 +0.05 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 14:33
19 Reilly Smith R -0.03 0.00 +0.07 -0.11 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 10:16
17 Ben Hutton D -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.14 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 13:18
2 Zach Whitecloud D -0.07 0.00 +0.03 -0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 18:42
55 Keegan Kolesar R -0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.11 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 10:28
23 Cole Reinhardt L -0.15 0.00 0.00 -0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:33

New Jersey Devils

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
91 Dawson Mercer C +0.53 0.00 +0.26 +0.23 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:35
14 Luke Glendening C +0.26 0.00 +0.13 +0.14 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 10:17
45 Colton White D +0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:27
47 Paul Cotter L +0.24 0.00 +0.04 +0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 10:58
17 Simon Nemec D +0.17 0.00 +0.02 -0.04 +0.15 0.00 +0.04 — 18:32
18 Ondrej Palat L +0.15 0.00 +0.08 -0.01 0.00 -0.01 +0.10 — 11:06
36 Angus Crookshank C +0.12 0.00 +0.01 +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 10:36
11 Stefan Noesen R -0.04 0.00 +0.16 -0.16 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 13:46
63 Jesper Bratt L -0.09 0.00 +0.06 -0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 18:25
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D -0.10 0.00 +0.01 -0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 21:13
7 Dougie Hamilton D -0.15 0.00 +0.12 -0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 22:31
25 Jacob Markstrom G -0.24 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.24 59:14
28 Timo Meier R -0.32 0.00 +0.04 -0.34 0.00 -0.02 0.00 — 19:32
12 Cody Glass C -0.32 0.00 +0.07 -0.42 0.00 +0.01 +0.02 — 15:07
5 Brenden Dillon D -0.34 0.00 0.00 -0.41 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 19:29
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R -0.36 0.00 +0.03 -0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 18:30
16 Connor Brown R -0.37 0.00 0.00 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:34
43 Luke Hughes D -0.59 0.00 0.00 -0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 22:53
13 Nico Hischier C -0.79 0.00 +0.13 -0.67 -0.30 +0.04 +0.01 — 20:38

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.