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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 3–4 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 003 3 33
Boston BruinsBOS 310 4 29

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
9:12 BOS Charlie McAvoy (4)PP David Pastrnak (41), Morgan Geekie (18) · slap xG 0.05 0–1 ▶
9:42 BOS Elias Lindholm (9)PP David Pastrnak (42), Morgan Geekie (19) · snap xG 0.23 0–2 ▶
10:06 BOS Tanner Jeannot (5) Sean Kuraly (11) · wrist xG 0.09 0–3 ▶
2nd Period
7:25 BOS David Pastrnak (21) Nikita Zadorov (16), Elias Lindholm (26) · wrist xG 0.12 0–4 ▶
3rd Period
0:31 VGK Jack Eichel (18) Noah Hanifin (18), Kaedan Korczak (9) · wrist xG 0.69 1–4 ▶
3:01 VGK Tomas Hertl (21)PP Mark Stone (31), Jack Eichel (41) · snap xG 0.21 2–4 ▶
17:25 VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (21) Shea Theodore (19), Mitch Marner (40) · snap xG 0.13 3–4 ▶

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 77%Deserve to win23% BOS
VGKBOS
4.64Expected goals2.82
3Goals (no shootout)4
2.45Expected goals, 5 on 52.22
68Shot attempts58
46Unblocked attempts42
33Shots on goal29

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).

1st Period
10:06 VGK Goalie Goalie · Schmid −2.1 goals saved
3 goals on 0.90 xG, 8 shots on goal
3rd Period
1:50 VGK xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 2.32–0.12
In xG over 10 minutes, 15:40 of the 2nd to 5:40 of the 3rd; goals 2–0
1:57 VGK Deserve to win Deserve to win · VGK takes the lead, 61–39%
BOS had led since 11:05 of the 1st, by as much as 75%
1:57 BOS Goalie Goalie · Korpisalo +2.0 goals saved
1 goal on 3.02 xG, 17 shots on goal
16:46 VGK Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Schmid, down 4–2
With 3:14 left; VGK scored at 17:25 of the 3rd (3–4)
18:03 VGK Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Schmid, down 4–3
With 1:57 left

Shot map

VGK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS shoots
Mason Lohrei: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:40) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:41) David Pastrnak: slap, 28 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 1:44) Cole Reinhardt: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 2:05) Morgan Geekie: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 2:17) Mark Stone: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 4:32) Nikita Zadorov: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:41) Ivan Barbashev: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 5:04) Shea Theodore: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:24) David Pastrnak: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 5:39) Elias Lindholm: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:56) Ivan Barbashev: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 6:14) Elias Lindholm: slap, 25 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 6:23) Tanner Jeannot: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 8:04) Charlie McAvoy: snap, 63 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 11:05) Viktor Arvidsson: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 11:06) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.34 (P1 11:08) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 11:09) Jonathan Aspirot: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 14:07) Jeremy Lauzon: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 14:38) Jack Eichel: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 16:00) Viktor Arvidsson: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:36) David Pastrnak: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 17:48) Viktor Arvidsson: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 19:03) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 19:04) David Pastrnak: backhand, 27 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:22) David Pastrnak: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:23) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:51) Tomas Hertl: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 2:19) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 2 ft, xG 0.25 (P2 2:20) Tanner Laczynski: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 2:54) David Pastrnak: slap, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 3:54) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 4:09) Mark Stone: wrist, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 4:32) Viktor Arvidsson: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:52) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 28 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 6:35) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 6:54) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 6:57) Cole Reinhardt: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 8:23) Dylan Coghlan: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 11:54) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:06) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.25 (P2 13:42) Fraser Minten: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 14:36) Alex Steeves: backhand, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:06) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 18:02) Mason Lohrei: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 18:17) Mitch Marner: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 18:48) David Pastrnak: slap, 27 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:42) Jack Eichel: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 0:29) Nikita Zadorov: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:53) Alexander Holtz: slap, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:36) Tomas Hertl: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 1:47) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 1:48) Tomas Hertl: snap, 5 ft, xG 0.26 (P3 1:57) Jack Eichel: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 2:05) Jonathan Aspirot: snap, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:37) Jack Eichel: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 4:17) Mitch Marner: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 4:26) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.35 (P3 4:28) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 4:29) Jack Eichel: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 5:37) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:57) Morgan Geekie: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 7:03) Viktor Arvidsson: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.18 (P3 8:40) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:19) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 106 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 11:51) Keegan Kolesar: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 13:12) Tomas Hertl: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 13:27) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:04) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:24) David Pastrnak: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:47) Hampus Lindholm: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 15:09) Pavel Zacha: backhand, 99 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:37) Tanner Laczynski: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:39) Dylan Coghlan: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 18:01) Mitch Marner: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:08) Jack Eichel: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 18:21) Tomas Hertl: deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 18:22) Tomas Hertl: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 18:59) Mitch Marner: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 19:24) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 19:48) Charlie McAvoy: GOAL, slap, 55 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 9:12) Elias Lindholm: GOAL, snap, 16 ft, xG 0.23 (P1 9:42) Tanner Jeannot: GOAL, wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 10:06) David Pastrnak: GOAL, wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 7:25) Jack Eichel: GOAL, wrist, 2 ft, xG 0.69 (P3 0:31) Tomas Hertl: GOAL, snap, 13 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 3:01) Pavel Dorofeyev: GOAL, snap, 16 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 17:25)
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 112 +2 101.13 1022:38
93 Mitch Marner 011 +1 70.18 0121:51
61 Mark Stone 011 +1 20.18 0120:50
16 Pavel Dorofeyev 101 +1 60.89 0120:04
48 Tomas Hertl 101 0 121.36 3219:58
49 Ivan Barbashev 000 +1 30.33 3015:25
42 Braeden Bowman 000 -2 10.00 1113:37
28 Tanner Laczynski 000 -1 20.12 0013:19
19 Reilly Smith 000 0 00.00 2012:37
55 Keegan Kolesar 000 -1 20.05 2010:55
10 Alexander Holtz 000 0 10.01 2210:17
29 Cole Reinhardt 000 0 20.17 1009:36
Defense
27 Shea Theodore 011 0 40.01 0425:48
15 Noah Hanifin 011 +1 40.09 1123:14
6 Kaedan Korczak 011 +1 60.03 3016:53
5 Jeremy Lauzon 000 -1 10.01 4016:10
52 Dylan Coghlan 000 -1 30.08 4113:57
17 Ben Hutton 000 -1 20.00 1010:51
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Akira Schmid 29425 .862 2.82 -1.18

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
28 Elias Lindholm 112 -1 60.74 0119:44
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 000 -1 10.00 1118:02
88 David Pastrnak 123 0 120.61 1017:32
18 Pavel Zacha 000 0 40.46 0117:09
39 Morgan Geekie 022 0 30.10 4015:31
33 Viktor Arvidsson 000 -1 90.31 1115:21
11 Casey Mittelstadt 000 0 00.00 0014:40
93 Fraser Minten 000 0 10.15 0013:27
52 Sean Kuraly 011 +1 00.00 1312:28
21 Alex Steeves 000 0 10.03 1010:29
47 Mark Kastelic 000 +1 00.00 3009:38
84 Tanner Jeannot 101 +1 30.13 2008:42
Defense
73 Charlie McAvoy 101 -1 50.11 2327:01
91 Nikita Zadorov 011 0 50.02 1220:37
20 Andrew Peeke 000 -1 10.00 1220:27
27 Hampus Lindholm 000 +1 30.07 0219:42
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 0 20.03 1217:06
6 Mason Lohrei 000 +1 20.04 0213:01
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Joonas Korpisalo 33330 .909 4.64 +1.64

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 +3.40 +1.30 +0.73 +1.27 0.00 +0.10 0.00 — 22:38
15 Noah Hanifin D +1.85 +0.70 +0.06 +1.04 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 23:14
61 Mark Stone R +1.69 +0.70 +0.12 +0.69 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 20:50
49 Ivan Barbashev L +1.61 0.00 +0.21 +1.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:25
6 Kaedan Korczak D +1.30 +0.55 +0.02 +0.75 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:53
48 Tomas Hertl C +1.03 +0.75 +0.88 -0.44 -0.30 +0.04 +0.10 — 19:58
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R +0.94 +0.75 +0.58 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:04
23 Cole Reinhardt L +0.75 0.00 +0.11 +0.64 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 9:36
27 Shea Theodore D +0.43 +0.70 +0.01 -0.44 0.00 0.00 +0.16 — 25:48
26 Alexander Holtz R +0.25 0.00 +0.01 +0.16 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 10:17
93 Mitch Marner R +0.15 +0.55 +0.12 -0.64 +0.15 -0.04 +0.01 — 21:51
28 Tanner Laczynski C -0.04 0.00 +0.08 -0.07 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 13:19
52 Dylan Coghlan D -0.26 0.00 +0.05 -0.19 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 13:57
17 Ben Hutton D -0.38 0.00 0.00 -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 10:51
19 Reilly Smith R -0.38 0.00 0.00 -0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:37
5 Jeremy Lauzon D -0.45 0.00 +0.01 -0.59 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 16:10
55 Keegan Kolesar R -0.75 0.00 +0.03 -0.90 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 10:55
42 Braeden Bowman R -0.93 0.00 0.00 -1.00 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 13:37
40 Akira Schmid G -1.18 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.18 57:19

Boston Bruins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
88 David Pastrnak R +3.38 +2.15 +0.40 +0.86 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 17:32
28 Elias Lindholm C +2.36 +1.30 +0.48 +0.51 0.00 -0.03 +0.09 — 19:44
70 Joonas Korpisalo G +1.64 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.64 60:00
91 Nikita Zadorov D +1.42 +0.70 +0.01 +0.80 -0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 20:36
52 Sean Kuraly C +1.11 +0.70 0.00 +0.24 0.00 +0.02 +0.15 — 12:28
21 Alex Steeves C +1.09 0.00 +0.02 +0.64 +0.45 0.00 -0.02 — 10:29
84 Tanner Jeannot L +1.06 +0.75 +0.09 +0.24 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 8:42
27 Hampus Lindholm D +0.73 0.00 +0.04 +0.59 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 19:42
6 Mason Lohrei D +0.68 0.00 +0.03 +0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 13:01
39 Morgan Geekie C +0.52 +1.10 +0.07 -0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:31
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C +0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.48 -0.15 0.00 +0.07 — 18:02
47 Mark Kastelic C +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:38
93 Fraser Minten C +0.11 0.00 +0.10 +0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 13:27
73 Charlie McAvoy D +0.10 +0.75 +0.07 -0.88 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 27:02
26 Andrew Peeke D +0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 20:27
18 Pavel Zacha C -0.15 0.00 +0.30 -0.30 -0.15 -0.07 +0.07 — 17:09
71 Viktor Arvidsson L -0.90 0.00 +0.20 -1.17 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 15:21
45 Jonathan Aspirot D -1.32 0.00 +0.02 -1.25 -0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 17:06
11 Casey Mittelstadt C -1.45 0.00 0.00 -1.44 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 14:40

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.