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Thu, Oct 22, 2026

Golden Knights 2 Blues 6

Deserved to win

VGK 53%47% STL

VGK 2.93 xG on 48 attempts, STL 2.75 xG on 39, empty nets left out. How it works →

15%VGK 3+
13%VGK 2
17%VGK 1
18%Tied
16%STL 1
11%STL 2
11%STL 3+
Replayed: final margins. Dark bar = actual result.

Scoring

Every goal, all situations, with the score after it (away–home).

  1. Period 1

    1. 10:00STLPavel Buchnevich (1)PPJonatan Berggren, Connor McMichael0–1
    2. 13:49STLJustin Barron (1)Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Otto Stenberg0–2

  2. Period 2

    1. 5:38VGKBrett Howden (1)Noah Hanifin, Alexander Holtz1–2
    2. 8:30STLMason McTavish (1)Adam Jiricek, Justin Barron1–3

  3. Period 3

    1. 4:08VGKJack Eichel (1)Ivan Barbashev, Brayden McNabb2–3
    2. 8:21STLJimmy Snuggerud (1)Dylan Holloway, Justin Barron2–4
    3. 10:29STLDylan Holloway (1)Robert Thomas, Justin Barron2–5
    4. 16:05STLDylan Holloway (2)PPJake Neighbours, Jimmy Snuggerud2–6

Goalies

Saves on shots on goal (the NHL's boxscore), all situations; GSAx is expected goals against minus goals against on unblocked attempts while he was in.

Teams

TeamTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
VGK
6054.825.051.62.932.757.180.687.8
STL
6045.275.048.42.752.9319.492.9112.2

Flow

Unblocked attempts, running total · VGK 48, STL 39

VGKSTL goal

Shots

Jack Eichel, P1 9:19, wrist, on goal, 0.20 xGJonatan Berggren, P1 4:03, snap, on goal, 0.18 xGMarc Gatcomb, P2 5:55, wrist, on goal, 0.16 xGIvan Barbashev, P2 7:17, wrist, missed, 0.16 xGAlexander Holtz, P2 9:01, wrist, on goal, 0.15 xGColton Parayko, P1 10:29, wrist, on goal, 0.14 xGJonatan Berggren, P1 19:25, wrist, on goal, 0.13 xGMarc Gatcomb, P3 3:37, wrist, on goal, 0.13 xGPavel Buchnevich, P2 6:32, backhand, on goal, 0.13 xGJustin Barron, P1 8:23, wrist, on goal, 0.13 xGIvan Barbashev, P2 10:53, wrist, missed, 0.13 xGAlexander Holtz, P1 4:30, wrist, on goal, 0.12 xGPhilip Broberg, P2 8:08, wrist, on goal, 0.12 xGConnor McMichael, P1 10:11, wrist, missed, 0.10 xGBrett Howden, P2 5:36, tip-in, on goal, 0.10 xGAlexander Holtz, P2 16:16, snap, missed, 0.10 xGAleksanteri Kaskimaki, P2 16:51, backhand, on goal, 0.10 xGMark Stone, P2 17:34, backhand, missed, 0.09 xGPhilip Broberg, P2 14:13, wrist, on goal, 0.09 xGAlexander Holtz, P2 16:06, wrist, on goal, 0.09 xGTomas Hertl, P3 6:34, tip-in, missed, 0.09 xGMark Stone, P3 14:09, wrist, missed, 0.09 xGBraeden Bowman, P1 6:54, wrist, missed, 0.09 xGJimmy Snuggerud, P1 8:35, slap, missed, 0.09 xGAleksanteri Kaskimaki, P2 16:54, tip-in, on goal, 0.09 xGNic Dowd, P2 17:20, tip-in, missed, 0.08 xGIvan Barbashev, P2 11:14, wrist, missed, 0.08 xGTomas Hertl, P1 2:14, tip-in, on goal, 0.08 xGMark Stone, P1 11:47, tip-in, on goal, 0.08 xGMason McTavish, P1 19:51, tip-in, on goal, 0.07 xGAlexander Holtz, P3 12:07, wrist, on goal, 0.07 xGPius Suter, P3 9:56, snap, missed, 0.07 xGJustin Barron, P2 16:58, slap, on goal, 0.07 xGAleksanteri Kaskimaki, P2 9:34, wrist, on goal, 0.07 xGColton Parayko, P3 14:24, wrist, on goal, 0.06 xGDylan Holloway, P3 10:43, wrist, on goal, 0.06 xGJake Neighbours, P1 8:56, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGShea Theodore, P2 13:27, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGPius Suter, P3 9:50, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGJustin Barron, P1 1:15, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGBrett Howden, P3 1:50, wrist, on goal, 0.05 xGBrett Howden, P3 5:36, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGAleksanteri Kaskimaki, P3 9:55, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGAlexander Holtz, P1 0:58, backhand, missed, 0.01 xGPavel Buchnevich, P1 2:24, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGWilliam Karlsson, P1 7:49, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGDylan Coghlan, P1 7:54, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGJack Eichel, P1 11:40, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGRaphael Lavoie, P1 15:18, wrist, on goal, 0.04 xGJack Eichel, P1 16:04, wrist, on goal, 0.03 xGBrayden McNabb, P1 17:14, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGMark Stone, P1 18:38, wrap-around, missed, 0.02 xGPhilip Broberg, P2 1:13, slap, on goal, 0.04 xGPhilip Broberg, P2 1:56, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGAdam Jiricek, P2 2:30, slap, missed, 0.02 xGTrevor Connelly, P2 3:37, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGBrayden McNabb, P2 7:59, snap, on goal, 0.01 xGDalibor Dvorsky, P2 8:24, wrist, on goal, 0.03 xGJeremy Lauzon, P2 9:04, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGAdam Jiricek, P2 11:34, slap, on goal, 0.03 xGTrevor Connelly, P2 12:06, wrist, missed, 0.04 xGWilliam Karlsson, P2 12:51, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGRobert Thomas, P2 14:17, backhand, on goal, 0.04 xGMark Stone, P2 17:34, wrap-around, on goal, 0.03 xGDylan Holloway, P2 17:54, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGShea Theodore, P3 0:34, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGAlexander Holtz, P3 2:05, wrist, on goal, 0.03 xGAlexander Holtz, P3 2:06, wrist, missed, 0.04 xGShea Theodore, P3 2:16, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGRasmus Andersson, P3 2:21, wrist, missed, 0.01 xGShea Theodore, P3 3:43, snap, missed, 0.03 xGMark Stone, P3 4:23, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGAdam Jiricek, P3 5:03, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGOtto Stenberg, P3 9:44, wrist, missed, 0.03 xGPhilip Broberg, P3 10:58, wrist, missed, 0.02 xGTomas Hertl, P3 12:54, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGAlexander Holtz, P3 12:57, wrist, missed, 0.04 xGBrayden McNabb, P3 13:58, wrist, on goal, 0.02 xGDalibor Dvorsky, P3 19:40, wrist, on goal, 0.01 xGBrett Howden, P2 5:38, wrist, goal, 0.15 xGDylan Holloway, P3 10:29, wrist, goal, 0.15 xGPavel Buchnevich, P1 10:00, wrist, goal, 0.15 xGDylan Holloway, P3 16:05, snap, goal, 0.13 xGJack Eichel, P3 4:08, backhand, goal, 0.08 xGJustin Barron, P1 13:49, wrist, goal, 0.08 xGMason McTavish, P2 8:30, tip-in, goal, 0.05 xGJimmy Snuggerud, P3 8:21, wrist, goal, 0.03 xG
End
VGK ← 2 G · 28 SOG · 48 unblocked · 2.92 xG goal on goal miss39 unblocked · 31 SOG · 6 G · 2.75 xG → STL
Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Brayden McNabb
D
2359.225.052.51.151.047.776.984.6
Shea Theodore
D
2360.033.357.91.230.909.181.890.9
Noah Hanifin
D
2162.933.351.61.000.9411.175.086.1
Rasmus Andersson
D
2048.60.050.50.800.790.081.881.8
Ivan Barbashev
F
1963.650.065.80.850.4414.385.7100.0
Jeremy Lauzon
D
1838.20.045.30.780.940.083.383.3
Mark Stone
F
1766.750.066.50.810.4112.583.395.8
Jack Eichel
F
1769.750.068.81.050.4712.585.798.2
William Karlsson
F
1757.133.356.41.010.789.177.886.9
Brett Howden
F
1661.333.367.01.010.5010.066.776.7
Dylan Coghlan
D
1555.650.049.80.890.9012.585.798.2
Braeden Bowman
F
1548.10.050.10.510.500.066.766.7
Tomas Hertl
F
1446.2–29.20.300.740.0100.0100.0
Alexander Holtz
F
1463.350.065.61.010.5310.085.795.7
Trevor Connelly
F
1454.2–30.60.300.690.0100.0100.0
Nic Dowd
F
1233.30.034.70.561.050.070.070.0
Marc Gatcomb
F
1242.90.045.90.570.670.071.471.4
Raphael Lavoie
F
1244.00.036.60.601.040.090.090.0

St. Louis Blues skaters

PlayerTOICF%GF%xGF%xGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
Philip Broberg
D
2350.0100.056.71.230.9414.3100.0114.3
Cam Fowler
D
2128.133.317.80.231.0433.377.8111.1
Justin Barron
D
2051.3100.056.11.010.7926.7100.0126.7
Brandon Carlo
D
1932.350.027.50.370.9614.387.5101.8
Robert Thomas
F
1935.175.041.50.761.0737.587.5125.0
Dylan Holloway
F
1938.266.747.10.860.9725.087.5112.5
Colton Parayko
D
1950.00.058.71.270.890.090.090.0
Jimmy Snuggerud
F
1837.575.047.40.730.8137.585.7123.2
Pavel Buchnevich
F
1745.5100.049.80.640.6512.5100.0112.5
Jake Neighbours
F
1743.8100.045.20.620.7525.0100.0125.0
Adam Jiricek
D
1648.6100.049.51.001.0222.2100.0122.2
Dalibor Dvorsky
F
1537.90.033.70.340.670.088.988.9
Mason McTavish
F
1453.6100.057.51.020.7530.0100.0130.0
Jonatan Berggren
F
1450.066.748.30.800.8625.087.5112.5
Connor McMichael
F
1350.066.748.30.800.8625.087.5112.5
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
F
1356.0100.057.10.710.5312.5100.0112.5
Pius Suter
F
1256.5–54.80.630.520.0100.0100.0
Otto Stenberg
F
1256.0100.057.60.720.5312.5100.0112.5