GRIT & GF

Friday, December 5, 2025

Vegas Golden Knights

New Jersey Devils

Expected goals, VGK–NJD
2.5–1.8
all situations, empty nets out
NJD share of xG
42.4%
50% is even
Shots on goal
25–24
VGK–NJD
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Golden Knights won 3-0 and earned it, out-chancing the Devils 2.5 to 1.9 in expected goals. Dougie Hamilton had 15 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Akira Schmid made 24 saves and allowed nothing.

  • Dougie Hamilton had 15 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Five got through to the goalie, and none went in. He came in averaging 5.4 attempts a game. The Devils lost 3-0 to the Golden Knights.

  • Akira Schmid made 24 saves and allowed nothing. The shots he faced were worth 1.9 goals to an average goalie. It finished 3-0 for the Golden Knights.

  • Mark Stone has a point in 11 straight games. He has 18 points in 11 games this season. It finished 3-0 for the Golden Knights.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

VGKNJD

Where the shots came from

3 goals from 73 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← VGK shootingNJD shooting →

Vegas Golden Knights

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Brayden McNabb D23:210000.001258
Shea Theodore D23:121040.130360
Noah Hanifin D22:010120.010460
Jack Eichel C20:230230.191161
Zach Whitecloud D18:420010.043149
Mitch Marner R18:350120.250368
Mark Stone R17:280100.321075
Ivan Barbashev L16:111030.321151
Tomas Hertl C16:011010.124050
Braeden Bowman R15:370020.220256
Kaedan Korczak D15:340000.011363
Pavel Dorofeyev R15:240110.190042
Brett Howden C15:230030.392163
Brandon Saad L14:330020.200250
Ben Hutton D13:180000.000231
Keegan Kolesar R10:280000.003039
Reilly Smith R10:160010.120039
Cole Reinhardt L9:330000.004035

New Jersey Devils

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Luke Hughes D22:530020.010031
Dougie Hamilton D22:310050.201049
Jonas Siegenthaler D21:130010.012254
Nico Hischier C20:380040.251135
Timo Meier R19:320010.051040
Brenden Dillon D19:290000.001134
Simon Nemec D18:320000.030250
Arseny Gritsyuk R18:300010.041029
Jesper Bratt L18:250010.101053
Dawson Mercer C17:350040.430163
Connor Brown R15:340000.000126
Cody Glass C15:070010.090123
Stefan Noesen R13:460030.272039
Colton White D11:270000.000075
Ondrej Palat L11:060010.110255
Paul Cotter L10:580000.063071
Angus Crookshank C10:360000.011164
Luke Glendening C10:170000.191066

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.