VGK
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
37-26-17 · W1 · L10: 6-1-3
L
L
SO
W
L
L
SO
W
W
SO
Final
3—4
2026-01-02 · Enterprise Center
STL
STL
St. Louis Blues
34-33-12 · W1 · L10: 6-3-1
L
L
W
L
W
OT
W
L
W
L
STL dominated expected goals 2.8 to 2.1

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
VGK xG
2.12
ACTUAL
3 — 4
STL xG
2.76

Scoring Timeline

0.08
MED xG
VGK1P 10:12Even Strength
Keegan Kolesar
55
Keegan Kolesar(1)
R · VGK · #55
Colton Sissons (3), Kaedan Korczak (7)
VGK 1 - 0 STL
0.20
HIGH xG
STL1P 10:39Even Strength
Alexey Toropchenko
13
Alexey Toropchenko(2)
R · STL · #13
Mathieu Joseph (7), Oskar Sundqvist (10)
VGK 1 - 1 STL
0.05
MED xG
STL2P 05:39Even Strength
Justin Faulk
72
Justin Faulk(11)
D · STL · #72
Pavel Buchnevich (15), Tyler Tucker (6)
VGK 1 - 2 STL
0.12
HIGH xG
STL2P 06:37Even Strength
Oskar Sundqvist
70
Oskar Sundqvist(2)
C · STL · #70
Alexey Toropchenko (2), Mathieu Joseph (8)
VGK 1 - 3 STL
0.20
HIGH xG
VGK2P 09:10Even Strength
Mark Stone
61
Mark Stone(11)
R · VGK · #61
Brett Howden (5)
VGK 2 - 3 STL
0.23
HIGH xG
VGK3P 08:21Even Strength
Pavel Dorofeyev
16
Pavel Dorofeyev(16)
L · VGK · #16
Braeden Bowman (9)
VGK 3 - 3 STL
0.25
HIGH xG
STL3P 18:27Even Strength
Brayden Schenn
10
Brayden Schenn(9)
C · STL · #10
Jimmy Snuggerud (7), Pavel Buchnevich (16)
VGK 3 - 4 STL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Joel Hofer
30
Joel Hofer
G · STL · #30
22/25 saves, .880 SV%, -0.8 GSAx
★2
Carter Hart
79
Carter Hart
G · VGK · #79
15/19 saves, .789 SV%, -1.8 GSAx
★3
Alexey Toropchenko
13
Alexey Toropchenko
R · STL · #13
1G, 1A, 2 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

VGKSTL
25Shots19
2.12xGF2.76
48.7CF%51.3
43.1FO%56.9
0/2PP0/2
21Hits19
14Blocks9
16Giveaways18
6Takeaways6
4PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodVGK SOGSTL SOGVGK xGSTL xG
1st530.781.05
2nd1350.700.51
3rd470.631.20
Total22152.112.76

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 01:35
STL
Jordan Kyrouholding (2 min)
Drawn by Jack Eichel
1P 03:44
VGK
Noah Hanifinps-slash-on-breakaway (2 min)
Drawn by Jordan Kyrou
1P 07:09
STL
Justin Faulkdelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
1P 15:11
VGK
Ben Huttontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jonatan Berggren
1P 19:38
VGK
Mitch Marnertripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jake Neighbours