Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights — December 29, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on December 29, 2025. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (6.74 to 5.75) at 5-on-5, indicating the Minnesota Wild received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vegas Golden Knights created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 8 from the Minnesota Wild at 5-on-5. Mark Stone was the most dangerous skater with 2.64 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Minnesota Wild outshot the Vegas Golden Knights 27-16 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Dec 29, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MIN5 - 2VGK

Dec 29, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	19	17	52.8	8	12	40.0	6	7	46.2	15	13	53.6	5	4	55.6	1.91	2.53	43.0	0	2	0.0
	P2	19	29	39.6	14	23	37.8	5	13	27.8	13	15	46.4	4	3	57.1	2.85	3.37	45.9	1	3	25.0
	P3	13	12	52.0	8	9	47.1	5	7	41.7	11	8	57.9	5	4	55.6	2.72	1.67	62.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	51	58	46.8	30	44	40.5	16	27	37.2	39	36	52.0	14	11	56.0	7.49	7.57	49.7	2	5	28.6
MIN	P1	17	19	47.2	12	8	60.0	7	6	53.8	13	15	46.4	4	5	44.4	2.53	1.91	57.0	2	0	100.0
	P2	29	19	60.4	23	14	62.2	13	5	72.2	15	13	53.6	3	4	42.9	3.37	2.85	54.1	3	1	75.0
	P3	12	13	48.0	9	8	52.9	7	5	58.3	8	11	42.1	4	5	44.4	1.67	2.72	38.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	58	51	53.2	44	30	59.5	27	16	62.8	36	39	48.0	11	14	44.0	7.57	7.49	50.3	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / MIN →	Eriksson Ek	Trenin	Sturm	Hinostroza	Kaprizov	Foligno	Boldy	Johansson	Zuccarello	Yurov	Tarasenko	Hartman	Hughes	Middleton	Faber	Brodin	Spurgeon	Bogosian
Sissons	36	50	50	33	33	45	18	25	33	33	50	33	42	30	50	44	29	27
Howden	25	57	56	0	43	56	25	14	42	50	0	0	36	33	30	46	50	33
Hertl	—	—	—	50	0	—	0	0	—	—	50	100	0	100	—	—	—	100
Saad	10	67	75	11	33	75	10	14	36	56	10	13	23	67	24	33	67	25
Barbashev	50	60	67	44	60	75	57	0	54	62	44	50	50	55	77	60	60	42
Marner	33	55	80	44	45	75	38	60	45	59	50	63	37	75	57	54	67	58
Stone	40	75	83	44	56	88	50	0	53	67	44	44	53	62	69	67	64	45
Dorofeyev	71	63	59	33	33	62	56	60	25	33	50	40	60	50	50	69	90	42
Kolesar	13	71	83	13	29	80	13	20	33	33	11	14	21	50	20	50	50	40
Smith	20	33	50	0	38	33	8	20	42	63	100	—	18	50	50	50	30	0
Holtz	60	55	64	14	33	55	20	60	50	25	33	25	29	40	25	58	80	50
Bowman	14	63	63	0	44	63	14	14	50	50	0	0	29	55	33	50	43	38
Whitecloud	12	68	67	10	17	68	11	0	18	50	18	14	27	29	36	64	50	23
McNabb	22	67	83	0	41	80	19	22	38	55	0	0	34	75	52	47	33	33
Lauzon	0	63	60	20	0	60	0	13	0	50	20	25	18	33	22	50	43	33
Korczak	38	33	50	0	58	25	29	38	55	59	0	0	45	57	56	58	43	33
Hanifin	56	60	71	36	45	70	50	43	63	50	50	50	45	65	42	64	100	50
Hutton	40	40	57	56	33	50	33	43	43	38	60	60	33	69	13	33	83	67