Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues — January 2, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The St. Louis Blues defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on January 2, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (STL 4.62, VGK 4.62), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Vegas Golden Knights created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 3 from the St. Louis Blues at 5-on-5. Pavel Dorofeyev was the most dangerous skater with 0.93 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Vegas Golden Knights outshot the St. Louis Blues 25-19 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues progressed on Jan 2, 2026
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

VGK3 - 4STL

Jan 2, 2026 · 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	%
STL	P1	15	15	50.0	9	13	40.9	4	6	40.0	10	10	50.0	2	3	40.0	2.15	2.41	47.2	1	1	50.0
	P2	14	22	38.9	12	14	46.2	7	14	33.3	7	15	31.8	1	6	14.3	1.72	2.30	42.8	2	1	66.7
	P3	18	10	64.3	12	9	57.1	8	5	61.5	14	6	70.0	3	2	60.0	2.36	1.84	56.1	1	1	50.0
	Total	47	47	50.0	33	36	47.8	19	25	43.2	31	31	50.0	6	11	35.3	6.23	6.54	48.8	4	3	57.1
VGK	P1	15	15	50.0	13	9	59.1	6	4	60.0	10	10	50.0	3	2	60.0	2.41	2.15	52.8	1	1	50.0
	P2	22	14	61.1	14	12	53.8	14	7	66.7	15	7	68.2	6	1	85.7	2.30	1.72	57.2	1	2	33.3
	P3	10	18	35.7	9	12	42.9	5	8	38.5	6	14	30.0	2	3	40.0	1.84	2.36	43.9	1	1	50.0
	Total	47	47	50.0	36	33	52.2	25	19	56.8	31	31	50.0	11	6	64.7	6.54	6.23	51.2	3	4	42.9

Win Probability

STL Favored

VGK Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

STL

VGK

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

VGK Attempts

STL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

VGK ShootSTL Shoot

Goal

Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Takeaway

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = STL players, Columns = VGK players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the STL 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:

STL ↓ / VGK →	Eichel	Hertl	Sissons	Howden	Barbashev	Saad	Marner	Dorofeyev	Stone	Bowman	Smith	Kolesar	Hanifin	Lauzon	Korczak	Whitecloud	Hutton	Megna
Thomas	64	58	50	75	80	67	67	58	40	60	100	0	80	80	100	67	85	60
Schenn	86	20	56	56	86	43	56	33	67	33	43	20	55	70	64	53	57	50
Stenberg	50	15	56	40	50	50	50	20	50	36	14	50	36	38	43	30	40	0
Sundqvist	44	50	100	40	67	100	25	33	33	75	100	100	67	40	33	100	71	80
Neighbours	86	71	67	50	86	75	69	71	67	55	83	0	81	75	83	60	92	40
Buchnevich	54	30	57	56	80	40	46	36	43	0	57	25	50	78	71	50	50	67
Berggren	50	0	64	33	50	60	33	13	33	33	14	50	33	50	43	40	50	0
Dvorsky	0	0	60	33	0	56	33	8	17	0	14	50	17	40	38	18	50	0
Snuggerud	75	20	50	53	83	33	57	33	62	20	43	20	50	64	64	44	67	50
Kyrou	79	100	100	50	80	100	73	100	50	63	100	—	88	100	100	73	86	50
Toropchenko	45	36	50	25	67	67	22	30	30	38	100	50	40	40	25	50	57	80
Joseph	67	67	50	44	67	50	40	67	43	57	67	50	63	25	0	83	56	75
Broberg	67	41	25	50	77	25	68	45	33	60	58	0	80	50	64	60	80	38
Parayko	62	37	40	0	80	40	62	37	27	56	50	25	79	50	62	56	80	43
Faulk	25	20	64	39	33	56	25	17	41	33	33	43	50	42	22	50	50	17
Fowler	67	30	67	70	80	60	67	46	71	38	70	50	47	67	73	50	67	100
Tucker	0	0	71	35	33	60	19	0	35	20	33	60	47	33	25	36	57	20
Kessel	100	22	40	50	100	40	43	22	71	25	50	40	38	60	63	30	50	50