Seattle Kraken vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 23–34

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Kraken 34-23.

Goals came from Vince Dunn, Keegan Kolesar, Brett Howden, Nicolas Hague, William Karlsson, Noah Hanifin, Jaden Schwartz and Mark Stone.

Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SEA	1	0	1	2	23
VGK	3	0	3	6	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Vince Dunn (5)Oliver Bjorkstrand (13), Chandler Stephenson (19)1–002:34 SEA · PPG
Keegan Kolesar (8)Victor Olofsson (3), Brayden McNabb (3)Dunn 1:21 into shift1–112:39 VGK
Brett Howden (13)Jack Eichel (34)1–213:50 VGK
Nicolas Hague (2)Mark Stone (20), Jack Eichel (35)Schwartz 1:20 into shift1–317:48 VGK

3rd period

William Karlsson (7)Keegan Kolesar (5)1–408:09 VGK
Noah Hanifin (4)Mark Stone (21), Tanner Pearson (7)Burakovsky 1:49 into shift1–511:28 VGK
Jaden Schwartz (9)Shane Wright (8), Chandler Stephenson (20)McNabb 1:46 into shift2–513:58 SEA · PPG
Mark Stone (7)Brett Howden (3)2–618:51 VGK · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:49

1–5 · 3rd 11:28 · Hanifin. Burakovsky was 1:49 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSEA on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 SEA

1st 2:34 · PP · Dunn

Pietrangelo 0:08

Fresh legsPietrangelo 0:08

1–1 VGK

1st 12:39 · Kolesar

Long shift: Dunn 1:21

Long shiftDunn 1:21

1–2 VGK

1st 13:50 · Howden

Beniers 0:18

Fresh legsBeniers 0:18

1–3 VGK

1st 17:48 · Hague

Long shift: Schwartz 1:20

Long shiftSchwartz 1:20

1–4 VGK

3rd 8:09 · Karlsson

Montour 0:50

NormalMontour 0:50

1–5 VGK

3rd 11:28 · Hanifin

Stuck out there: Burakovsky 1:49

Stuck out thereBurakovsky 1:49

2–5 SEA

3rd 13:58 · PP · Schwartz

Stuck out there: McNabb 1:46

Stuck out thereMcNabb 1:46

2–6 VGK

3rd 18:51 · EN · Stone

Schwartz 0:53

Empty netSchwartz 0:53

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SEAVGK

23Shots on goal34

54%Faceoff %46%

2/4Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes8

26Hits12

15Blocked shots14

14Giveaways11

2Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 02:26Nicolas Hague · holding the stick2 min
1st 09:27Ryker Evans · holding2 min
1st 10:15Victor Olofsson · tripping2 min
2nd 12:40Alex Pietrangelo · interference2 min
3rd 13:04Shea Theodore · hooking2 min

Season series

Seattle Kraken

Seattle Kraken skaters

9Chandler StephensonC	0	2	2	-2	1	0	0	0	63	17:14
17Jaden SchwartzC	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	100	15:56
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	17:53
51Shane WrightC	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	43	14:32
29Vince DunnD	1	0	1	-3	1	0	2	0	–	22:47
10Matty BeniersC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	50	15:25
13Brandon TanevL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	13:56
19Jared McCannL	0	0	0	-3	3	2	1	0	–	16:37
20Eeli TolvanenR	0	0	0	-2	1	6	0	0	–	15:01
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	57	17:06
84Kaapo KakkoR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	–	12:55
91Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	14:16
95Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	13:36
6Adam LarssonD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	–	19:17
24Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	0	–	15:28
28Josh MahuraD	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	15:03
41Ryker EvansD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	19:09
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-4	1	1	0	0	–	24:04

Seattle Kraken goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	L	33	28	5	.848	57:45
35Joey DaccordG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

61Mark StoneR	1	2	3	+4	2	1	0	0	–	19:32
9Jack EichelC	0	2	2	+4	3	0	0	0	45	19:42
21Brett HowdenC	1	1	2	+4	1	2	2	0	50	18:50
55Keegan KolesarR	1	1	2	+2	2	5	1	0	–	17:48
70Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	11:52
71William KarlssonC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	77	17:16
95Victor OlofssonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	11:05
3Brayden McNabbD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	4	0	–	21:46
14Nicolas HagueD	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	2	–	16:53
15Noah HanifinD	1	0	1	+3	2	1	2	0	–	22:53
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:30
22Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	50	10:30
26Alexander HoltzR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:39
28Tanner LaczynskiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	10:49
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	25	16:56
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:11
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	0	2	–	23:02
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	17:44

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00