Calgary Flames vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 31–37

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Flames 37-31.

Goals came from Brett Howden, Victor Olofsson and Tanner Pearson.

Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dan Vladar stopped 34 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CGY	0	0	0	0	31
VGK	0	1	2	3	37

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Brett Howden (15)Alex Pietrangelo (17), Tanner Pearson (8)0–115:59 VGK

3rd period

Victor Olofsson (8)Shea Theodore (25), Jack Eichel (38)0–214:41 VGK · PPG
Tanner Pearson (7)Pavel Dorofeyev (7), Shea Theodore (26)0–319:53 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+

GoalCGY on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

2nd 15:59 · Howden

Huberdeau 0:48

NormalHuberdeau 0:48

0–2 VGK

3rd 14:41 · PP · Olofsson

Backlund 0:43

NormalBacklund 0:43

0–3 VGK

3rd 19:53 · EN · Pearson

Andersson 2:21

Empty netAndersson 2:21

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

CGYVGK

31Shots on goal37

51%Faceoff %49%

0/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

20Hits12

17Blocked shots17

10Giveaways10

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 11:48Brayden Pachal · slashing2 min
1st 15:57Tanner Laczynski · tripping2 min
1st 16:50Brett Howden · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 01:24Rasmus Andersson · hooking2 min
2nd 09:25Brayden McNabb · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 09:59Ryan Lomberg · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 14:17Rasmus Andersson · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames skaters

10Jonathan HuberdeauC	-1	1	1	1	0	–	20:00
11Mikael BacklundC	-1	5	0	0	0	63	18:43
17Yegor SharangovichC	-1	0	0	0	0	100	16:54
20Blake ColemanC	-1	6	4	1	0	–	18:01
21Kevin RooneyC	-1	1	2	0	0	44	10:16
22Jakob PelletierL	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:47
27Matt CoronatoR	0	5	0	1	0	67	17:03
47Connor ZaryC	-1	2	1	0	0	44	15:18
70Ryan LombergL	0	1	4	0	2	–	07:57
76Martin PospisilC	0	3	1	0	0	50	18:48
91Nazem KadriC	0	5	0	1	0	35	19:53
96Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:49
4Rasmus AnderssonD	-1	1	0	3	4	–	23:31
7Kevin BahlD	0	0	0	5	0	–	20:01
24Jake BeanD	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:00
52MacKenzie WeegarD	-1	0	1	1	0	–	25:09
62Daniil MiromanovD	-2	1	0	1	0	–	17:55
94Brayden PachalD	0	0	3	1	2	–	13:53

Calgary Flames goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Dustin WolfG		0	0	0	–	00:00
80Dan VladarG	L	36	34	2	.944	57:38

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

70Tanner PearsonL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	100	10:59
27Shea TheodoreD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	–	19:08
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	35	25:31
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	14:44
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	4	33	12:37
95Victor OlofssonL	1	0	1	0	5	0	4	0	–	19:15
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	4	0	–	24:54
22Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	75	06:47
26Alexander HoltzR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:00
28Tanner LaczynskiC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	83	06:26
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	75	15:53
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:20
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	22:09
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	47	18:33
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	14:05
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	19:38
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	15:02
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	21:59

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00