Philadelphia Flyers vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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SOG 25–27

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Flyers 27-25.

Goals came from Tyson Foerster, Mark Stone, Nicolas Hague, Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexander Holtz, Travis Konecny and Tanner Pearson.

Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Aleksei Kolosov stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PHI	1	0	1	2	25
VGK	0	3	2	5	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tyson Foerster (11)Noah Cates (8), Bobby Brink (15)1–000:21 PHI

2nd period

Mark Stone (9)Jack Eichel (39), Noah Hanifin (13)1–100:51 VGK
Nicolas Hague (3)Keegan Kolesar (8)Zamula 1:51 into shift1–202:13 VGK
Pavel Dorofeyev (14)Shea Theodore (27), Brayden McNabb (5)York 1:13 into shift1–318:22 VGK

3rd period

Alexander Holtz (3)Noah Hanifin (14), Alex Pietrangelo (18)1–402:46 VGK
Travis Konecny (18)Owen Tippett (13), Morgan Frost (11)2–404:56 PHI · PPG
Tanner Pearson (8)Mark Stone (23), Jack Eichel (40)2–519:24 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+

1:51

1–2 · 2nd 2:13 · Hague. Zamula was 1:51 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 PHI

1st 0:21 · Foerster

Pietrangelo 0:21

Fresh legsPietrangelo 0:21

1–1 VGK

2nd 0:51 · Stone

Zamula 0:29

Fresh legsZamula 0:29

1–2 VGK

2nd 2:13 · Hague

Stuck out there: Zamula 1:51

Stuck out thereZamula 1:51

1–3 VGK

2nd 18:22 · Dorofeyev

Long shift: York 1:13

Long shiftYork 1:13

1–4 VGK

3rd 2:46 · Holtz

Farabee 0:45

NormalFarabee 0:45

2–4 PHI

3rd 4:56 · PP · Konecny

Pietrangelo 0:47

NormalPietrangelo 0:47

2–5 VGK

3rd 19:24 · EN · Pearson

Drysdale 3:02

Empty netDrysdale 3:02

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

PHIVGK

25Shots on goal27

43%Faceoff %57%

1/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

17Hits22

13Blocked shots16

14Giveaways19

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 17:00Ryan Poehling · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 04:42Noah Hanifin · holding2 min
3rd 11:19Mark Stone · tripping2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

10Bobby BrinkR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	16:34
11Travis KonecnyR	1	0	1	-2	4	0	0	0	–	19:00
27Noah CatesL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	53	16:00
48Morgan FrostC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	30	16:06
71Tyson FoersterR	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:01
74Owen TippettR	0	1	1	-2	3	0	3	0	–	17:26
14Sean CouturierC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	40	10:00
19Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-1	1	8	1	0	–	10:19
21Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	100	14:29
25Ryan PoehlingC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	44	17:36
39Matvei MichkovR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	17:08
86Joel FarabeeL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	13:32
5Egor ZamulaD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	18:42
6Travis SanheimD	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	21:21
8Cam YorkD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:04
9Jamie DrysdaleD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	20:37
24Nick SeelerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:08
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	21:04

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Aleksei KolosovG	L	26	22	4	.846	57:53
82Ivan FedotovG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	0	0	36	16:38
61Mark StoneR	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	2	–	15:15
15Noah HanifinD	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	2	–	23:13
16Pavel DorofeyevL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:40
26Alexander HoltzR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	10:08
55Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	0	1	7	1	0	–	18:46
70Tanner PearsonL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:38
3Brayden McNabbD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	2	0	–	19:17
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	–	24:16
14Nicolas HagueD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	17:40
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	–	19:21
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	70	17:25
22Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	83	08:29
46Jonas RondbjergR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	09:33
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50	16:24
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	69	18:31
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:18
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	15:14

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00