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Vegas Golden Knights vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, February 8, 2025 · TD Garden

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4–3

Final

SOG 38–24

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at TD Garden. The Golden Knights outshot the Bruins 38-24.

Goals came from Brad Marchand, Nikita Zadorov, Mark Stone, Morgan Geekie, Zach Whitecloud, Pavel Dorofeyev and Tomas Hertl.

Ilya Samsonov made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 of 38.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK112438
Boston BruinsBOS210324

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTomas HertlVGK · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starShea TheodoreVGK · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starBrad MarchandBOS · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:07

4–3 · 3rd 18:50 · Hertl. Zadorov was 2:07 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceBOS on ice

0–1 BOS

1st 3:17 · Marchand

Hanifin 0:48

0–2 BOS

1st 13:49 · Zadorov

Long shift: McNabb 1:03

1–2 VGK

1st 15:09 · PP · Stone

Lindholm 0:39

1–3 BOS

2nd 15:07 · Geekie

Theodore 0:34

2–3 VGK

2nd 19:26 · Whitecloud

Long shift: Frederic 1:18

3–3 VGK

3rd 4:54 · Dorofeyev

McAvoy 0:54

4–3 VGK

3rd 18:50 · PP · Hertl

Stuck out there: Zadorov 2:07

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

VGKBOS
38Shots on goal24
44%Faceoff %56%
2/4Power play0/1
9Penalty minutes15
6Hits21
13Blocked shots17
20Giveaways15
3Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 13:24Trent Frederic · roughing2 min
  • 1st 13:24Pavel Dorofeyev · roughing2 min
  • 1st 13:24Oliver Wahlstrom · fighting5 min
  • 1st 13:24Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
  • 1st 14:30John Beecher · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:28Brandon Carlo · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 05:24Pavel Dorofeyev · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:50Pavel Zacha · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 19:09David Pastrnak · hooking2 min

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