VGK @ OTT Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-01-25 Posted by kaylee on 2026-01-25 05:00:30

VGK @ OTT

Venue: Canadian Tire Centre

Puck drop: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:00pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

VGK (last 10)
  • Record 8-2-0
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 4.6 · 2.8
  • Power play 10/29 (34.5%)
  • Last game W vs TOR (6–3)
OTT (last 10)
  • Record 3-5-2
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.1 · 3.9
  • Power play 5/32 (15.6%)
  • Last game L vs CAR (1–4)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-11-26 OTT 4 @ VGK 3 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

VGK
  • Jack Eichel 10 pts · 3 G · 21 SOG
  • Mark Stone 9 pts · 4 G · 11 SOG
  • Pavel Dorofeyev 5 pts · 5 G · 21 SOG
  • Tomas Hertl 5 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
OTT
  • Jake Sanderson 6 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG
  • Tim Stützle 5 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
  • Brady Tkachuk 4 pts · 3 G · 15 SOG
  • Dylan Cozens 4 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: VGK 4.29 · OTT 3.11 · Win odds: VGK 67.5% · OTT 32.5% · OT/SO chance: 13.5%

  • 4-2 35.6%
  • 4-3 35%
  • 3-3 29.4%

Box Score

VGK 1 Final OTT 7

2026-01-25

Stat VGK OTT
Goals17
Shots2031
Power Play 0/2 (0.0%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM24
Faceoffs28 / 2323 / 28
Blocks1619
Saves2419
VGK Scorers
GAPTS
Rasmus Andersson 1 0 1
Tomas Hertl 0 1 1
OTT Scorers
GAPTS
Stephen Halliday 2 1 3
Dylan Cozens 2 0 2
Fabian Zetterlund 1 0 1
Jordan Spence 1 0 1
Nick Jensen 1 0 1
Brady Tkachuk 0 3 3
Thomas Chabot 0 2 2
Tyler Kleven 0 2 2
Ridly Greig 0 1 1
Shane Pinto 0 1 1
Tim Stützle 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-01-25 11:53PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

VGK Away

Forwards

Line 1
Ivan Barbashev
#49 · LW
TOI 17:36xGF/60 2.58xGA/60 3.90CF/60 67.8SC±/60 -12.72G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 39.8
Jack Eichel
#9 · C
TOI 19:38xGF/60 2.70xGA/60 2.76CF/60 61.3SC±/60 -3.41G±/60 0.00CF% 52.9xGF% 49.5
Mark Stone
#61 · RW
TOI 17:35xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 2.21CF/60 62.5SC±/60 -3.68G±/60 0.00CF% 56.7xGF% 53.9
Line 2
Reilly Smith
#19 · LW
TOI 12:45xGF/60 1.70xGA/60 7.33CF/60 47.0SC±/60 -60.45G±/60 -26.87CF% 28.0xGF% 18.8
Mitch Marner
#93 · C
TOI 17:59xGF/60 2.54xGA/60 2.63CF/60 64.0SC±/60 +5.33G±/60 0.00CF% 48.0xGF% 49.1
Pavel Dorofeyev
#16 · RW
TOI 17:41xGF/60 2.84xGA/60 3.77CF/60 59.4SC±/60 -16.19G±/60 0.00CF% 39.3xGF% 43.0
Line 3
Braeden Bowman
#42 · LW
TOI 13:10xGF/60 2.90xGA/60 4.07CF/60 77.5SC±/60 -4.56G±/60 -9.11CF% 53.1xGF% 41.6
Tomas Hertl
#48 · C
TOI 17:40xGF/60 2.36xGA/60 2.26CF/60 53.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -3.57CF% 51.7xGF% 51.1
Keegan Kolesar
#55 · RW
TOI 12:04xGF/60 2.43xGA/60 7.00CF/60 56.7SC±/60 -50.44G±/60 -25.22CF% 33.3xGF% 25.8
Line 4
Cole Reinhardt
#23 · LW
TOI 12:23xGF/60 2.83xGA/60 5.41CF/60 79.5SC±/60 -36.67G±/60 -12.22CF% 48.1xGF% 34.3
Tanner Laczynski
#28 · C
TOI 13:34xGF/60 4.51xGA/60 7.22CF/60 139.4SC±/60 -8.20G±/60 -16.40CF% 53.1xGF% 38.4
Alexander Holtz
#26 · RW

Defense

Pair 1
Jeremy Lauzon
#5 · LD
TOI 20:33xGF/60 1.87xGA/60 4.20CF/60 44.7SC±/60 -24.09G±/60 -6.88CF% 37.1xGF% 30.8
Shea Theodore
#27 · RD
TOI 22:00xGF/60 2.52xGA/60 3.94CF/60 58.3SC±/60 -19.43G±/60 -6.47CF% 41.9xGF% 39.0
Pair 2
Noah Hanifin
#15 · LD
TOI 21:17xGF/60 2.13xGA/60 4.59CF/60 71.7SC±/60 -13.65G±/60 -3.41CF% 43.8xGF% 31.7
Rasmus Andersson
RD
TOI 19:35xGF/60 1.45xGA/60 4.02CF/60 48.5SC±/60 -34.62G±/60 -3.46CF% 35.9xGF% 26.5
Pair 3
Ben Hutton
#17 · LD
TOI 15:16xGF/60 3.15xGA/60 5.20CF/60 78.1SC±/60 -35.51G±/60 -21.30CF% 47.8xGF% 37.8
Kaedan Korczak
#6 · RD
TOI 15:37xGF/60 2.14xGA/60 4.81CF/60 67.1SC±/60 -20.63G±/60 -15.47CF% 46.4xGF% 30.8

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Adin Hill [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 58]
G2 Akira Schmid

OTT Home

Forwards

Line 1
Drake Batherson
#19 · LW
TOI 15:33xGF/60 3.78xGA/60 0.98CF/60 69.3SC±/60 +37.33G±/60 0.00CF% 72.2xGF% 79.4
Tim Stützle
#18 · C
TOI 17:30xGF/60 1.60xGA/60 2.37CF/60 27.7SC±/60 -16.62G±/60 +5.54CF% 38.5xGF% 40.2
Claude Giroux
#28 · RW
TOI 16:31xGF/60 2.96xGA/60 1.84CF/60 65.4SC±/60 +16.34G±/60 +5.45CF% 66.7xGF% 61.7
Line 2
Brady Tkachuk
#7 · LW
TOI 14:48xGF/60 4.93xGA/60 1.55CF/60 92.0SC±/60 +36.79G±/60 +9.19CF% 64.5xGF% 76.0
Dylan Cozens
#24 · C
TOI 13:45xGF/60 7.23xGA/60 1.00CF/60 115.5SC±/60 +73.47G±/60 +20.99CF% 78.6xGF% 87.8
Ridly Greig
#71 · RW
TOI 16:11xGF/60 4.30xGA/60 1.81CF/60 66.7SC±/60 +8.89G±/60 +13.34CF% 55.6xGF% 70.4
Line 3
Michael Amadio
#22 · LW
TOI 17:38xGF/60 2.27xGA/60 2.83CF/60 47.0SC±/60 -25.66G±/60 0.00CF% 36.7xGF% 44.5
Shane Pinto
#12 · C
TOI 17:39xGF/60 1.66xGA/60 2.24CF/60 43.2SC±/60 -3.60G±/60 0.00CF% 42.9xGF% 42.6
Fabian Zetterlund
#20 · RW
TOI 12:26xGF/60 6.97xGA/60 6.69CF/60 151.1SC±/60 +45.99G±/60 +13.14CF% 50.0xGF% 51.0
Line 4
Stephen Halliday
#83 · LW
TOI 7:39xGF/60 9.78xGA/60 5.04CF/60 176.0SC±/60 +80.00G±/60 +32.00CF% 57.9xGF% 66.0
Lars Eller
#89 · C
TOI 11:10xGF/60 7.01xGA/60 4.10CF/60 123.8SC±/60 +53.07G±/60 +17.69CF% 51.9xGF% 63.1
Nick Cousins
#21 · RW
TOI 15:04xGF/60 5.29xGA/60 1.56CF/60 91.5SC±/60 +18.30G±/60 +6.10CF% 65.2xGF% 77.2

Defense

Pair 1
Jake Sanderson
#85 · LD
TOI 20:21xGF/60 3.69xGA/60 2.73CF/60 71.9SC±/60 +21.55G±/60 +3.59CF% 58.8xGF% 57.4
Artem Zub
#2 · RD
TOI 19:44xGF/60 4.19xGA/60 2.31CF/60 80.3SC±/60 +34.43G±/60 +3.83CF% 63.6xGF% 64.5
Pair 2
Thomas Chabot
#72 · LD
TOI 22:55xGF/60 4.11xGA/60 1.24CF/60 66.7SC±/60 +26.66G±/60 +10.00CF% 58.8xGF% 76.9
Jordan Spence
#10 · RD
TOI 18:56xGF/60 6.24xGA/60 3.08CF/60 137.0SC±/60 +19.57G±/60 +7.83CF% 57.4xGF% 66.9
Pair 3
Tyler Kleven
#43 · LD
TOI 19:46xGF/60 2.47xGA/60 2.37CF/60 60.8SC±/60 -3.57G±/60 +7.16CF% 47.2xGF% 51.0
Nikolas Matinpalo
#33 · RD

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Mads Sogaard [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 16]
G2 James Reimer

Injuries

As of 2026-01-25 11:53PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

VGK

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Pietrangelo NA 7 IR IR
Brett Howden NA 21 IR IR
Brandon Saad NA 20 IR IR
Brayden McNabb NA 3 IR IR
William Karlsson NA 71 IR IR
Carter Hart NA 79 IR IR
Colton Sissons NA 10 OUT OUT

OTT

Player Pos # Description Status
Linus Ullmark NA 35 IR IR
David Perron NA 57 OUT OUT
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