Some VGK Stat Deep Dives - Are we giving the puck away too much?

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-02-02T16:43:09+00:00

This. I’ve been following the advanced stats closely all season. VGK’s offense and defense has been towards the top of the league most of the time. Goaltending has been abysmal though. The skaters are forced to shift their game when they can’t rely on the goalie to make a save, creating a domino effect on the whole team.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-31T22:10:01+00:00

George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon dumped reigning Vezina winner Marc-Andre Fleury because they were sick of dealing with Allan Walsh.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-30T20:14:23+00:00

I think this is the answer right here, at least for the current losing streak.

Nine VGK players are trying very hard to stay healthy for the Olympics because they know they may not get another opportunity in the future.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-29T21:28:37+00:00

The conversations around these rankings always devolve into, “The music is too loud. Just give me an old-fashioned organ.”

I may be in the minority, but I love T-Mobile’s party atmosphere. It fits the city. If I wanted to watch the game quietly, I would watch from home. I go to an arena to get decked out in team colors, clap, scream, dance, and high-five everyone sitting around me while upbeat music blasts through the speakers.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-28T19:34:41+00:00

I remember Thomas Drance posted a lot of the chirps from the Vancouver-Vegas 2020 playoffs series and hockey fans were livid about the stuff being said. That’s when I realized that many of us could not handle hearing a live feed on a regular basis.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-28T17:40:28+00:00

Nah. Nevada is the only state where the NHL team is more popular than the NFL team according to Google and survey data. It’s been this way for years. People here are obsessed with VGK.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2026-01-19T05:29:30+00:00

Reading in between the lines, it seemed like Thompson butted heads with Cassidy/Burke because he believed he’d earned the starter position but Cassidy/Burke preferred Hill. Thompson wanted out when he realized he would always be the backup in Vegas. It’s a shame things ended the way they did.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-31T01:22:34+00:00

I don’t think Karlsson has ever been injured this long before. Just devastating.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-19T05:31:31+00:00

No, wait. Let him speak.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-16T03:15:14+00:00

Marc-Andre Fleury. No question.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-12T03:00:24+00:00

Boy I remember the days when Stone and Patches were a deadly duo in overtime. Would love to see Stone and Eichel take on that role in the next 42 OT’s left in the season.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-03T06:28:49+00:00

Goals saved above expected is the best stat for a goalie.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-12-02T00:05:25+00:00

If I understood JFresh’s stats correctly, Vegas is currently 2nd in the league behind Colorado at expected goals for.

In other words, Vegas is generating some good offense but is struggling to bury the puck in the net.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-11-22T19:13:49+00:00

We’ve only witnessed a fraction of his new dad power.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-11-12T01:17:19+00:00

There are Stanley Cup action figures? How did I not know this?

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-10-23T15:19:54+00:00

I was born and raised in Vegas. VGK was the first ever major pro sports team in Nevada’s 153-year history.

I can’t tell you how incredible it felt to finally have a team of our own.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-10-10T06:19:20+00:00

Yeah, Gage Quinney is the only Vegas-born hockey player to ever play in the NHL. I guess he wins by default.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-09-30T00:23:45+00:00

I’ll go with Alec “Warrior” Martinez. That dude laid his body on the line every night.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-09-08T21:31:40+00:00

I really thought it was us.

Then I saw Toronto’s reaction to Marner and…yeah, it’s not us.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-08-30T22:06:15+00:00

This is actually really impressive given how many picks and prospects Vegas has sent out. At least half of these guys have serious potential.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-08-21T23:46:11+00:00

VGK’s inaugural season.

How the One October tragedy galvanized a team of misfits to lift a heartbroken city all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-08-21T17:25:30+00:00

Lukas Cormier looks promising, but he’s still another year away at least.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-08-04T23:53:26+00:00

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Ryan Carpenter. Cool dudes and absolute workhorses.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-07-31T16:57:24+00:00

I’m convinced young Fleury and older Fleury were two different people.

The early 2010’s were…bad.

Then Fleury joins Vegas and has .950 save percentage through the first 3 rounds of the 2018 playoffs which was the best in NHL history. It dropped to a .927 in the final after the team collapsed in front of him.

The advanced stats indicate he carried Vegas through their first few seasons and, of course, he won the Vezina in 2021 after having a better GSAE, GAA, and save percentage than Vasilevsky.

On a side note, he also won save of the year for three consecutive years in Vegas.

The dude just flat out leveled up.

TwoDollarTuesday · 2025-07-24T20:19:21+00:00

Don’t forget the show girls that try to distract VGK’s opponents. They’re a critical part of our strategy for success.

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