Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 30, 2026

FinalMonday, Mar 30, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	7	10	7	24
VGK	0	3	1	4		VGK	10	15	9	34

: VAN 33VGK 67
: VAN 1.64VGK 4.34
PP goals: VAN 1VGK 0
Hits: VAN 25VGK 33
Blocks: VAN 15VGK 4
PIM: VAN 11VGK 9
: VAN 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2 at home. Evander Kane (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Marner skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Marner skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Barbashev Marner
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New look for VGK: Eichel–Howden–Dorofeyev skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eichel Howden Dorofeyev
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Nic Dowd (VGK) played 8:29, −6:08 down on his 14:37 season average over 74 games.Dowd
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Rasmus Andersson (VGK) played 19:29, −3:46 down on his 23:15 season average over 80 games.Andersson
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Cole Smith (VGK) played 9:55, −3:25 down on his 13:20 season average over 62 games.Smith
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Filip Hronek (VAN) played 28:00, +3:02 up on his 24:58 season average over 81 games.Hronek
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Tom Willander (VAN) played 22:05, +5:10 up on his 16:55 season average over 69 games.Willander
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Linus Karlsson (VAN) played 16:14, +3:46 up on his 12:28 season average over 78 games.Karlsson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · VGK 67 · VAN 33

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 16% of the game, VGK 58%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against VAN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VGK side.

Matchup matrix

VGK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	VGK
	32	74
	1.54	3.84
	1.52	3.75
	11	14
	2	4
	13	10
	+0.023	−0.023
	16%	58%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Boeser – O'Connor – Rossi
11:1532% CF
L2Pettersson – Karlsson – Ohgren
10:0631% CF
L3Kane – Blueger – DeBrusk
8:1846% CF
L4Douglas – Hoglander – Räty
2:4067% CF
D1Pettersson – Willander
17:5532% CF
D2Hronek – Buium
15:5937% CF
D3Pettersson – Mancini
5:290% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
0:23100% CF
PK1FBoeser – Pettersson
1:25
PK2FBlueger – DeBrusk
1:19
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
1:26
PK2DPettersson – Willander
0:28

Current VAN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Marner
9:4164% CF
L2Eichel – Howden – Dorofeyev
9:2565% CF
L3Smith – Hertl – Sissons
8:0873% CF
L4Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
5:0371% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
19:0969% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
11:1159% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
9:0480% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
2:1150% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
0:590% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
0:23
PK1DHanifin – Andersson
0:23

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	28	39
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.42	3	1	0	17:36	—	—	29	34
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.31	2	1	0	16:43	—	—	29	37
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.08	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	35	22
Linus Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	29	20
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	2	14:54	—	—	30	19
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	5	18:14	—	—	39	41
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	39	33
Evander Kane L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.33	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	36	31
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:08	—	—	19	6
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	8:53	—	—	21	19
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:19	—	—	25	15
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:22	—	—	32	47
Tom Willander D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	4	0	22:05	—	—	32	46
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	28:00	—	—	38	26
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	41	36
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	2	13:53	—	—	7	0
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:54	—	—	6	1

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.45	58:44

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	20:19	—	—	74	65
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	3	1	0	20:07	—	—	63	75
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	7	0	0	17:41	—	—	71	78
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	1	0	0	22:35	—	—	66	60
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	73	59
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	1	0	15:43	—	—	65	54
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.53	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	76	93
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+2	5	0.56	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	78	93
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	1	1	5	12:29	—	—	75	93
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	3	0	2	10:16	—	—	58	39
Cole Smith R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.54	7	0	0	9:55	—	—	57	36
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:29	—	—	75	64
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	0	0	0	22:35	—	—	68	63
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	68	69
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	63	73
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.51	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	71	76
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.36	2	0	2	16:40	—	—	82	81
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	75	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.64	59:51

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Evander Kane (VAN) 1st 12:19 · assists Jake DeBrusk · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 20.4 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Evander Kane · 1st 12:19 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Rasmus Andersson · 2nd 7:48 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Brock Boeser · 2nd 12:17 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 6
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: deflection

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Shea Theodore · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Reilly Smith · 2nd 18:34 · VGK

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Smith · 3rd 18:50 · VGK EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 30, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Evander Kane · 1st 12:19 · VAN

Rasmus Andersson · 2nd 7:48 · VGK

Brock Boeser · 2nd 12:17 · VAN PP

Shea Theodore · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Reilly Smith · 2nd 18:34 · VGK

Cole Smith · 3rd 18:50 · VGK EN