Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 4, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	0	1	1		ANA	11	10	13	34
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	6	8	8	22

: ANA 69VGK 51
: ANA 2.96VGK 2.92
PP goals: ANA 0VGK 0
Hits: ANA 37VGK 26
Blocks: ANA 10VGK 16
PIM: ANA 8VGK 12
: ANA 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at home. Mitch Marner (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ANA scored 1 goal on 2.96 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:12.Marner
Luck
ANA scored 1 goal on 2.96 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Hertl–Kolesar skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Hertl Kolesar
Usage
Mitch Marner (VGK) played 18:12, −3:45 down on his 21:57 season average over 21 games.Marner
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 11:09, −6:29 down on his 17:38 season average over 14 games.Karlsson
Usage
Mikael Granlund (ANA) played 22:17, +3:22 up on his 18:55 season average over 11 games.Granlund
Usage
Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) played 14:10, −3:03 down on his 17:13 season average over 21 games.Dorofeyev
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 8:47, −5:14 down on his 14:01 season average over 6 games.Hutton

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

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

VGK
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 51 · ANA 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 40% of the game, VGK 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

ANA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against ANA 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	ANA	VGK
	59	47
	2.36	1.99
	2.27	1.95
	14	7
	2	2
	24	23
	−0.040	+0.040
	40%	22%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kreider – Terry – Carlsson
11:0076% CF
L2Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke
8:1223% CF
L3Poehling – McTavish – Gauthier
4:1167% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
16:5966% CF
D2Carlson – Mintyukov
13:5744% CF
D3Helleson – Hinds
4:2257% CF

PP1Carlson – Kreider – Granlund – Terry – Carlsson
4:1667% CF
PP2Killorn – LaCombe – McTavish – Gauthier – Sennecke
2:54100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Washe
1:49
PK2FKillorn – Poehling
1:34
PK1DTrouba – Mintyukov
1:53
PK2DCarlson – Hinds
0:58

Current ANA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Marner – Howden
9:3655% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
8:5953% CF
L3Karlsson – Hertl – Kolesar
7:2455% CF
L4Dowd – Sissons – Smith
6:3047% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
15:2844% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:0338% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
7:5163% CF

PP1Stone – Theodore – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:0278% CF
PP2Hertl – Barbashev – Hanifin – Andersson – Howden
0:40100% CF
PK1FDowd – Kolesar
1:51
PK2FStone – Eichel
1:41
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
4:33
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
2:14

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:14
VGKBrett Howden (Mitch Marner, Rasmus Andersson)deflected0.18 xG
ANA: Carlson, Poehling, McTavish, Gauthier, MintyukovVGK: Stone, Hanifin, Andersson, Marner, Howden
ANA 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

13:57
ANAMikael Granlund (Jackson LaCombe, John Carlson)snap0.30 xG
ANA: Carlson, Granlund, LaCombe, Gauthier, SenneckeVGK: McNabb, Dowd, Sissons, Korczak, Smith
ANA 1 – 1 VGK
15:02
VGKIvan Barbashev (Pavel Dorofeyev)snap0.22 xG
ANA: Kreider, Trouba, Terry, LaCombe, CarlssonVGK: Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel, Dorofeyev
ANA 1 – 2 VGK
19:54
VGKMitch MarnerENwrist0.37 xG
ANA: Kreider, Granlund, Terry, LaCombe, Gauthier, CarlssonVGK: McNabb, Stone, Andersson, Eichel, Marner
ANA 1 – 3 VGK

Box score

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

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.50	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	73	68
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	77	70
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	2	0	0	18:31	—	—	76	67
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	2	2	0	22:17	—	—	39	81
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	17:27	—	—	46	55
Beckett Sennecke R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	37	59
Cutter Gauthier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	70	69
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	67	32
Mason McTavish C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	9:09	—	—	62	32
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	28:07	—	—	65	59
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	5	2	0	22:08	—	—	63	53
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	1	2	2	24:43	—	—	50	69
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	42	53
Tyson Hinds D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	8:45	—	—	60	40
Drew Helleson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	47	27
Jeffrey Viel L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	8	0	4	13:06	—	—	43	35
Tim Washe C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	6	1	0	12:15	—	—	46	33
Ian Moore D	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	5	0	0	9:51	—	—	36	31

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.55	58:10

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.20	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	50	42
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.74	1	0	0	18:12	—	—	50	39
Brett Howden C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	4	0	0	14:45	—	—	55	43
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	39	54
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	3	0	0	16:04	—	—	39	45
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	50	54
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.37	2	0	2	11:47	—	—	47	74
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	11:09	—	—	38	68
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	0	0	10:04	—	—	47	74
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	50	27
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	11:52	—	—	35	24
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:47	—	—	39	26
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	37	42
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.25	0	1	2	21:39	—	—	41	46
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	5	0	25:48	—	—	44	62
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	3	0	25:09	—	—	40	40
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:14	—	—	56	41
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	8:47	—	—	55	57

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.96	59:46

Goal anatomy

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

Mitch Marner (VGK EN) 3rd 19:54 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 16.0 mph shot.

Mitch Marner · 3rd 19:54 · VGK EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Brett Howden · 2nd 3:14 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Mikael Granlund · 3rd 13:57 · ANA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: rebound

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 15:02 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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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.