Anaheim Ducks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 6, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	1	2	3		ANA	13	7	8	28
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	3	11	8	22

: ANA 63VGK 48
: ANA 3.34VGK 2.16
PP goals: ANA 0VGK 1
Hits: ANA 39VGK 39
Blocks: ANA 14VGK 19
PIM: ANA 8VGK 10
: ANA 37%VGK 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at VGK. Leo Carlsson (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:04 together.

PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:04 together.Stone Theodore Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
New line
New look for ANA: Killorn–Granlund–Gauthier skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (82.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Killorn Granlund Gauthier
Usage
Beckett Sennecke (ANA) played 11:03, −6:27 down on his 17:30 season average over 11 games.Sennecke
Usage
Chris Kreider (ANA) played 19:46, +5:00 up on his 14:46 season average over 11 games.Kreider
New line
New look for ANA: Johnston–Harkins–Washe skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnston Harkins Washe
New line
New look for ANA: Viel–Poehling–Sennecke skated 4:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Poehling Sennecke
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 19:05, −3:31 down on his 22:36 season average over 21 games.Eichel
Usage
Jeffrey Viel (ANA) played 9:15, −3:11 down on his 12:26 season average over 11 games.Viel

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 111 of 111 attempts · VGK 48 · ANA 63

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 41% of the game, VGK 20%.

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
	50	41
	2.01	2.03
	1.90	1.96
	11	7
	4	6
	20	19
	−0.085	+0.086
	41%	20%

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
11:0464% CF
L2Killorn – Granlund – Gauthier
10:0282% CF
L3Johnston – Harkins – Washe
5:0830% CF
L4Viel – Poehling – Sennecke
4:3367% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
15:5136% CF
D2Carlson – Mintyukov
14:0464% CF
D3Helleson – Hinds
9:5180% CF

PP1Carlson – Kreider – Granlund – Terry – Carlsson
4:34100% CF
PP2Killorn – Poehling – LaCombe – Gauthier – Sennecke
2:31100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Washe
2:12
PK2FKillorn – Poehling
1:41
PK1DTrouba – Mintyukov
3:55
PK2DCarlson – Hinds
1:50

Current ANA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dowd – Sissons – Smith
9:0531% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
4:4458% CF
L3Karlsson – Hertl – Kolesar
3:440% CF
L4Stone – Marner – Howden
3:3043% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
15:5744% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:4245% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
10:4344% CF

PP1Stone – Theodore – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:04100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
1:5875% CF
PK1FDowd – Kolesar
1:16
PK2FMarner – Howden
0:47
PK1DMcNabb – Andersson
2:36
PK2DTheodore – Hanifin
1:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:23
ANABeckett Sennecke (Jeffrey Viel, Ryan Poehling)wrist0.24 xG
ANA: Trouba, Viel, Poehling, LaCombe, SenneckeVGK: Stone, Hutton, Marner, Howden, Korczak
ANA 1 – 0 VGK

3rd period

6:36
ANALeo Carlsson (Troy Terry, Chris Kreider)wrist0.23 xG
ANA: Carlson, Kreider, Terry, Mintyukov, CarlssonVGK: Dowd, Hanifin, Andersson, Marner, Howden
ANA 2 – 0 VGK
16:30
ANAJansen HarkinsENwrist0.76 xG
ANA: Trouba, Johnston, Harkins, LaCombe, WasheVGK: Karlsson, Theodore, Andersson, Eichel, Marner, Howden
ANA 3 – 0 VGK
19:54
VGKMark StonePP (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)wrist0.14 xG
ANA: Trouba, Poehling, Mintyukov, WasheVGK: Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev
ANA 3 – 1 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	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	50	66
Troy Terry R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.46	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	60	60
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	3	1	0	19:46	—	—	47	56
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	73	90
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	77	95
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	66	84
Tim Washe C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	13:55	—	—	27	7
Jansen Harkins C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.76	4	0	0	9:44	—	—	24	11
Ross Johnston L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	3	1	2	8:50	—	—	31	18
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:14	—	—	39	51
Beckett Sennecke R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.27	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	67	83
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	9:15	—	—	55	69
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	33	29
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	5	3	0	22:18	—	—	38	28
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	3	1	0	24:53	—	—	60	59
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	2	0	19:55	—	—	63	55
Tyson Hinds D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	82	96
Drew Helleson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	10:27	—	—	80	96

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.16	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:50	—	—	35	9
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:48	—	—	29	11
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	4	1	0	12:18	—	—	41	47
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.28	0	1	4	19:05	—	—	58	74
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	8	0	0	17:33	—	—	57	72
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	60	67
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	29	44
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	1	2	11:52	—	—	23	57
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	8:57	—	—	10	17
Mark Stone R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	4	0	0	17:35	—	—	52	60
Mitch Marner R	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	1	0	2	16:31	—	—	50	42
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	5	0	0	15:05	—	—	53	49
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	2	0	24:41	—	—	45	45
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	4	0	20:22	—	—	45	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	24:09	—	—	48	58
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	5	0	22:25	—	—	45	52
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:31	—	—	41	47
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:03	—	—	44	54

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.58	59:36

Goal anatomy

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

Beckett Sennecke (ANA) 2nd 11:23 · assists Jeffrey Viel, Ryan Poehling · Rebound · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 21.4 mph shot · 5.9 s from entry to goal.

Beckett Sennecke · 2nd 11:23 · ANA

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s
Type: rebound

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Leo Carlsson · 3rd 6:36 · ANA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 16.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Jansen Harkins · 3rd 16:30 · ANA EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 0.6 s

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Mark Stone · 3rd 19:54 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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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.