Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 2, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	1	2	0	3		CGY	8	11	3	22
VGK	0	3	3	6		VGK	14	14	6	34

: CGY 37VGK 71
: CGY 2.49VGK 3.62
PP goals: CGY 0VGK 1
Hits: CGY 24VGK 23
Blocks: CGY 21VGK 9
PIM: CGY 12VGK 4
: CGY 55%VGK 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 6–3 at home. Mitch Marner (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 6:36 together.

Points
Mitch Marner had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 6 shots in 17:45.Marner
Points
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:47.Barbashev
Points
Blake Coleman had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:05.Coleman
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:02.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 6:36 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.62 expected goals (71 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CGY: Pospisil–Zary–Klapka skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pospisil Zary Klapka
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 18:02, −4:52 down on his 22:54 season average over 69 games.Theodore

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

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

VGK
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · VGK 71 · CGY 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 16% of the game, VGK 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

CGY

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against CGY 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	CGY	VGK
	32	61
	1.78	2.50
	1.78	2.46
	5	11
	7	1
	29	14
	+0.056	−0.056
	16%	41%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Strome – Olofsson – Sharangovich
11:0628% CF
L2Frost – Coronato – Gridin
10:5452% CF
L3Backlund – Coleman – Farabee
10:0529% CF
L4Pospisil – Zary – Klapka
6:4742% CF
D1Whitecloud – Bahl
15:2339% CF
D2Kuznetsov – Parekh
10:2550% CF
D3Maatta – Pachal
10:0930% CF

PP1Frost – Sharangovich – Coronato – Parekh – Gridin
2:00100% CF
PP2Strome – Olofsson – Farabee – Bahl – Zary
0:27100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Coleman
5:03
PK2FFarabee – Sharangovich
2:27
PK1DWhitecloud – Bahl
4:18
PK2DMaatta – Kuznetsov
2:05

Current CGY line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Hertl – Sissons
10:2463% CF
L2Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
8:2675% CF
L3Eichel – Howden – Dorofeyev
7:0260% CF
L4Stone – Barbashev – Marner
5:3767% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
16:2074% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:3465% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
12:2056% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
6:3693% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
2:01100% CF
PK1FSissons – Marner
0:27
PK1DHanifin – Andersson
0:27
PK2DMcNabb – Lauzon
0:20

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.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	22	10
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	2	12:27	—	—	28	19
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	26	19
Morgan Frost C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.38	3	0	2	15:43	—	—	43	49
Matt Coronato R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	44	65
Matvei Gridin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	0	2	0	15:09	—	—	46	65
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:20	—	—	25	60
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	2	0	18:37	—	—	21	38
Blake Coleman L	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.74	0	1	0	18:05	—	—	29	62
Connor Zary C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	9:28	—	—	33	20
Adam Klapka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	6	0	4	8:22	—	—	46	26
Martin Pospisil C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	9	0	0	8:15	—	—	46	26
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	2	0	25:16	—	—	40	67
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	23:05	—	—	39	57
Zayne Parekh D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	43	51
Yan Kuznetsov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	3	0	16:46	—	—	39	39
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	0	3	0	19:50	—	—	23	17
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	2	14:43	—	—	28	29

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	L	34	28	6	.824	3.10	59:11

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	2	0	18:09	—	—	64	48
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	63	72
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	64	56
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:53	—	—	64	34
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:10	—	—	57	14
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	0	0	10:27	—	—	67	19
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	61	39
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.55	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	70	54
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.64	0	1	2	15:02	—	—	65	65
Mitch Marner R	L4	3	2	5	+3	6	0.48	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	72	68
Mark Stone R	L4	0	1	1	+3	2	0.39	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	74	69
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	2	3	+4	1	0.27	3	0	0	14:47	—	—	67	79
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.52	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	74	72
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.09	2	2	0	19:46	—	—	73	70
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	62	43
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	67	44
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	7	0	0	15:45	—	—	61	54
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	47	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.49	59:54

Goal anatomy

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

Morgan Frost (CGY) 1st 7:41 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 69.8 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Morgan Frost · 1st 7:41 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Mitch Marner · 2nd 1:47 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: deflection

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Blake Coleman · 2nd 4:38 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Mitch Marner · 2nd 6:42 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer

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Blake Coleman · 2nd 12:11 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 16:21 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 75.5 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brett Howden · 3rd 12:20 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 14:59 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: rebound

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Mitch Marner · 3rd 18:31 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 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.

Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Calgary Flames 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Calgary Flames

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Calgary Flames

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Morgan Frost · 1st 7:41 · CGY

Mitch Marner · 2nd 1:47 · VGK

Blake Coleman · 2nd 4:38 · CGY

Mitch Marner · 2nd 6:42 · VGK

Blake Coleman · 2nd 12:11 · CGY

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 16:21 · VGK PP

Brett Howden · 3rd 12:20 · VGK

Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 14:59 · VGK

Mitch Marner · 3rd 18:31 · VGK