Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 7, 2026

FinalTuesday, Apr 7, 2026· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	11	12	6	29
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	2	5	4	11

: VGK 64VAN 43
: VGK 3.36VAN 1.30
PP goals: VGK 0VAN 0
Hits: VGK 22VAN 27
Blocks: VGK 20VAN 16
PIM: VGK 4VAN 2
: VGK 58%VAN 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Max Sasson (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Saad–Hertl–Sissons skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VGK: Saad–Hertl–Sissons skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Saad Hertl Sissons
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Cole Smith (VGK) played 9:30, −3:51 down on his 13:21 season average over 62 games.Smith
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Tom Willander (VAN) played 21:09, +4:13 up on his 16:56 season average over 69 games.Willander
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Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 13:16, −3:49 down on his 17:05 season average over 81 games.Hertl
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Drew O'Connor (VAN) played 17:59, +3:26 up on his 14:33 season average over 81 games.O'Connor
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Jack Eichel (VGK) played 17:58, −3:17 down on his 21:15 season average over 73 games.Eichel
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Curtis Douglas (VAN) played 9:48, +3:07 up on his 6:41 season average over 42 games.Douglas
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Liam Ohgren (VAN) played 16:20, +3:13 up on his 13:07 season average over 68 games.Ohgren

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

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

VAN
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · VAN 43 · VGK 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 56% of the game, VAN 10%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

VAN 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	VGK	VAN
	72	40
	3.89	0.89
	3.76	0.87
	16	5
	1	2
	12	19
	+0.041	−0.041
	56%	10%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Saad – Hertl – Sissons
9:5463% CF
L2Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
8:1773% CF
L3Stone – Eichel – Marner
7:3275% CF
L4Barbashev – Howden – Dorofeyev
6:4067% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
19:3057% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:0662% CF
D3Hutton – Lauzon
12:3178% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
0:57100% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
0:37100% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
0:48
PK2FDowd – Kolesar
0:41
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
1:09
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
0:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1DeBrusk – Pettersson – O'Connor
13:1447% CF
L2Boeser – Rossi – Ohgren
12:2726% CF
L3Blueger – Karlsson – Sasson
8:2733% CF
L4Douglas – Hoglander – Räty
7:4835% CF
D1Hronek – Buium
17:2236% CF
D2Pettersson – Willander
13:3240% CF
D3Pettersson – Mancini
10:3832% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
1:3275% CF
PP2Karlsson – O'Connor – Ohgren – Willander – Buium
0:28
PK1FBlueger – Räty
0:37
PK2FBoeser – Ohgren
0:23
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
1:20
PK2DPettersson – Willander
0:33

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:50
VANMax Sasson (Teddy Blueger, Linus Karlsson)snap0.03 xG
VGK: Dowd, Sissons, Hutton, Lauzon, SmithVAN: Blueger, Karlsson, Pettersson, Sasson, Willander
VGK 0 – 1 VAN
15:46
VGKBrayden McNabb (Shea Theodore, Brandon Saad)snap0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Saad, Hertl, Sissons, TheodoreVAN: Pettersson, Douglas, Hoglander, Räty, Mancini
VGK 1 – 1 VAN

3rd period

12:13
VGKCole Smith (Nic Dowd)snap0.11 xG
VGK: McNabb, Dowd, Theodore, Kolesar, SmithVAN: Pettersson, Boeser, Rossi, Ohgren, Mancini
VGK 2 – 1 VAN

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.61	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	59	77
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	4	1	2	13:22	—	—	60	92
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:16	—	—	50	72
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	74	85
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	3	0	0	12:07	—	—	65	66
Cole Smith R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	4	0	0	9:30	—	—	71	81
Mitch Marner R	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.39	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	68	81
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	70	81
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	1	0	17:10	—	—	66	77
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	4	0	0	17:17	—	—	67	89
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	67	89
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	57	85
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:27	—	—	53	74
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	3	2	22:22	—	—	60	80
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.05	1	3	0	21:23	—	—	63	76
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	60	69
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	2	0	17:35	—	—	76	91
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	13:53	—	—	76	91

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	11	10	1	.909	1.30	59:43

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	48	31
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	3	0	18:28	—	—	44	13
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	46	29
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:59	—	—	38	20
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	0	0	18:02	—	—	24	1
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:20	—	—	26	2
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	40	16
Linus Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	28	7
Max Sasson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	10:57	—	—	39	15
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	1	0	12:16	—	—	29	28
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	37	41
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	3	0	2	9:48	—	—	32	35
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	6	0	0	26:53	—	—	34	20
Zeev Buium D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	38	22
Tom Willander D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	21:09	—	—	41	25
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	37	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	3	0	19:00	—	—	32	9
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	33	13

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikita Tolopilo(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	3.36	58:19

Goal anatomy

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

Max Sasson (VAN) 2nd 12:50 · assists Teddy Blueger, Linus Karlsson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 69.5 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Max Sasson · 2nd 12:50 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brayden McNabb · 2nd 15:46 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 62.1 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Cole Smith · 3rd 12:13 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 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.