Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksMay 8, 2026

FinalPlayoffsFriday, May 8, 2026· Honda Center

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	2	1	6		VGK	8	9	11	28
ANA	0	0	2	2		ANA	11	10	12	33

: VGK 48ANA 72
: VGK 4.45ANA 2.42
PP goals: VGK 1ANA 0
Hits: VGK 23ANA 53
Blocks: VGK 20ANA 6
PIM: VGK 4ANA 6
: VGK 57%ANA 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Anaheim Ducks 6–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 6–2 at ANA. Mitch Marner (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Mark Stone (VGK) played 4:24, −16:25 down on his 20:49 season average over 16 games.

Points
Mitch Marner had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 23:07.Marner
Points
Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:37.Howden
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:20.Theodore
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 4:24, −16:25 down on his 20:49 season average over 16 games.Stone
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Sissons, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:39 together.Hertl Sissons Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
New line
New look for ANA: Harkins–Viel–Washe skated 5:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Harkins Viel Washe
New line
New look for ANA: Johnston–Poehling–Gauthier skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnston Poehling Gauthier
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 21:20, −4:52 down on his 26:12 season average over 21 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

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

ANA
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · ANA 72 · VGK 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 39% of the game, ANA 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

ANA 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	ANA
	43	66
	2.89	1.95
	2.78	1.90
	17	8
	4	7
	14	22
	+0.044	−0.044
	39%	26%

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

L1Karlsson – Marner – Howden
10:0550% CF
L2Dowd – Sissons – Smith
7:2628% CF
L3Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
6:5052% CF
L4Stone – Hertl – Kolesar
0:00
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:2846% CF
D2Hutton – Coghlan
14:2942% CF
D3Hanifin – Andersson
14:2329% CF

PP1Hertl – Sissons – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:39100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
1:1750% CF
PK1FMarner – Howden
0:57
PK2FEichel – Kolesar
0:51
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
2:13
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kreider – Terry – Carlsson
11:1168% CF
L2Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke
7:0269% CF
L3Johnston – Poehling – Gauthier
6:3657% CF
L4Harkins – Viel – Washe
5:2443% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
15:1271% CF
D2Carlson – Mintyukov
13:1655% CF
D3Helleson – Hinds
9:1838% CF

PP1Carlson – Kreider – Granlund – Terry – Carlsson
2:0475% CF
PP2Killorn – Poehling – LaCombe – Gauthier – Sennecke
1:45100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Poehling
2:21
PK2FGranlund – Washe
0:26
PK1DTrouba – Mintyukov
3:03
PK2DHelleson – Hinds
0:42

Current ANA 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.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	3	1	4	+4	5	1.51	0	0	0	23:07	—	—	48	79
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.21	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	42	76
Brett Howden C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.46	1	0	2	17:37	—	—	39	70
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	4	3	0	16:52	—	—	29	50
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	4	2	0	12:42	—	—	30	62
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	1	0	12:06	—	—	38	66
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.26	0	1	2	20:59	—	—	43	55
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	3	0	0	16:31	—	—	47	57
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.38	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	48	58
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	25	42
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	25	26
Mark Stone R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:24	—	—	38	46
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.27	0	4	0	21:20	—	—	45	72
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	+3	1	0.06	2	3	0	19:31	—	—	47	76
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	37	59
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	46	61
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	27	37
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:53	—	—	31	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.42	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.30	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	66	51
Troy Terry R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	58	38
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.25	6	0	0	17:09	—	—	65	62
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	1	1	-3	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	68	26
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	15:55	—	—	73	36
Beckett Sennecke R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	57	26
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:06	—	—	42	17
Cutter Gauthier L	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.29	3	1	0	15:49	—	—	52	24
Ross Johnston L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	5	0	0	11:28	—	—	71	58
Tim Washe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	11:58	—	—	63	77
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	6	1	0	11:48	—	—	57	75
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	2	11:01	—	—	55	44
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	3	0	0	23:09	—	—	73	63
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	8	0	2	22:49	—	—	71	60
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.10	2	0	0	21:02	—	—	59	22
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	3	0	20:20	—	—	56	34
Tyson Hinds D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	0	14:35	—	—	48	12
Drew Helleson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	38	19

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso	—	19	17	2	.895	2.44	37:49
Lukas Dostal(start)	L	8	5	3	.625	1.54	20:00

Goal anatomy

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

Shea Theodore (VGK) 1st 1:06 · assists Jack Eichel, Mark Stone · Rush · passed in · 65.7 mph shot · 4.9 s from entry to goal.

Shea Theodore · 1st 1:06 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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

Brayden McNabb · 1st 12:13 · VGK SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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

Mitch Marner · 1st 19:55 · VGK PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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

Mitch Marner · 2nd 9:19 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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

Brett Howden · 3rd 18:04 · VGK EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.0 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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

Mitch Marner · 2nd 17:56 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.0 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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

Beckett Sennecke · 3rd 6:30 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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

Chris Kreider · 3rd 15:09 · ANA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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

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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim DucksMay 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Anaheim Ducks 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Anaheim Ducks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Anaheim Ducks

Goal anatomy

Shea Theodore · 1st 1:06 · VGK

Brayden McNabb · 1st 12:13 · VGK SH

Mitch Marner · 1st 19:55 · VGK PP

Mitch Marner · 2nd 9:19 · VGK

Brett Howden · 3rd 18:04 · VGK EN

Mitch Marner · 2nd 17:56 · VGK

Beckett Sennecke · 3rd 6:30 · ANA

Chris Kreider · 3rd 15:09 · ANA