Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesJun 11, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	7	5	13	25
CAR	1	2	1	4		CAR	5	10	9	24

: VGK 63CAR 61
: VGK 3.68CAR 3.53
PP goals: VGK 1CAR 2
Hits: VGK 32CAR 34
Blocks: VGK 18CAR 12
PIM: VGK 10CAR 6
: VGK 42%CAR 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:16 together.

Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had 3 assists (3 points) in 17:47.Ehlers
Points
Andrei Svechnikov had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:23.Svechnikov
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:53.Dorofeyev
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:31.Eichel
Points
Shayne Gostisbehere had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:14.Gostisbehere
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:16 together.Gostisbehere Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 8:43, −9:05 down on his 17:48 season average over 14 games.Karlsson

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · CAR 61 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 43% of the game, CAR 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	CAR
	60	48
	3.23	1.22
	2.91	1.20
	17	7
	5	8
	20	20
	−0.020	+0.020
	43%	30%

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

L1Stone – Eichel – Marner
7:4037% CF
L2Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
7:2827% CF
L3Karlsson – Howden – Dorofeyev
2:13100% CF
L4Hertl – Sissons – Barbashev
1:200% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
16:4761% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:5030% CF
D3Lauzon – Coghlan
8:0161% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
2:2586% CF
PK1FDowd – Sissons
3:50
PK2FMarner – Howden
1:58
PK1DHanifin – Andersson
2:53
PK2DMcNabb – Theodore
2:13

Current VGK line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
10:5835% CF
L2Staal – Ehlers – Jarvis
9:3156% CF
L3Martinook – Aho – Svechnikov
8:4260% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
6:5554% CF
D1Walker – Miller
15:0741% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
14:3759% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
7:2178% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
4:16100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
2:49100% CF
PK1FAho – Jarvis
1:24
PK2FStaal – Martinook
1:00
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
1:22
PK2DWalker – Nikishin
1:02

Current CAR 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.30	2	4	2	23:31	—	—	49	77
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.56	4	0	4	21:47	—	—	47	66
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	2	0	21:38	—	—	44	79
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	5	0	0	15:05	—	—	55	79
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:39	—	—	23	28
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	23	28
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.71	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	79	66
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	4	0	0	14:32	—	—	71	72
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	57	72
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.48	2	0	0	13:26	—	—	71	96
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	67	63
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.45	6	0	0	12:03	—	—	60	82
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	61	58
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	3	0	21:52	—	—	61	60
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	0	3	0	23:42	—	—	47	80
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	20:29	—	—	35	72
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	2	12:36	—	—	59	93
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:26	—	—	70	87

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.67	57:07

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	33	27
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	39	32
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	36	33
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	1.14	3	1	0	19:51	—	—	46	27
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	0	3	3	0	0	0.05	1	0	4	17:47	—	—	46	31
Jordan Staal C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.81	5	1	0	17:22	—	—	50	36
Sebastian Aho C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	53	23
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.63	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	22
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:29	—	—	50	24
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	9:48	—	—	60	20
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:19	—	—	60	20
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	50	20
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	2	21:00	—	—	33	20
Sean Walker D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	20:05	—	—	35	28
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	1	0	21:55	—	—	51	35
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	21:04	—	—	46	37
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	59	19
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	62	17

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	3.68	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK PP) 1st 6:52 · assists Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl · Rebound · passed in · 53.8 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 6:52 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Jordan Staal · 1st 11:46 · CAR

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 13:49 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: rebound

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Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 11:58 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 68.4 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Sebastian Aho · 2nd 17:51 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 11:08 · CAR PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Carolina HurricanesJun 11, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

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

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 6:52 · VGK PP

Jordan Staal · 1st 11:46 · CAR

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 13:49 · VGK

Andrei Svechnikov · 2nd 11:58 · CAR PP

Sebastian Aho · 2nd 17:51 · CAR

Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 11:08 · CAR PP