Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah MammothNov 20, 2025

FinalThursday, Nov 20, 2025· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	3	1	4		VGK	7	17	9	33
UTA	0	1	0	1		UTA	9	9	8	26

: VGK 48UTA 59
: VGK 3.19UTA 2.59
PP goals: VGK 0UTA 0
Hits: VGK 19UTA 24
Blocks: VGK 16UTA 9
PIM: VGK 15UTA 17
: VGK 56%UTA 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 4–1 at UTA. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for UTA: Carcone–Guenther–Cooley skated 13:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:45.Eichel
Points
Shea Theodore had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:34.Theodore
Points
Braeden Bowman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:25.Bowman
New line
New look for UTA: Carcone–Guenther–Cooley skated 13:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carcone Guenther Cooley
New line
New look for UTA: Schmaltz–Keller–Hayton skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schmaltz Keller Hayton
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 16:45, −4:31 down on his 21:16 season average over 73 games.Eichel
Luck
UTA scored 1 goal on 2.59 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dmitri Simashev (UTA) played 18:41, +3:42 up on his 14:59 season average over 27 games.Simashev

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)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →

UTA
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · UTA 59 · VGK 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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 34% of the game, UTA 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

UTA

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

UTA 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	UTA
	49	61
	3.19	2.38
	3.08	2.33
	16	13
	4	2
	16	17
	+0.020	−0.020
	34%	35%

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

L1Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev
10:5843% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Bowman
10:2848% CF
L3Smith – Saad – Howden
10:0929% CF
L4Sissons – Kolesar – Reinhardt
8:5450% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:0652% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
15:2440% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
14:2539% CF

PP1Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev – Bowman
2:34100% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Hanifin – Kolesar – Reinhardt
1:02
PK1FSaad – Sissons
0:52
PK2FSmith – Howden
0:38
PK1DHanifin – Whitecloud
1:12
PK2DTheodore – Korczak
0:38

Current VGK line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Carcone – Guenther – Cooley
13:5171% CF
L2Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
12:0753% CF
L3Crouse – McBain – Peterka
7:5847% CF
L4O'Brien – Stenlund – Tanev
7:0138% CF
D1Cole – DeSimone
11:5460% CF
D2Sergachev – Simashev
11:3640% CF
D3Schmidt – Marino
8:4454% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Hayton – Guenther
1:0375% CF
PP2Schmidt – Crouse – Stenlund – Peterka – Cooley
0:47
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
1:07
PK2FTanev – McBain
1:02
PK1DCole – Sergachev
1:09
PK2DMarino – Simashev
1:02

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:09
VGKJack Eichel (Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore)snap0.32 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Eichel, Howden, DorofeyevUTA: Schmidt, Schmaltz, Marino, Peterka, Cooley
VGK 1 – 0 UTA
3:28
VGKBen Hutton (Cole Reinhardt)snap0.12 xG
VGK: Sissons, Hutton, Kolesar, Reinhardt, KorczakUTA: Cole, O'Brien, Stenlund, Tanev, DeSimone
VGK 2 – 0 UTA
6:38
UTANate Schmidt (Ian Cole, Clayton Keller)snap0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Eichel, MarnerUTA: Cole, Schmidt, Keller, Hayton
VGK 2 – 1 UTA
16:51
VGKJack Eichel (Braeden Bowman, Shea Theodore)backhand0.46 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, BowmanUTA: Cole, Crouse, Sergachev, McBain, Peterka
VGK 3 – 1 UTA

3rd period

0:45
VGKBraeden Bowman (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, BowmanUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton, Simashev
VGK 4 – 1 UTA

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	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	50	57
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.68	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	46	47
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	52	54
Jack Eichel C	L2	2	1	3	+2	5	1.03	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	54	75
Braeden Bowman R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.33	0	0	2	15:25	—	—	54	74
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	46	58
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	3	1	2	15:20	—	—	37	51
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	31	43
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:17	—	—	26	33
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:05	—	—	53	73
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	2	0	2	12:46	—	—	57	73
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	2	5	11:44	—	—	40	70
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	3	3	+2	3	0.03	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	50	65
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	2	18:27	—	—	52	64
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	1	2	0	21:46	—	—	44	66
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	1	2	0	20:58	—	—	38	58
Ben Hutton D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.17	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	39	37
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	15:46	—	—	41	37

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.59	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Cooley C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	6	18:37	—	—	68	62
Dylan Guenther R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.58	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	70	69
Michael Carcone L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	4	1	0	15:11	—	—	69	68
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	48	28
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	50	38
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	50	41
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	4	0	0	13:57	—	—	47	29
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	38	25
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	4	0	5	11:25	—	—	44	25
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	40	22
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	2	10:35	—	—	47	15
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	9:52	—	—	50	21
Ian Cole D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	65	49
Nick DeSimone D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:12	—	—	56	56
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	0	0	4	21:36	—	—	54	32
Dmitri Simashev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:41	—	—	35	23
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	56	36
Nate Schmidt D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	19:32	—	—	67	56

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.19	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Eichel (VGK) 2nd 3:09 · assists Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore · Rebound · 42.8 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · 2nd 3:09 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Ben Hutton · 2nd 3:28 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s

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Nate Schmidt · 2nd 6:38 · UTA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 8.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 16:51 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 28.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Braeden Bowman · 3rd 0:45 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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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.