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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah MammothNov 24, 2025

Final· Delta Center
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UTA
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK0101VGK8161034
UTA2035UTA841123
VGK 74UTA 53
VGK 4.37UTA 3.95
PP goals
VGK 0UTA 0
Hits
VGK 17UTA 19
Blocks
VGK 9UTA 16
PIM
VGK 4UTA 6
VGK 59%UTA 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Mammoth rout Vegas Golden Knights 5–1

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–1 at home. Logan Cooley (UTA) led the scoring with 4G 1A. VGK scored 1 goal on 4.37 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.

  1. Points
    Logan Cooley had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 5 shots in 15:20.Cooley
  2. Points
    Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:04.Guenther
  3. Points
    Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:22.Schmidt
  4. Luck
    VGK scored 1 goal on 4.37 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. Usage
    Braeden Bowman (VGK) played 18:49, +4:46 up on his 14:03 season average over 53 games.Bowman
  6. Goalie
    Karel Vejmelka (UTA) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +9 against a season average of 25.4; the win.Vejmelka
  7. Usage
    Nick DeSimone (UTA) played 20:54, +6:52 up on his 14:02 season average over 39 games.DeSimone
  8. Usage
    Ivan Barbashev (VGK) played 13:10, −3:07 down on his 16:17 season average over 81 games.Barbashev

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.

Shot map, VGK at UTA: 127 attempts, 57 on goal, 6 goals, 8.32 expected goals; best chance Braeden Bowman at 0.50 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · UTA 53 · VGK 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at UTA: expected goals 3.95 to 4.37 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 74, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdUTAVGKGCBCCCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
UTAVGKcontrol2nd3rdGuenther · 1st 14:54Cooley · 1st 16:11Barbashev · 2nd 5:24Cooley · 3rd 4:19Cooley · 3rd 15:41Cooley · 3rd 17:43
  • 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 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at UTA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Karel Vejmelka (59:54) for UTA and Carl Lindbom (58:36) for VGK, 6 goals.

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

Head-to-head matrix, UTA rows versus VGK columns: 249 matchups; most common Peterka vs Eichel, 9:16 at 57% xGF.

UTA ↓ · VGK →EichelBowmanBarbashevSissonsKolesarReinhardtSaadHowdenSmithMarnerDorofeyevHertlTheodoreMcNabbHuttonKorczakHanifinWhitecloudL1 KellerL1 SchmaltzL1 HaytonL2 CrouseL2 McBainL2 PeterkaL3 CooleyL3 GuentherL3 YamamotoL4 StenlundL4 CarconeL4 TanevD1 SchmidtD1 MarinoD2 SergachevD2 DeSimoneD3 ColeD3 Simashev
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
StatVGKUTA
6648
3.553.05
3.422.84
1014
26
1722
+0.058−0.058
34%32%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 14:54
    UTADylan Guenther (Logan Cooley, Nate Schmidt)snap0.11 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Hutton, Barbashev, Eichel, BowmanUTA: Schmidt, Marino, Yamamoto, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 0 – 1 UTA
  2. 16:11
    UTALogan Cooley (Dylan Guenther, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.14 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Marner, Whitecloud, DorofeyevUTA: Schmidt, Marino, Yamamoto, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 0 – 2 UTA

2nd period

  1. 5:24
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel, Braeden Bowman)backhand0.32 xG
    VGK: Hutton, Barbashev, Eichel, Korczak, BowmanUTA: Schmidt, Marino, Yamamoto, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 1 – 2 UTA

3rd period

  1. 4:19
    UTALogan Cooleydeflected0.35 xG
    VGK: Smith, Hanifin, Eichel, Whitecloud, BowmanUTA: Cole, Crouse, Sergachev, Peterka, Cooley
    VGK 1 – 3 UTA
  2. 15:41
    UTALogan CooleyEN (Ian Cole)snap0.45 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, BowmanUTA: Cole, Sergachev, Yamamoto, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 1 – 4 UTA
  3. 17:43
    UTALogan CooleyENsnap0.43 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, BowmanUTA: Schmidt, Schmaltz, Marino, Cooley
    VGK 1 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1011-350.6410021:02——5263
Braeden Bowman RL1011-331.1000018:49——6069
Ivan Barbashev LL1101020.7830013:10——5876
Colton Sissons CL2000030.0700013:25——6541
Keegan Kolesar RL2000020.1050012:02——7142
Cole Reinhardt LL2000010.2100011:42——7456
Brandon Saad LL3000010.1900213:58——5742
Brett Howden CL3000000.0040013:21——5338
Reilly Smith RL3000-110.0200212:59——4833
Mitch Marner RL4000-320.1100020:10——4832
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000-320.5011017:52——5254
Tomas Hertl CL4000-300.0100017:50——6764
Shea Theodore DD1000-220.2701020:46——6860
Brayden McNabb DD1000-100.0011020:02——6649
Ben Hutton DD2000030.0800016:59——4761
Kaedan Korczak DD2000+110.1223015:49——4560
Noah Hanifin DD3000-220.0402020:13——6046
Zach Whitecloud DD3000-240.1301017:15——6152
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carl Lindbom(start)L21183.8573.0758:36

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Clayton Keller RL1000010.4002214:56——3944
Nick Schmaltz CL1000+110.0702014:38——4342
Barrett Hayton CL1000020.3500014:14——3842
Lawson Crouse LL2000+110.2742017:44——6555
Jack McBain CL2000000.0931017:11——5953
JJ Peterka RL2000+130.4410016:38——6253
Logan Cooley CL3415+451.4710015:20——4454
Dylan Guenther RL3112+220.2821015:04——2846
Kailer Yamamoto RL3000+200.0810012:07——2941
Kevin Stenlund CL4000000.0021414:50——2425
Michael Carcone LL4000020.1510012:56——3533
Brandon Tanev LL4000000.0010011:47——3233
Nate Schmidt DD1022+200.0121021:22——4455
John Marino DD1000+200.0902021:21——5462
Mikhail Sergachev DD2000+240.1601022:15——3537
Nick DeSimone DD2000010.0301020:54——3028
Ian Cole DD3011+210.0511018:53——4751
Dmitri Simashev DD3000000.0001011:56——3946
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)W34331.9714.3759:54

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Guenther (UTA) 1st 14:54 · assists Logan Cooley, Nate Schmidt · Rush · carried in · 72.4 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Dylan Guenther · 1st 14:54 · UTA

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
72.4 mph
Distance
30 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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Logan Cooley · 1st 16:11 · UTA

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
22.8 mph
Distance
3 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s

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Ivan Barbashev · 2nd 5:24 · VGK

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
17.1 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
5.7 s
Type
rebound

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Logan Cooley · 3rd 4:19 · UTA

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
15.0 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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