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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah MammothApr 24, 2026

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VGK
2
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UTA
4
Goals123TShots123T
VGK0112VGK1310932
UTA2204UTA65112
VGK 77UTA 46
VGK 3.45UTA 1.38
PP goals
VGK 0UTA 1
Hits
VGK 42UTA 41
Blocks
VGK 12UTA 20
PIM
VGK 4UTA 10
VGK 50%UTA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Lawson Crouse (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:15 together.

  1. Points
    Lawson Crouse had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:17.Crouse
  2. Points
    MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:46.Weegar
  3. Points
    Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:33.Keller
  4. PP1
    UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:15 together.SchmaltzKellerSergachevGuentherCooley
  5. Usage
    Clayton Keller (UTA) played 15:33, −7:08 down on his 22:41 season average over 5 games.Keller
  6. Luck
    UTA scored 4 goals on 1.38 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Nick Schmaltz (UTA) played 19:26, −4:27 down on his 23:53 season average over 5 games.Schmaltz
  8. Usage
    Shea Theodore (VGK) played 19:22, −6:55 down on his 26:17 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.

Shot map, VGK at UTA: 123 attempts, 44 on goal, 6 goals, 4.82 expected goals; best chance Nic Dowd at 0.22 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 123 of 123 attempts · UTA 46 · VGK 77

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 1.38 to 3.45 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 46 to 77, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdUTAVGKWGCCEDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
UTAVGKcontrol2nd3rdWeegar · 1st 12:59Guenther · 1st 17:45Crouse · 2nd 4:06Crouse · 2nd 9:48Eichel · 2nd 13:20Dowd · 3rd 16:52
  • 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 65% of the game, UTA 14%.

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 (60:00) for UTA and Carter Hart (56:57) 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: 251 matchups; most common Sergachev vs Barbashev, 9:21 at 54% xGF.

UTA ↓ · VGK →EichelStoneBarbashevSissonsDowdSmithHertlSmithKolesarMarnerDorofeyevHowdenHanifinAnderssonTheodoreMcNabbKorczakLauzonL1 CooleyL1 GuentherL1 YamamotoL2 SchmaltzL2 CrouseL2 KellerL3 KerfootL3 PeterkaL3 CarconeL4 StenlundL4 O'BrienL4 TanevD1 SergachevD1 WeegarD2 MarinoD2 SchmidtD3 ColeD3 Durzi
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
7448
2.931.51
2.731.49
166
711
2816
−0.014+0.014
65%14%

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. 12:59
    UTAMacKenzie Weegar (Liam O'Brien, Kailer Yamamoto)slap0.07 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Smith, Dowd, Stone, LauzonUTA: O'Brien, Schmidt, Weegar, Stenlund, Yamamoto
    VGK 0 – 1 UTA
  2. 17:45
    UTADylan GuentherPP (Logan Cooley, Clayton Keller)slap0.09 xG
    VGK: Hanifin, Andersson, Marner, HowdenUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 0 – 2 UTA

2nd period

  1. 4:06
    UTALawson Crouse (Nick Schmaltz, MacKenzie Weegar)tip-in0.06 xG
    VGK: Stone, Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, EichelUTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, Sergachev
    VGK 0 – 3 UTA
  2. 9:48
    UTALawson Crouse (Clayton Keller)snap0.03 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelUTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, Sergachev
    VGK 0 – 4 UTA
  3. 13:20
    VGKJack Eichel (Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone)backhand0.05 xG
    VGK: Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Lauzon, KorczakUTA: Kerfoot, Weegar, Sergachev, Yamamoto, Peterka
    VGK 1 – 4 UTA

3rd period

  1. 16:52
    VGKNic Dowd (Reilly Smith, Cole Smith)wrist0.22 xG
    VGK: Smith, Dowd, Hanifin, Korczak, SmithUTA: Kerfoot, Weegar, Marino, Carcone, Peterka
    VGK 2 – 4 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 CL1101-130.1532022:23——4844
Mark Stone RL1011-210.1301019:35——5754
Ivan Barbashev LL1011-110.1470017:17——4843
Colton Sissons CL2000020.0460015:24——5254
Nic Dowd CL2101030.3200010:28——6975
Cole Smith RL2011+110.144009:21——7175
Tomas Hertl CL3000020.4111019:09——5564
Reilly Smith RL3011000.0730013:56——6483
Keegan Kolesar RL3000010.1380013:22——6066
Mitch Marner RL4000020.2701021:39——6981
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000030.2400018:00——6473
Brett Howden CL4000030.7430014:20——6773
Noah Hanifin DD1000030.1811021:29——5048
Rasmus Andersson DD1000-140.1503220:50——5447
Shea Theodore DD2000-110.0502019:22——5661
Brayden McNabb DD2000-210.0211217:15——6581
Kaedan Korczak DD3000+210.0630014:03——7588
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000000.2120013:55——7165
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)L1284.6671.3856:57

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Logan Cooley CL1011000.0030019:34——5846
Dylan Guenther RL1101040.3050017:22——5346
Kailer Yamamoto RL1011000.0030016:19——5033
Nick Schmaltz CL2011+200.2122019:26——3056
Lawson Crouse LL2202+220.1940019:17——3247
Clayton Keller RL2022+200.1700015:33——4268
Alexander Kerfoot CL3000-200.0700214:33——2316
JJ Peterka RL3000-210.0411011:58——2327
Michael Carcone LL3000-100.1050010:07——2119
Kevin Stenlund CL4000+110.0802014:40——3923
Liam O'Brien CL4011+100.024127:41——4324
Brandon Tanev LL4000000.005006:09——5023
Mikhail Sergachev DD1000+100.0311224:25——4745
MacKenzie Weegar DD1112+110.0740219:46——3535
John Marino DD2000-100.0102020:49——4441
Nate Schmidt DD2000+120.0714218:18——5265
Ian Cole DD3000010.0134020:33——3318
Sean Durzi DD3000000.0103015:30——2814
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)W32302.9383.4560:00

Goal anatomy

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

MacKenzie Weegar (UTA) 1st 12:59 · assists Liam O'Brien, Kailer Yamamoto · Forecheck turnover · 33.6 mph shot.

Lawson Crouse · 2nd 4:06 · UTA

Play
deflection
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
2
Shot
40.1 mph
Distance
17 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s
Type
deflection

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Nic Dowd · 3rd 16:52 · VGK

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
39.1 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
8.2 s

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