Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah MammothApr 27, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, Apr 27, 2026· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VGK	2	1	1	1	5		VGK	8	10	10	8	36
UTA	0	2	2	0	4		UTA	3	11	8	9	31

: VGK 84UTA 68
: VGK 4.09UTA 2.22
PP goals: VGK 0UTA 0
Hits: VGK 41UTA 57
Blocks: VGK 22UTA 21
PIM: VGK 6UTA 6
: VGK 51%UTA 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Utah Mammoth 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 5–4 in overtime at UTA. Brett Howden (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Lawson Crouse (UTA) played 28:56, +8:52 up on his 20:04 season average over 5 games.

Points
Brett Howden had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:54.Howden
Points
Jack Eichel had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 29:22.Eichel
Points
Mikhail Sergachev had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 30:32.Sergachev
Points
Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:46.Schmaltz
Points
Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 29:04.Hanifin
Usage
Lawson Crouse (UTA) played 28:56, +8:52 up on his 20:04 season average over 5 games.Crouse
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 33:52, +8:16 up on his 25:36 season average over 21 games.Theodore
Usage
Jack Eichel (VGK) played 29:22, +7:15 up on his 22:07 season average over 21 games.Eichel

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 152 of 152 attempts · UTA 68 · VGK 84

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 41% of the game, UTA 17%.

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
	83	73
	3.13	2.05
	3.05	1.78
	18	13
	6	8
	22	31
	+0.016	−0.016
	41%	17%

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

L1Smith – Stone – Marner
13:1659% CF
L2Dowd – Sissons – Smith
13:1060% CF
L3Barbashev – Eichel – Howden
9:4665% CF
L4Hertl – Kolesar – Dorofeyev
2:1933% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
22:2566% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
20:2748% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
11:3543% CF

PP1Stone – Theodore – Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
4:41100% CF
PP2Hertl – Hanifin – Andersson – Marner – Howden
2:01100% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
1:43
PK2FMarner – Howden
1:34
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
3:07
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller
15:3255% CF
L2Yamamoto – Guenther – Cooley
14:1057% CF
L3O'Brien – Stenlund – Tanev
6:1122% CF
L4Kerfoot – Carcone – Peterka
5:0750% CF
D1Schmidt – Marino
21:4759% CF
D2Weegar – Sergachev
18:4057% CF
D3Cole – Durzi
14:1121% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
4:0380% CF
PP2Kerfoot – Weegar – Crouse – Carcone – Peterka
1:3275% CF
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
3:02
PK2FKerfoot – Schmaltz
2:17
PK1DCole – Sergachev
3:14
PK2DSchmidt – Marino
2:14

Current UTA 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.51	0	1	0	26:26	—	—	58	72
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	1	1	0	24:10	—	—	50	45
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	47	41
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	63	72
Cole Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	9	2	4	17:11	—	—	54	73
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	1	2	16:48	—	—	61	71
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	3	3	+3	6	0.35	1	0	0	29:22	—	—	54	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.46	6	3	0	23:05	—	—	58	79
Brett Howden C	L3	2	1	3	+1	3	0.47	2	0	0	21:54	—	—	64	72
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.60	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	35	39
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	0	0	11:39	—	—	41	76
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	1	0	10:33	—	—	38	70
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.39	0	4	0	33:52	—	—	63	72
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	5	0	0	27:38	—	—	62	66
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	29:04	—	—	44	64
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	2	0	27:39	—	—	47	73
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	3	0	19:03	—	—	39	48
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	3	2	0	15:55	—	—	47	50

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	31	27	4	.871	2.22	79:08

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	8	1	0	28:56	—	—	46	42
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.44	1	1	0	27:46	—	—	54	48
Clayton Keller R	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.39	1	1	0	25:40	—	—	58	57
Logan Cooley C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	5	1	2	27:58	—	—	50	45
Dylan Guenther R	L2	0	1	1	-1	7	0.35	4	0	0	24:34	—	—	62	41
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	9	0	0	18:44	—	—	52	42
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:52	—	—	21	9
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	7	0	0	11:35	—	—	40	23
Liam O'Brien C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	8:11	—	—	20	17
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	2	0	21:40	—	—	32	26
Michael Carcone L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.17	3	1	0	15:07	—	—	45	31
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:18	—	—	29	43
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	27:54	—	—	53	56
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	27:29	—	—	57	51
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	3	3	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	30:32	—	—	52	44
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	9	1	0	24:04	—	—	56	54
Ian Cole D	D3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.06	3	3	0	21:33	—	—	23	8
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:47	—	—	21	11

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	4.09	79:08

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) 1st 1:12 · assists Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel · Forecheck turnover · 30.9 mph shot.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 1:12 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Clayton Keller · 3rd 5:10 · UTA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Brett Howden · 1st 18:38 · VGK SH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Cole Smith · 2nd 3:26 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: deflection

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Nick Schmaltz · 2nd 8:04 · UTA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Ian Cole · 2nd 8:33 · UTA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 61.2 mph
Distance: 53 ft

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Michael Carcone · 3rd 1:45 · UTA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Brett Howden · 3rd 10:25 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Shea Theodore · OT 19:08 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s
Type: one-timer

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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. Utah MammothApr 27, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Utah Mammoth 5–4 (OT)

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

Utah Mammoth

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Utah Mammoth

Goal anatomy

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 1:12 · VGK

Clayton Keller · 3rd 5:10 · UTA

Brett Howden · 1st 18:38 · VGK SH

Cole Smith · 2nd 3:26 · VGK

Nick Schmaltz · 2nd 8:04 · UTA

Ian Cole · 2nd 8:33 · UTA

Michael Carcone · 3rd 1:45 · UTA

Brett Howden · 3rd 10:25 · VGK

Shea Theodore · OT 19:08 · VGK