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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Utah MammothMay 1, 2026

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VGK
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UTA
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK1135VGK1010626
UTA0011UTA68923
VGK 56UTA 63
VGK 2.85UTA 2.63
PP goals
VGK 1UTA 0
Hits
VGK 32UTA 38
Blocks
VGK 17UTA 15
PIM
VGK 6UTA 4
VGK 61%UTA 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Utah Mammoth 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 5–1 at UTA. Mitch Marner (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:12 together.

  1. Points
    Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:19.Marner
  2. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:12 together.StoneTheodoreEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  3. Usage
    Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) played 22:28, −5:56 down on his 28:24 season average over 5 games.Sergachev
  4. Usage
    Jack Eichel (VGK) played 17:13, −5:28 down on his 22:41 season average over 21 games.Eichel
  5. Usage
    Kailer Yamamoto (UTA) played 9:42, −5:30 down on his 15:12 season average over 5 games.Yamamoto
  6. Luck
    VGK scored 5 goals on 2.85 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Mark Stone (VGK) played 15:14, −4:55 down on his 20:09 season average over 16 games.Stone
  8. Usage
    Cole Smith (VGK) played 15:56, +4:21 up on his 11:35 season average over 21 games.Smith

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: 119 attempts, 49 on goal, 6 goals, 5.48 expected goals; best chance Cole Smith at 0.26 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 119 of 119 attempts · UTA 63 · VGK 56

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 2.63 to 2.85 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 56, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdUTAVGKHMYSMSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • UTA
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
UTAVGKcontrol2nd3rdHowden · 1st 15:02Marner · 2nd 19:15Yamamoto · 3rd 7:41Sissons · 3rd 9:39Marner · 3rd 12:09Smith · 3rd 16:24
  • 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 31% of the game, UTA 26%.

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 (59:21) for UTA and Carter Hart (59:32) 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: 250 matchups; most common Marino vs Andersson, 9:01 at 51% xGF.

UTA ↓ · VGK →EichelDorofeyevBarbashevSmithSissonsDowdMarnerStoneHowdenHertlKolesarSmithMcNabbTheodoreHanifinAnderssonLauzonKorczakL1 CarconeL1 PeterkaL1 KerfootL2 KellerL2 SchmaltzL2 CrouseL3 CooleyL3 GuentherL3 YamamotoL4 StenlundL4 McBainL4 TanevD1 MarinoD1 SchmidtD2 SergachevD2 WeegarD3 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
5660
2.852.41
2.662.34
1112
42
2517
+0.069−0.069
31%26%

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. 15:02
    VGKBrett Howden (Mitch Marner, Mark Stone)wrist0.09 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Marner, HowdenUTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, Sergachev
    VGK 1 – 0 UTA

2nd period

  1. 19:15
    VGKMitch Marner (Ivan Barbashev, Noah Hanifin)slap0.17 xG
    VGK: Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Marner, DorofeyevUTA: Cole, Weegar, Stenlund, Tanev, Carcone
    VGK 2 – 0 UTA

3rd period

  1. 7:41
    UTAKailer Yamamoto (Mikhail Sergachev, MacKenzie Weegar)snap0.06 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel, DorofeyevUTA: Weegar, Sergachev, Yamamoto, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 2 – 1 UTA
  2. 9:39
    VGKColton Sissons (Brayden McNabb, Kaedan Korczak)wrist0.04 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Dowd, Sissons, Korczak, SmithUTA: Cole, Kerfoot, Tanev, Durzi, McBain
    VGK 3 – 1 UTA
  3. 12:09
    VGKMitch MarnerPP (Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel)snap0.09 xG
    VGK: Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, DorofeyevUTA: Cole, Crouse, Stenlund, Sergachev
    VGK 4 – 1 UTA
  4. 16:24
    VGKCole SmithENsnap0.26 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Sissons, Theodore, Marner, SmithUTA: Schmaltz, Stenlund, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, Cooley
    VGK 5 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1011-100.1100017:13——4657
Pavel Dorofeyev RL1000010.2300017:13——4772
Ivan Barbashev LL1011020.1521217:04——5467
Cole Smith RL2101+210.2860015:56——3841
Colton Sissons CL2101+210.2050015:54——3729
Nic Dowd CL2000+120.0922015:11——3934
Mitch Marner RL3213+370.7001017:19——6884
Mark Stone RL3011+110.0110215:14——6775
Brett Howden CL3101+120.1411014:18——6562
Tomas Hertl CL4000020.4001010:23——4149
Keegan Kolesar RL4000000.0052010:05——4751
Reilly Smith RL4000010.070009:26——3549
Brayden McNabb DD1011+230.3122024:47——4461
Shea Theodore DD1011+110.0904024:30——5059
Noah Hanifin DD2011+100.0010023:36——5561
Rasmus Andersson DD2000+110.0203220:55——5263
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000000.0030013:42——3628
Kaedan Korczak DD3011+110.0540011:42——4843
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)W23221.9572.6359:32

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Michael Carcone LL1000-110.2461017:01——7058
JJ Peterka RL1000000.3100015:36——8876
Alexander Kerfoot CL1000-110.1420215:01——7562
Clayton Keller RL2000-270.4022020:40——4129
Nick Schmaltz CL2000-200.0040020:37——4529
Lawson Crouse LL2000-100.0031018:00——4338
Logan Cooley CL3000010.1920217:19——4132
Dylan Guenther RL3000010.1440017:11——4129
Kailer Yamamoto RL3101+120.131009:42——5337
Kevin Stenlund CL4000-220.2402014:42——4252
Jack McBain CL4000-110.142009:42——5062
Brandon Tanev LL4000-210.183109:24——3342
John Marino DD1000000.0212019:43——5063
Nate Schmidt DD1000010.0600018:33——4858
Mikhail Sergachev DD2011-120.1622022:28——5022
MacKenzie Weegar DD2011-100.0461019:12——3937
Ian Cole DD3000-220.1301017:51——5247
Sean Durzi DD3000-110.1002015:42——7148
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)L25214.8402.5959:21

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Howden (VGK) 1st 15:02 · assists Mitch Marner, Mark Stone · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 33.4 mph shot · 5.1 s from entry to goal.

Brett Howden · 1st 15:02 · VGK

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3
Shot
33.4 mph
Distance
2 ft
Entry to goal
5.1 s
Type
rebound

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Kailer Yamamoto · 3rd 7:41 · UTA

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
34.4 mph
Distance
33 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Cole Smith · 3rd 16:24 · VGK EN

Play
deflection
Passes
0
Shot
61.0 mph
Distance
12 ft
Type
deflection

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