Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton OilersApr 4, 2026

FinalSaturday, Apr 4, 2026· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	11	11	11	33
EDM	0	1	0	1		EDM	10	8	14	32

: VGK 56EDM 66
: VGK 2.82EDM 3.00
PP goals: VGK 1EDM 0
Hits: VGK 16EDM 34
Blocks: VGK 15EDM 11
PIM: VGK 6EDM 4
: VGK 44%EDM 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Edmonton Oilers 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Edmonton Oilers 5–1 at EDM. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–McDavid–Savoie skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.Eichel
Points
Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:59.Howden
Points
Jeremy Lauzon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:16.Lauzon
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:21.Barbashev
New line
New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–McDavid–Savoie skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nugent-Hopkins McDavid Savoie
Usage
Matt Savoie (EDM) played 20:31, +5:48 up on his 14:43 season average over 81 games.Savoie
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 2.82 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
EDM scored 1 goal on 3.00 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · EDM 66 · VGK 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 33% of the game, EDM 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

EDM 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	EDM
	59	66
	3.15	2.31
	3.04	2.15
	16	10
	6	7
	26	26
	−0.028	+0.028
	33%	33%

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 – Hertl – Sissons
7:2336% CF
L2Stone – Barbashev – Marner
6:5854% CF
L3Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
6:3025% CF
L4Eichel – Howden – Dorofeyev
6:0273% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
16:4240% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:0157% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
8:3438% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
2:48100% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
0:500% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
1:45
PK2FStone – Eichel
1:17
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
3:47
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:17

Current VGK line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Henrique – Lazar – Jones
8:1875% CF
L2Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Savoie
6:3033% CF
L3Dickinson – Kapanen – Podkolzin
6:0947% CF
L4Roslovic – Frederic – Samanski
2:5429% CF
D1Murphy – Nurse
15:5750% CF
D2Ekholm – Bouchard
12:0568% CF
D3Walman – Emberson
8:1436% CF

PP1Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Roslovic – Bouchard – Savoie
4:4691% CF
PP2Henrique – Ekholm – Kapanen – McDavid – Bouchard
0:45
PK1FDickinson – Kapanen
1:34
PK2FHenrique – Savoie
1:17
PK1DNurse – Emberson
1:17
PK2DEkholm – Bouchard
0:57

Current EDM 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
Colton Sissons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	1	2	0	13:24	—	—	47	70
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	44	57
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	61	75
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.55	1	1	0	21:37	—	—	42	61
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	44	34
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	54	47
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	42	21
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	1	0	11:17	—	—	44	47
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	10:51	—	—	38	38
Jack Eichel C	L4	0	3	3	+3	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	54	66
Brett Howden C	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.73	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	46	72
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	0	2	15:46	—	—	55	77
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	0	2	22:59	—	—	48	41
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	0	4	0	22:03	—	—	39	34
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	22:34	—	—	51	51
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	61	74
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.20	2	1	0	15:16	—	—	35	65
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:55	—	—	42	80

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.00	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Henrique C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	63	39
Max Jones L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	6	0	2	11:00	—	—	67	49
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	60	45
Connor McDavid C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.48	1	1	0	23:25	—	—	60	62
Matt Savoie C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.48	0	1	0	20:31	—	—	55	55
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	57	85
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	3	1	0	15:36	—	—	50	30
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	40	35
Vasily Podkolzin R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.10	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	50	31
Jack Roslovic C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.50	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	64	52
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	4	0	0	11:03	—	—	41	23
Josh Samanski C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:40	—	—	26	11
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.03	4	2	0	21:37	—	—	49	23
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	2	19:25	—	—	49	29
Evan Bouchard D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	1	1	0	24:10	—	—	67	69
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	59	63
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	1	2	0	18:30	—	—	42	20
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	42	28

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	2.82	59:42

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Howden (VGK) 1st 11:43 · assists Jack Eichel · Rebound · carried in · 40.0 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Brett Howden · 1st 11:43 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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Colton Sissons · 2nd 5:44 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Jeremy Lauzon · 2nd 8:05 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 62.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Evan Bouchard · 2nd 19:26 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Mark Stone · 3rd 4:04 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 22.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Rasmus Andersson · 3rd 16:13 · VGK PP

Play: point-shot
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.9 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s

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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. Edmonton OilersApr 4, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Edmonton Oilers 5–1

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

Edmonton Oilers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Edmonton Oilers

Goal anatomy

Brett Howden · 1st 11:43 · VGK

Colton Sissons · 2nd 5:44 · VGK

Jeremy Lauzon · 2nd 8:05 · VGK

Evan Bouchard · 2nd 19:26 · EDM

Mark Stone · 3rd 4:04 · VGK

Rasmus Andersson · 3rd 16:13 · VGK PP