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Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas StarsMar 22, 2026

Final· American Airlines Center
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VGK
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DAL
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Goals123TShots123T
VGK1113VGK7111533
DAL2002DAL63615
VGK 72DAL 38
VGK 4.09DAL 2.07
PP goals
VGK 1DAL 1
Hits
VGK 26DAL 24
Blocks
VGK 12DAL 25
PIM
VGK 6DAL 6
VGK 58%DAL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at DAL. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Duchene, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:44 together.

  1. PP1
    DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Duchene, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:44 together.BennDucheneRobertsonHeiskanenJohnston
  2. New line
    New look for VGK: Smith–Marner–Dorofeyev skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SmithMarnerDorofeyev
  3. New line
    New look for VGK: Dowd–Sissons–Smith skated 4:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DowdSissonsSmith
  4. New line
    New look for VGK: Hertl–Kolesar–Howden skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HertlKolesarHowden
  5. Usage
    Noah Hanifin (VGK) played 16:58, −5:43 down on his 22:41 season average over 70 games.Hanifin
  6. Usage
    Nic Dowd (VGK) played 10:20, −4:16 down on his 14:36 season average over 74 games.Dowd
  7. PP1
    VGK's PP1 (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) went scoreless in 5:38 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  8. Cats
    Esa Lindell (DAL) blocked 5 shots in 21:37.Lindell

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 DAL: 110 attempts, 48 on goal, 5 goals, 6.16 expected goals; best chance Reilly Smith at 0.52 xG.

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

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · DAL 38 · VGK 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at DAL: expected goals 2.07 to 4.09 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 38 to 72, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdDALVGKMJHBSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DAL
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALVGKcontrol2nd3rdMcNabb · 1st 4:01Johnston · 1st 10:55Hryckowian · 1st 16:48Barbashev · 2nd 9:10Smith · 3rd 16:22
  • DAL 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 52% of the game, DAL 16%.

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 DAL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Casey DeSmith (57:28) for DAL and Adin Hill (60:00) for VGK, 5 goals.

DAL
VGK
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, DAL rows versus VGK columns: 250 matchups; most common Lindell vs Eichel, 8:38 at 12% xGF.

DAL ↓ · VGK →MarnerDorofeyevSmithEichelStoneBarbashevHertlKolesarHowdenSissonsSmithDowdTheodoreMcNabbAnderssonLauzonHanifinKorczakL1 RobertsonL1 JohnstonL1 BourqueL2 SteelL2 HryckowianL2 BlackwellL3 DucheneL3 BennL3 BuntingL4 BäckL4 HyryL4 BastianD1 HarleyD1 LundkvistD2 HeiskanenD2 LindellD3 BichselD3 Lyubushkin
DAL 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
StatVGKDAL
7240
3.832.23
3.442.09
1711
56
1419
+0.032−0.032
52%16%

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 →

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:01
    VGKBrayden McNabb (Keegan Kolesar, Shea Theodore)snap0.24 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Hertl, Hanifin, Kolesar, HowdenDAL: Lindell, Steel, Heiskanen, Bourque, Hryckowian
    VGK 1 – 0 DAL
  2. 10:55
    DALWyatt JohnstonPP (Matt Duchene, Miro Heiskanen)snap0.20 xG
    VGK: McNabb, Sissons, Theodore, SmithDAL: Benn, Duchene, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
    VGK 1 – 1 DAL
  3. 16:48
    DALJustin Hryckowian (Colin Blackwell, Sam Steel)wrist0.24 xG
    VGK: Hertl, Theodore, Hanifin, Kolesar, HowdenDAL: Blackwell, Lindell, Steel, Heiskanen, Hryckowian
    VGK 1 – 2 DAL

2nd period

  1. 9:10
    VGKIvan BarbashevPP (Brett Howden, Colton Sissons)snap0.16 xG
    VGK: Sissons, Theodore, Barbashev, Andersson, HowdenDAL: Bäck, Harley, Bichsel, Hyry
    VGK 2 – 2 DAL

3rd period

  1. 16:22
    VGKReilly Smith (Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev)snap0.52 xG
    VGK: Smith, Theodore, Hanifin, Marner, DorofeyevDAL: Robertson, Lundkvist, Harley, Bourque, Johnston
    VGK 3 – 2 DAL

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
Mitch Marner RL1011+150.4113022:14——6871
Pavel Dorofeyev RL1011+120.2600019:25——7580
Reilly Smith RL1101+120.6010014:48——6976
Jack Eichel CL2000020.1720419:01——7186
Mark Stone RL2000010.4500017:32——7085
Ivan Barbashev LL2101030.5200015:26——7787
Tomas Hertl CL3000010.1310014:41——4442
Keegan Kolesar RL3011010.0140014:13——4037
Brett Howden CL3011010.1320012:48——5348
Colton Sissons CL4011030.1920013:13——7160
Cole Smith RL4000000.0040012:13——5640
Nic Dowd CL4000020.2611010:20——6852
Shea Theodore DD1011010.0401021:28——6372
Brayden McNabb DD1101+120.2832019:12——6879
Rasmus Andersson DD2000050.6002021:50——7176
Jeremy Lauzon DD2000010.0341216:00——5363
Noah Hanifin DD3000+100.0000016:58——7152
Kaedan Korczak DD3000010.0012013:31——5720
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Adin Hill(start)W15132.8672.0760:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jason Robertson LL1000-110.1301021:06——4146
Wyatt Johnston CL1101-120.3000019:38——3943
Mavrik Bourque CL1000-230.7141016:35——3240
Sam Steel CL2011020.1101016:10——3126
Justin Hryckowian CL2101010.2441014:52——3227
Colin Blackwell CL2011+100.0331013:54——3333
Matt Duchene CL3011010.1102018:32——3735
Jamie Benn LL3000000.0302213:40——4430
Michael Bunting LL3000010.0920012:51——3228
Oskar Bäck CL4000010.0710011:24——4045
Arttu Hyry RL4000010.1521011:18——3343
Nathan Bastian RL4000000.004008:43——3339
Thomas Harley DD1000-100.0003024:47——3335
Nils Lundkvist DD1000-100.0002215:50——2424
Miro Heiskanen DD2011010.0514226:08——3641
Esa Lindell DD2000000.0105021:37——3128
Lian Bichsel DD3000000.0020014:56——4245
Ilya Lyubushkin DD3000010.0611013:04——5775
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Casey DeSmith(start)L33303.9094.0957:28

Goal anatomy

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

Brayden McNabb (VGK) 1st 4:01 · assists Keegan Kolesar, Shea Theodore · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 39.1 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Brayden McNabb · 1st 4:01 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
39.1 mph
Distance
15 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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