Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 14, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	1	1	3		CAR	8	8	7	23
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	11	3	8	22

: CAR 44VGK 50
: CAR 2.50VGK 2.61
PP goals: CAR 0VGK 0
Hits: CAR 32VGK 39
Blocks: CAR 12VGK 7
PIM: CAR 6VGK 6
: CAR 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at VGK. Jackson Blake (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Dowd–Smith–Bowman skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jackson Blake had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:32.Blake
New line
New look for VGK: Dowd–Smith–Bowman skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Smith Bowman
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.61 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Hertl–Sissons skated 4:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Hertl Sissons
Usage
Noah Hanifin (VGK) played 16:33, −6:50 down on his 23:23 season average over 21 games.Hanifin
Usage
Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) played 11:54, −6:19 down on his 18:13 season average over 18 games.Gostisbehere
Usage
Jackson Blake (CAR) played 14:32, −3:32 down on his 18:04 season average over 18 games.Blake
Usage
Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) played 15:28, −3:36 down on his 19:04 season average over 17 games.Ehlers

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

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · VGK 50 · CAR 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 36% of the game, VGK 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

VGK 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	CAR	VGK
	42	34
	1.75	1.18
	1.71	1.13
	8	5
	4	2
	28	18
	+0.035	−0.035
	36%	30%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Martinook – Aho – Svechnikov
9:5653% CF
L2Staal – Ehlers – Jarvis
9:1442% CF
L3Hall – Stankoven – Blake
9:1365% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
6:0675% CF
D1Walker – Miller
17:5764% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
16:3343% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
7:3467% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
1:57100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
1:39
PK1FStaal – Martinook
2:37
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:42
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
2:37
PK2DWalker – Miller
1:42

Current CAR line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dowd – Smith – Bowman
5:5244% CF
L2Stone – Eichel – Dorofeyev
5:3750% CF
L3Smith – Hertl – Sissons
4:1040% CF
L4Barbashev – Marner – Howden
3:5125% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
12:5444% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
11:2537% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
9:2450% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
4:0791% CF
PP2Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden – Bowman
0:16
PK1FSissons – Smith
0:56
PK2FMarner – Howden
0:56
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
2:16
PK2DTheodore – Hanifin
0:57

Current VGK 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.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.59	2	0	0	20:14	—	—	58	77
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	6	0	0	16:26	—	—	58	78
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	1	0	16:01	—	—	58	76
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	1	0	18:44	—	—	44	57
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	50	53
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.53	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	47	57
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	5	0	2	16:15	—	—	55	54
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	55	56
Jackson Blake R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.24	0	2	2	14:32	—	—	65	57
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:26	—	—	75	47
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	2	8:53	—	—	50	19
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:50	—	—	50	19
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	23:50	—	—	61	49
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	22:59	—	—	63	69
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	4	0	23:37	—	—	41	82
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:31	—	—	46	86
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	67	27
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:40	—	—	61	21

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	2.61	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:29	—	—	33	4
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	29	6
Braeden Bowman R	L1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	39	16
Jack Eichel C	L2	-1	2	0.45	3	2	2	24:07	—	—	44	56
Mark Stone R	L2	-1	2	0.54	3	0	0	23:49	—	—	48	43
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	-1	6	0.45	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	63	53
Tomas Hertl C	L3	-1	3	0.28	4	0	2	17:00	—	—	50	97
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	1	0.11	5	1	0	13:11	—	—	35	59
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:21	—	—	44	79
Mitch Marner R	L4	-3	3	0.18	3	0	0	22:58	—	—	33	27
Brett Howden C	L4	-2	1	0.31	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	58	31
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	-2	2	0.12	3	0	0	11:48	—	—	48	26
Shea Theodore D	D1	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	24:17	—	—	56	51
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	46	19
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	-2	0	0.01	1	1	2	19:11	—	—	36	29
Noah Hanifin D	D2	-2	0	0.02	0	2	0	16:33	—	—	39	34
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	0.00	7	0	0	15:27	—	—	56	44
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	50	52

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	1.98	58:02

Goal anatomy

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

Taylor Hall (CAR) 1st 3:47 · assists Jaccob Slavin, Jackson Blake · Odd-man rush · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 59.1 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Taylor Hall · 1st 3:47 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jackson Blake · 2nd 13:31 · CAR

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Nikolaj Ehlers · 3rd 18:52 · CAR EN

Play: faceoff
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.5 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 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.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 14, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Carolina Hurricanes

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Taylor Hall · 1st 3:47 · CAR

Jackson Blake · 2nd 13:31 · CAR

Nikolaj Ehlers · 3rd 18:52 · CAR EN