Seattle Kraken vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 15, 2026

FinalWednesday, Apr 15, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	0	1	0	1		SEA	11	8	4	23
VGK	0	1	3	4		VGK	6	8	12	26

: SEA 41VGK 64
: SEA 1.43VGK 3.31
PP goals: SEA 0VGK 0
Hits: SEA 22VGK 19
Blocks: SEA 15VGK 11
PIM: SEA 4VGK 0
: SEA 45%VGK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for SEA: Kakko–Nyman–Wright skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:10.Smith
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:45.Eichel
New line
New look for SEA: Kakko–Nyman–Wright skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kakko Nyman Wright
New line
New look for SEA: Gaudreau–Winterton–Meyers skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Winterton Meyers
New line
New look for SEA: Stephenson–Tolvanen–Catton skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stephenson Tolvanen Catton
New line
New look for VGK: Dowd–Sissons–Smith skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Sissons Smith
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Hertl–Kolesar skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Hertl Kolesar
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 18:46, −4:08 down on his 22:54 season average over 69 games.Theodore

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

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

VGK
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · VGK 64 · SEA 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 12% of the game, VGK 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

SEA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against SEA 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	SEA	VGK
	48	66
	1.70	3.02
	1.64	2.83
	5	12
	5	7
	28	19
	−0.040	+0.040
	12%	50%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McMann – Beniers
11:5650% CF
L2Kakko – Nyman – Wright
10:4547% CF
L3Stephenson – Tolvanen – Catton
9:2857% CF
L4Gaudreau – Winterton – Meyers
8:3944% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:5163% CF
D2Oleksiak – Evans
14:4642% CF
D3Montour – Mahura
14:2638% CF

PK1FStephenson – Tolvanen
2:00
PK2FGaudreau – Winterton
0:52
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
0:59
PK2DMahura – Evans
0:52

Current SEA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Barbashev – Howden – Dorofeyev
10:5050% CF
L2Stone – Eichel – Marner
7:40100% CF
L3Dowd – Sissons – Smith
5:1433% CF
L4Smith – Hertl – Kolesar
4:4857% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
20:2952% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:1165% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
13:4658% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:2186% CF
PP2Sissons – Barbashev – Hanifin – Andersson – Howden
0:10

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:24
SEAShane Wright (Jani Nyman, Jamie Oleksiak)snap0.51 xG
SEA: Oleksiak, Kakko, Evans, Nyman, WrightVGK: Smith, Hertl, Sissons, Lauzon, Korczak
SEA 1 – 0 VGK
17:35
VGKShea Theodore (Reilly Smith, Nic Dowd)wrist0.08 xG
SEA: Eberle, Montour, McMann, Beniers, EvansVGK: McNabb, Smith, Dowd, Theodore, Kolesar
SEA 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:23
VGKMitch Marner (Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.10 xG
SEA: Larsson, Gaudreau, Dunn, Winterton, MeyersVGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Eichel, Marner
SEA 1 – 2 VGK
12:01
VGKReilly Smith (Rasmus Andersson, Jack Eichel)snap0.14 xG
SEA: Oleksiak, Stephenson, Kakko, Evans, NymanVGK: Smith, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel, Kolesar
SEA 1 – 3 VGK
16:36
VGKReilly Smith (Kaedan Korczak, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.17 xG
SEA: Oleksiak, Kakko, Evans, Nyman, WrightVGK: Smith, Hertl, Eichel, Kolesar, Lauzon, Korczak
SEA 1 – 4 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:27	—	—	42	24
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	41	14
Bobby McMann C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	41	16
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	42	52
Shane Wright C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.60	1	1	0	13:24	—	—	44	59
Jani Nyman R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	38	50
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	41	26
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	16:57	—	—	47	42
Berkly Catton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	15:15	—	—	48	35
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:37	—	—	37	29
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	2	1	0	12:57	—	—	37	36
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:49	—	—	45	38
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	22:12	—	—	53	29
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	61	46
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	2	1	2	18:32	—	—	33	37
Ryker Evans D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	39	40
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	5	1	0	21:19	—	—	33	26
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:43	—	—	36	43

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikke Kokko(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.31	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	0	20:07	—	—	52	60
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	0	0	18:12	—	—	65	81
Brett Howden C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	17:06	—	—	55	60
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	2	2	+3	4	0.39	0	0	19:45	—	—	83	99
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	17:41	—	—	83	100
Mitch Marner R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	16:51	—	—	64	57
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	13:41	—	—	50	29
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	12:01	—	—	39	81
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	11:08	—	—	50	82
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.37	2	0	15:25	—	—	48	28
Reilly Smith R	L4	2	1	3	+2	5	0.53	0	1	13:10	—	—	46	45
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	+3	0	0.09	0	1	12:07	—	—	52	84
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	23:21	—	—	47	74
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	2	21:53	—	—	58	80
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	0	3	19:02	—	—	57	82
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.09	0	1	18:46	—	—	70	86
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	15:46	—	—	59	38
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	5	0	14:16	—	—	58	38

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.43	59:42

Goal anatomy

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

Shane Wright (SEA) 2nd 2:24 · assists Jani Nyman, Jamie Oleksiak · Rebound · 31.1 mph shot.

Shane Wright · 2nd 2:24 · SEA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Shea Theodore · 2nd 17:35 · VGK

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Mitch Marner · 3rd 1:23 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 12:01 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 16:36 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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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.