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Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 19, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· T-Mobile Arena
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UTA
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VGK
4
Goals123TShots123T
UTA1102UTA11111133
VGK0134VGK9101231
UTA 63VGK 72
UTA 1.79VGK 3.12
PP goals
UTA 0VGK 1
Hits
UTA 31VGK 51
Blocks
UTA 19VGK 17
PIM
UTA 8VGK 8
UTA 45%VGK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 4–2 at home. Colton Sissons (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:48 together.

  1. Points
    Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:29.Sissons
  2. Points
    Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:39.Hanifin
  3. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:48 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  4. Usage
    Lawson Crouse (UTA) played 17:39, −4:41 down on his 22:20 season average over 5 games.Crouse
  5. Usage
    Ian Cole (UTA) played 16:13, −3:07 down on his 19:20 season average over 5 games.Cole
  6. Usage
    Mitch Marner (VGK) played 18:49, −3:07 down on his 21:56 season average over 21 games.Marner
  7. Usage
    Nic Dowd (VGK) played 10:33, −3:05 down on his 13:38 season average over 21 games.Dowd
  8. Usage
    Nick Schmaltz (UTA) played 18:56, −5:03 down on his 23:59 season average over 5 games.Schmaltz

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, UTA at VGK: 135 attempts, 64 on goal, 6 goals, 4.92 expected goals; best chance Ivan Barbashev at 0.41 xG.

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

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · VGK 72 · UTA 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, UTA at VGK: expected goals 3.12 to 1.79 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 72 to 63, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKUTACSSSDBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • UTA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKUTAcontrol2nd3rdCooley · 1st 19:49Sissons · 2nd 3:44Stenlund · 2nd 5:07Stone · 3rd 5:33Dowd · 3rd 7:20Barbashev · 3rd 18:21
  • VGK pressure
  • UTA pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: UTA 26% of the game, VGK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, UTA at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Carter Hart (59:50) for VGK and Karel Vejmelka (58:38) for UTA, 6 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, VGK rows versus UTA columns: 250 matchups; most common Eichel vs Weegar, 9:54 at 91% xGF.

VGK ↓ · UTA →KellerSchmaltzCrouseCooleyGuentherYamamotoKerfootPeterkaCarconeStenlundMcBainTanevSchmidtMarinoSergachevWeegarColeDurziL1 EichelL1 StoneL1 MarnerL2 KolesarL2 HertlL2 SmithL3 SissonsL3 SmithL3 DowdL4 BarbashevL4 DorofeyevL4 HowdenD1 AnderssonD1 HanifinD2 TheodoreD2 McNabbD3 LauzonD3 Korczak
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
StatUTAVGK
5874
1.542.40
1.512.26
68
211
2325
−0.018+0.018
26%42%

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.

Utah Mammoth

Current UTA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 19:49
    UTALogan Cooley (Nate Schmidt, Lawson Crouse)slap0.18 xG
    UTA: Kerfoot, Schmidt, Crouse, Marino, CooleyVGK: Smith, Hertl, Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson
    UTA 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

  1. 3:44
    VGKColton Sissons (Cole Smith, Brayden McNabb)other0.24 xG
    UTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, SergachevVGK: McNabb, Dowd, Sissons, Theodore, Smith
    UTA 1 – 1 VGK
  2. 5:07
    UTAKevin Stenlund (Sean Durzi, Ian Cole)wrist0.01 xG
    UTA: Weegar, Stenlund, Sergachev, Carcone, PeterkaVGK: Smith, Hertl, Kolesar, Lauzon, Korczak
    UTA 2 – 1 VGK

3rd period

  1. 5:33
    VGKMark StonePP (Tomas Hertl, Mitch Marner)snap0.36 xG
    UTA: Schmidt, Schmaltz, Marino, CooleyVGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev
    UTA 2 – 2 VGK
  2. 7:20
    VGKNic Dowd (Noah Hanifin, Colton Sissons)tip-in0.12 xG
    UTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, SergachevVGK: Dowd, Sissons, Hanifin, Andersson, Smith
    UTA 2 – 3 VGK
  3. 18:21
    VGKIvan BarbashevEN (Noah Hanifin)wrist0.41 xG
    UTA: Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, Sergachev, GuentherVGK: Sissons, Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Marner
    UTA 2 – 4 VGK

Box score

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

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Clayton Keller RL1000-320.0911019:49——3612
Nick Schmaltz CL1000-330.1400018:56——407
Lawson Crouse LL1011-220.0291017:39——3621
Logan Cooley CL2101+150.6240019:59——5072
Dylan Guenther RL2000-140.3500018:58——5477
Kailer Yamamoto RL2000010.0530213:34——5877
Alexander Kerfoot CL3000+110.0420215:24——4143
JJ Peterka RL3000+110.0500013:47——4828
Michael Carcone LL3000+120.0340011:34——5234
Kevin Stenlund CL4101+140.0410012:24——2824
Jack McBain CL4000000.003009:06——3129
Brandon Tanev LL4000000.042128:03——2518
Nate Schmidt DD1011+120.0813020:50——3636
John Marino DD1000+120.0304018:56——6047
Mikhail Sergachev DD2000-210.1401024:28——3338
MacKenzie Weegar DD2000-120.0704020:49——4337
Ian Cole DD3011000.0013016:13——4237
Sean Durzi DD3011010.0201215:04——5240
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)L30273.9002.7158:38

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1000030.2001021:31——5671
Mark Stone RL1101040.6130020:07——7087
Mitch Marner RL1011+110.1421018:49——7076
Keegan Kolesar RL2000-110.0294214:14——5068
Tomas Hertl CL2011-240.4930013:21——6265
Reilly Smith RL2000-250.1211011:25——6254
Colton Sissons CL3112+310.5432013:29——4888
Cole Smith RL3011+220.1340013:28——6091
Nic Dowd CL3101+210.1230010:33——5489
Ivan Barbashev LL4101010.4180015:31——4324
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000020.1020012:39——4619
Brett Howden CL4000000.0230212:22——5423
Rasmus Andersson DD1000+120.0921222:53——7168
Noah Hanifin DD1022+110.0410022:39——7979
Shea Theodore DD2000+110.0105022:55——4356
Brayden McNabb DD2011+110.0130021:44——4258
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000-100.0131216:25——4230
Kaedan Korczak DD3000-110.0611010:05——5053
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)W33312.9391.7959:50

Goal anatomy

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

Nic Dowd (VGK) 3rd 7:20 · assists Noah Hanifin, Colton Sissons · Deflection · 34.5 mph shot.

Nic Dowd · 3rd 7:20 · VGK

Play
deflection
Passes
0
Shot
34.5 mph
Distance
23 ft
Type
deflection

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Logan Cooley · 1st 19:49 · UTA

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
58.8 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
8.0 s
Type
one-timer

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Kevin Stenlund · 2nd 5:07 · UTA

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
22.7 mph
Distance
52 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s
Type
one-timer

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