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Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 21, 2026

FinalPlayoffs· T-Mobile Arena
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UTA
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VGK
2
Goals123TShots123T
UTA1113UTA7131030
VGK1102VGK104721
UTA 58VGK 52
UTA 3.22VGK 1.91
PP goals
UTA 0VGK 1
Hits
UTA 39VGK 33
Blocks
UTA 17VGK 15
PIM
UTA 12VGK 14
UTA 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Mammoth edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Dylan Guenther (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:41 together.

  1. Points
    Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:01.Guenther
  2. Points
    Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:28.Eichel
  3. Points
    Kailer Yamamoto had 2 assists (2 points) in 10:15.Yamamoto
  4. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:41 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev
  5. Usage
    Ian Cole (UTA) played 12:07, −8:02 down on his 20:09 season average over 5 games.Cole
  6. Usage
    Kailer Yamamoto (UTA) played 10:15, −4:50 down on his 15:05 season average over 5 games.Yamamoto
  7. New line
    New look for UTA: O'Brien–Stenlund–Tanev skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'BrienStenlundTanev
  8. Usage
    Lawson Crouse (UTA) played 17:01, −5:26 down on his 22:27 season average over 5 games.Crouse

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: 110 attempts, 51 on goal, 5 goals, 5.13 expected goals; best chance Nick Schmaltz at 0.28 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 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 52 · UTA 58

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 1.91 to 3.22 (UTA led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 58, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKUTASWGBCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • UTA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKUTAcontrol2nd3rdStone · 1st 11:42Weegar · 1st 16:59Guenther · 2nd 14:56Barbashev · 2nd 15:58Cooley · 3rd 14:00
  • 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 38% of the game, VGK 28%.

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 (57:09) for VGK and Karel Vejmelka (59:30) for UTA, 5 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 Theodore vs Marino, 7:09 at 49% xGF.

VGK ↓ · UTA →CooleyGuentherYamamotoKerfootPeterkaCarconeSchmaltzKellerCrouseStenlundO'BrienTanevSergachevWeegarMarinoSchmidtDurziColeL1 EichelL1 StoneL1 BarbashevL2 MarnerL2 DorofeyevL2 HowdenL3 HertlL3 SmithL3 KolesarL4 SissonsL4 DowdL4 SmithD1 HanifinD1 AnderssonD2 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
3541
1.831.36
1.751.33
78
21
1822
−0.009+0.010
38%28%

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. 11:42
    VGKMark StonePP (Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner)wrist0.07 xG
    UTA: Cole, Crouse, Stenlund, SergachevVGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev
    UTA 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 16:59
    UTAMacKenzie Weegarunknown0.01 xG
    UTA: Weegar, Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, CarconeVGK: Sissons, Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel
    UTA 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 14:56
    UTADylan Guenther (Kailer Yamamoto)slap0.10 xG
    UTA: Schmidt, Sergachev, Yamamoto, Guenther, CooleyVGK: Dowd, Theodore, Barbashev, Hanifin, Kolesar
    UTA 2 – 1 VGK
  2. 15:58
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel)backhand0.13 xG
    UTA: Kerfoot, Marino, Sergachev, Carcone, PeterkaVGK: Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Lauzon, Korczak
    UTA 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 14:00
    UTALogan Cooley (Dylan Guenther, Kailer Yamamoto)wrist0.18 xG
    UTA: Marino, Sergachev, Yamamoto, Guenther, CooleyVGK: McNabb, Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel
    UTA 3 – 2 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
Logan Cooley CL1101+230.4731221:39——6491
Dylan Guenther RL1112+250.5522019:01——6978
Kailer Yamamoto RL1022+200.2330010:15——9293
Alexander Kerfoot CL2000-110.1520016:13——5261
JJ Peterka RL2000-130.2330015:31——5045
Michael Carcone LL2000010.0430212:04——6569
Nick Schmaltz CL3000+130.4402021:19——3048
Clayton Keller RL3000+110.1021017:34——4159
Lawson Crouse LL3000050.6131217:01——3259
Kevin Stenlund CL4000010.0111013:54——203
Liam O'Brien CL4000000.005206:54——80
Brandon Tanev LL4000010.003026:21——140
Mikhail Sergachev DD1000+210.1024025:02——4465
MacKenzie Weegar DD1101+120.2340022:14——3249
John Marino DD2000000.0002019:24——4045
Nate Schmidt DD2000+110.0011018:08——5746
Sean Durzi DD3000010.0300015:08——7381
Ian Cole DD3000000.0120412:07——3859
UTA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)W21192.9051.9159:30

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1022-110.0411224:28——4641
Mark Stone RL1101020.1311221:25——4439
Ivan Barbashev LL1101-220.2840215:36——3733
Mitch Marner RL2011010.0411022:28——5657
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2000030.3710015:35——3632
Brett Howden CL2000020.0510015:06——4224
Tomas Hertl CL3000010.4050012:54——7756
Reilly Smith RL3000010.1300010:39——8684
Keegan Kolesar RL3000-110.0150010:08——7769
Colton Sissons CL4000-110.0310012:57——6036
Nic Dowd CL4000-100.0031210:57——4223
Cole Smith RL4000000.043128:46——7547
Noah Hanifin DD1000-210.0313020:55——5037
Rasmus Andersson DD1000-110.0103220:42——4729
Shea Theodore DD2000-240.2910021:59——5948
Brayden McNabb DD2000-100.0322020:31——5844
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000+100.0012216:22——5346
Kaedan Korczak DD3000+100.022009:23——5345
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)L29273.9313.2257:09

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Stone (VGK PP) 1st 11:42 · assists Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner · Cycle · 14.1 mph shot.

Ivan Barbashev · 2nd 15:58 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
30.1 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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Logan Cooley · 3rd 14:00 · UTA

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
2.3 mph
Distance
3 ft
Entry to goal
3.6 s
Type
rebound

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