Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 29, 2026

Final / OTPlayoffsWednesday, Apr 29, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	2OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	2OT	T
UTA	1	1	2	0	0	4		UTA	7	9	10	10	2	38
VGK	1	2	1	0	1	5		VGK	7	9	9	8	5	38

: UTA 81VGK 73
: UTA 3.20VGK 3.75
PP goals: UTA 0VGK 1
Hits: UTA 44VGK 42
Blocks: UTA 16VGK 20
PIM: UTA 12VGK 12
: UTA 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Utah Mammoth 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 5–4 in overtime at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) played 37:35, +12:12 up on his 25:23 season average over 5 games.

Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:42.Dorofeyev
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 34:25.Theodore
Points
Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:40.Keller
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 31:15.Eichel
Usage
Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) played 37:35, +12:12 up on his 25:23 season average over 5 games.Sergachev
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 30:48, +11:38 up on his 19:10 season average over 16 games.Stone
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Eichel and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 5:39 together.Stone Hertl Theodore Eichel Dorofeyev
Usage
Clayton Keller (UTA) played 29:40, +9:49 up on his 19:51 season average over 5 games.Keller

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

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

VGK
UTA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 154 of 154 attempts · VGK 73 · UTA 81

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
UTA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 31% of the game, VGK 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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

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	UTA	VGK
	79	71
	2.98	2.45
	2.88	2.40
	14	8
	6	5
	35	29
	+0.012	−0.012
	31%	26%

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

L1Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller
15:5759% CF
L2Yamamoto – Guenther – Cooley
13:3970% CF
L3Kerfoot – Carcone – Peterka
5:0240% CF
L4Stenlund – Tanev – Hayton
4:3433% CF
D1Weegar – Sergachev
19:0554% CF
D2Schmidt – Marino
15:4454% CF
D3Cole – Durzi
12:4653% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
5:5382% CF
PP2Kerfoot – Weegar – Crouse – Carcone – Peterka
2:1475% CF
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
4:36
PK2FKerfoot – Schmaltz
2:01
PK1DCole – Sergachev
4:28
PK2DSchmidt – Marino
2:01

Current UTA line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dowd – Sissons – Smith
11:1828% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
9:5855% CF
L3Smith – Stone – Marner
9:2865% CF
L4Hertl – Kolesar – Howden
1:51100% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
23:5833% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
19:4955% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
10:2357% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Dorofeyev
5:39100% CF
PP2Barbashev – Hanifin – Andersson – Howden – Dorofeyev
1:43
PK1FDowd – Kolesar
2:42
PK2FStone – Eichel
2:03
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
5:04
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
3:24

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.

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.55	2	2	2	30:46	—	—	60	73
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.34	0	0	0	29:40	—	—	63	68
Lawson Crouse L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	11	0	0	28:24	—	—	63	72
Logan Cooley C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.49	3	0	4	27:37	—	—	60	64
Dylan Guenther R	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.33	1	0	2	27:34	—	—	62	65
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	3	0	0	17:06	—	—	67	75
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	4	1	0	19:11	—	—	32	44
Michael Carcone L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	37	35
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	53	54
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	40	30
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	33	20
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	5	0	0	10:22	—	—	40	42
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	5	2	37:35	—	—	44	45
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	3	2	0	27:01	—	—	54	54
John Marino D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	27:58	—	—	46	48
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	26:36	—	—	55	55
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	4	0	0	24:37	—	—	49	60
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	3	2	19:04	—	—	67	73

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	3.75	85:28

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	1	0	17:32	—	—	41	21
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	5	1	0	16:56	—	—	33	13
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	4	0	4	15:47	—	—	26	10
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	2	2	0	5	0.40	1	1	2	31:15	—	—	46	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	10	0	2	24:27	—	—	47	43
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	3	0	3	+2	5	0.81	0	2	0	23:42	—	—	51	55
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.78	1	0	0	30:48	—	—	46	49
Mitch Marner R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	1	0	2	25:47	—	—	58	48
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	2	14:55	—	—	59	70
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	5	0	0	20:29	—	—	53	36
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	4	1	0	16:19	—	—	50	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	13:12	—	—	53	74
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	0	2	0	34:29	—	—	40	40
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	34:07	—	—	33	28
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.35	0	2	0	34:25	—	—	50	64
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	1	4	0	27:56	—	—	56	65
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	2	2	0	19:52	—	—	52	43
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	53	37

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	38	34	4	.895	3.20	84:40

Goal anatomy

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

John Marino (UTA) 1st 17:11 · assists Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Rebound · 31.5 mph shot.

John Marino · 1st 17:11 · UTA

Play: rebound
Passes: 3
Shot: 31.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 19:19 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 48.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Lawson Crouse · 2nd 10:40 · UTA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 15:37 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Shea Theodore · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.2 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Dylan Guenther · 3rd 5:54 · UTA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Michael Carcone · 3rd 12:42 · UTA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 19:07 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Brett Howden · 2OT 5:28 · VGK SH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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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.

Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 29, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Utah Mammoth 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Utah Mammoth

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

2OT period

Box score

Utah Mammoth

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

John Marino · 1st 17:11 · UTA

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 19:19 · VGK PP

Lawson Crouse · 2nd 10:40 · UTA

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 15:37 · VGK

Shea Theodore · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Dylan Guenther · 3rd 5:54 · UTA

Michael Carcone · 3rd 12:42 · UTA

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 19:07 · VGK

Brett Howden · 2OT 5:28 · VGK SH