Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 8, 2026

FinalSunday, Mar 8, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	0	1	3	4		EDM	7	4	8	19
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	7	11	8	26

: EDM 46VGK 64
: EDM 4.22VGK 2.36
PP goals: EDM 0VGK 0
Hits: EDM 26VGK 15
Blocks: EDM 19VGK 11
PIM: EDM 8VGK 6
: EDM 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at VGK. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Roslovic–Podkolzin skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:37.McDavid
Points
Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:29.Marner
New line
New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Roslovic–Podkolzin skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Draisaitl Roslovic Podkolzin
Usage
Colton Dach (EDM) played 5:05, −6:30 down on his 11:35 season average over 60 games.Dach
Usage
Mattias Ekholm (EDM) played 14:12, −6:28 down on his 20:40 season average over 81 games.Ekholm
New line
New look for EDM: Dickinson–Kapanen–Savoie skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dickinson Kapanen Savoie
New line
New look for EDM: Frederic–Dach–Samanski skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Dach Samanski
New line
New look for VGK: Marner–Howden–Dorofeyev skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marner Howden Dorofeyev

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

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

VGK
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 64 · EDM 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 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

VGK

EDM

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against EDM 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	EDM	VGK
	44	66
	3.11	2.37
	2.88	2.26
	13	12
	6	6
	17	16
	+0.005	−0.005
	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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Draisaitl – Roslovic – Podkolzin
10:3341% CF
L2Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
9:0438% CF
L3Dickinson – Kapanen – Savoie
6:5650% CF
L4Frederic – Dach – Samanski
4:4882% CF
D1Nurse – Emberson
14:3324% CF
D2Murphy – Walman
13:1041% CF
D3Ekholm – Bouchard
10:5868% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
3:00100% CF
PP2Murphy – Dickinson – Kapanen – Walman – Savoie
0:29
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – McDavid
1:46
PK2FDickinson – Kapanen
1:25
PK1DMurphy – Nurse
1:55
PK2DWalman – Bouchard
0:35

Current EDM line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Barbashev – Eichel – Bowman
9:5759% CF
L2Dowd – Sissons – Smith
9:3070% CF
L3Marner – Howden – Dorofeyev
8:0165% CF
L4Saad – Hertl – Kolesar
6:3933% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:0576% CF
D2Hanifin – Korczak
11:3062% CF
D3Andersson – Lauzon
9:5741% CF

PP1Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev – Bowman
2:3683% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden
0:470% CF
PK1FDowd – Marner
0:57
PK2FEichel – Howden
0:56
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
2:16
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:27

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:21
EDMTrent Frederic (Evan Bouchard, Colton Dach)wrist0.19 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Frederic, Bouchard, Dach, SamanskiVGK: Saad, Hertl, Andersson, Kolesar, Lauzon
EDM 1 – 0 VGK
13:09
VGKNoah Hanifin (Mitch Marner, Ivan Barbashev)snap0.03 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nurse, Draisaitl, Kapanen, EmbersonVGK: Theodore, Barbashev, Hanifin, Marner, Howden
EDM 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

2:34
EDMVasily Podkolzinwrist0.19 xG
EDM: Murphy, Draisaitl, Walman, Roslovic, PodkolzinVGK: Saad, Hertl, Andersson, Kolesar, Lauzon
EDM 2 – 1 VGK
11:53
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Connor McDavid)backhand0.12 xG
EDM: Draisaitl, Walman, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Barbashev, Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel
EDM 3 – 1 VGK
16:43
VGKJack EichelSH (Mitch Marner)wrist0.11 xG
EDM: Murphy, Dickinson, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Hanifin, Andersson, Eichel, Marner
EDM 3 – 2 VGK
18:03
EDMKasperi KapanenEN (Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.94 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Dickinson, Kapanen, McDavid, BouchardVGK: Hertl, Theodore, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, Bowman
EDM 4 – 2 VGK

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	20:59	—	—	34	69
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.54	4	2	0	15:05	—	—	42	79
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	41	76
Connor McDavid C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.27	1	0	0	21:37	—	—	33	19
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	37	20
Zach Hyman L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	32	32
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	1.11	2	1	0	15:56	—	—	42	49
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	6	2	0	15:33	—	—	43	51
Matt Savoie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	33	47
Trent Frederic C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.61	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	47	68
Josh Samanski C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	7:39	—	—	48	70
Colton Dach C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.26	3	0	0	5:05	—	—	82	88
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	2	23:14	—	—	24	20
Ty Emberson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:29	—	—	24	22
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	22:33	—	—	31	47
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	4	2	19:23	—	—	42	58
Evan Bouchard D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	2	0	0	21:51	—	—	63	78
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:12	—	—	65	81

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.36	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.43	0	0	0	21:40	—	—	63	65
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	4	0	0	18:11	—	—	64	77
Braeden Bowman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	2	0	15:27	—	—	53	92
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	74	58
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	73	69
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	12:17	—	—	67	48
Mitch Marner R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	64	35
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.41	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	71	49
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:29	—	—	56	29
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	52	34
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	2	0	0	9:26	—	—	46	20
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	40	18
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	21:36	—	—	78	67
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	19:33	—	—	76	71
Noah Hanifin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	0	4	0	21:15	—	—	65	64
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	50	39
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	0	20:25	—	—	48	30
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:41	—	—	29	14

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	3.28	59:24

Goal anatomy

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

Trent Frederic (EDM) 2nd 3:21 · assists Evan Bouchard, Colton Dach · Cycle · 9.6 mph shot.

Trent Frederic · 2nd 3:21 · EDM

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Noah Hanifin · 2nd 13:09 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.9 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Entry to goal: 10.1 s

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Vasily Podkolzin · 3rd 2:34 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Leon Draisaitl · 3rd 11:53 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 16:43 · VGK SH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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Kasperi Kapanen · 3rd 18:03 · EDM EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 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.