Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 12, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 12, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	0	2		PIT	6	9	11	26
VGK	1	2	3	6		VGK	6	5	6	17

: PIT 64VGK 45
: PIT 2.36VGK 3.29
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 0
Hits: PIT 12VGK 27
Blocks: PIT 12VGK 21
PIM: PIT 10VGK 12
: PIT 31%VGK 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Eichel skated 9:17 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
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:32.Dorofeyev
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:51.Eichel
Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:47.Marner
Points
Braeden Bowman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:32.Bowman
Points
Ryan Shea had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:16.Shea
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Eichel skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Barbashev Eichel
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.29 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Sissons–Howden–Bowman skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Howden Bowman

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

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

VGK
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · VGK 45 · PIT 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 25% of the game, VGK 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against PIT 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	PIT	VGK
	58	37
	1.78	1.87
	1.73	1.83
	12	6
	7	5
	25	18
	−0.160	+0.160
	25%	29%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Rust – Rakell – Chinakhov
11:1067% CF
L2Mantha – Novak – Koivunen
8:0442% CF
L3Soderblom – Hayes – Kindel
6:2857% CF
L4Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
6:2460% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
12:5152% CF
D2Letang – Shea
11:5857% CF
D3Clifton – Solovyov
10:1471% CF

PP1Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Novak – Chinakhov
2:29100% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Soderblom – Koivunen – Kindel
1:2775% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
2:10
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:42
PK1DClifton – Shea
1:28
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:15

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Hertl – Marner – Dorofeyev
9:2939% CF
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
9:1747% CF
L3Dowd – Kolesar – Smith
8:1533% CF
L4Sissons – Howden – Bowman
8:0331% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
14:3432% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:5250% CF
D3Lauzon – Korczak
11:2733% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
3:36100% CF
PP2Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Howden – Bowman
0:13
PK1FSissons – Howden
2:10
PK2FDowd – Smith
1:11
PK1DMcNabb – Lauzon
2:34
PK2DTheodore – Hanifin
0:41

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	22:04	—	—	64	59
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	1	0	0	20:48	—	—	64	65
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.40	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	66	66
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	1	0	4	18:08	—	—	56	46
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.28	0	0	2	16:43	—	—	47	45
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	53	43
Ben Kindel C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	71	89
Elmer Soderblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	81	98
Avery Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.29	0	1	0	9:31	—	—	53	65
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	57	13
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.09	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	57	20
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:21	—	—	59	21
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.13	0	1	0	26:26	—	—	59	28
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	54	36
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	2	2	23:51	—	—	56	54
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:16	—	—	63	55
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	2	15:06	—	—	62	56
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:55	—	—	71	59

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	16	11	5	.688	1.71	53:02

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.42	0	0	2	17:47	—	—	41	48
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.14	1	2	0	17:07	—	—	48	58
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	0.36	0	0	4	15:32	—	—	46	55
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.85	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	50	78
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.05	1	2	0	17:52	—	—	48	65
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	3	1	0	13:47	—	—	46	67
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.34	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	29	16
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	36	18
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	11:11	—	—	33	16
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	2	15:59	—	—	27	51
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.18	2	3	0	12:57	—	—	28	41
Braeden Bowman R	L4	0	2	2	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	35	53
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	33	42
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:58	—	—	35	40
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.51	4	2	0	23:39	—	—	44	57
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.24	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	50	62
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:41	—	—	35	51
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:51	—	—	32	50

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.36	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Colton Sissons (VGK) 1st 8:41 · assists Braeden Bowman · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 17.8 mph shot · 5.6 s from entry to goal.

Colton Sissons · 1st 8:41 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 5:02 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 8:26 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Mitch Marner · 2nd 9:20 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Ben Kindel · 2nd 16:22 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 4:35 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 6:20 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 78.2 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Brayden McNabb · 3rd 19:01 · VGK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 22 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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 12, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Colton Sissons · 1st 8:41 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 5:02 · VGK

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 8:26 · PIT

Mitch Marner · 2nd 9:20 · VGK

Ben Kindel · 2nd 16:22 · PIT

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 4:35 · VGK

Jack Eichel · 3rd 6:20 · VGK

Brayden McNabb · 3rd 19:01 · VGK EN