VGK @ VAN 2–1 · 2026-04-07

Team	1	2	3	SOG
VGK	0	1	1	29
VAN	0	1	0	11

Story

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Result VGK 2–1Call No lean · VGK 62%Market VGK 70%xG 4.18–1.41 · deserved VGK 90%Swing Smith +31 3rd 12:13Method

Goals and penalties with VAN win probability
Time	Event	VAN win before	VAN win after
1st 9:27	VAN penalty · C. Douglas · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 5:49	VGK penalty · C. Sissons · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 12:50	Goal VAN · M. Sasson	40%	61%
2nd 15:46	Goal VGK · B. McNabb	63%	40%
3rd 12:13	Goal VGK · C. Smith	43%	11%
3rd 18:19	VGK penalty · R. Andersson · interference · 2 min

On ice · final horn

VGK4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
21B. HowdenC	0:16	17:17	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	6-3
22C. SmithR	0:16	9:30	16	1	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	–
3B. McNabbD	1:41	21:23	29	1	0	1	1	5	0	1	3	–
5J. LauzonD	1:41	17:35	24	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	2	–
79C. HartG		59:43	SA11GA1SV%.909xGA1.41GSAx+0.41

VAN6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
40E. PetterssonC	2:20	20:54	24	1	5	1	1	5-10
54A. RätyC	1:00	11:52	20	1	4	0	0	9-11
93M. RossiC	2:12	18:02	18	2	2	3	0	3-5
74J. DeBruskL	2:09	18:28	24	1	3	1	3	–
6B. BoeserR	2:09	19:59	20	0	4	3	0	1-0
17F. HronekD	2:23	26:53	28	2	6	6	0	–

Goals

2nd
Max Sasson(1)
T. Blueger (1), L. Karlsson (1)
xG 0.02snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 VAN2nd 12:50+21.861%
Brayden McNabb(1)
S. Theodore (1), B. Saad (1)
xG 0.02snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 15:46+23.060%
3rd
Cole Smith(1)
N. Dowd (1)
xG 0.13snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 VGK3rd 12:13+31.089%

Shots

VGK4.18 xG47 unblocked · 17 blocked47 unblocked · 17 blocked

VAN1.41 xG23 unblocked · 20 blocked23 unblocked · 20 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VGKVAN2Goals14.18xG1.4129Shots1147Unblocked2364Attempts438High danger10/1Power play0/229Faceoffs2122Hits2720Blocks171Takeaways711Giveaways94PIM2

Skaters

Player

Player
15N. HanifinNoah HanifinD	22:27	0	0	0	1	4	0.04	−0.04	0	2	0	0	—	0	0
4R. AnderssonRasmus AnderssonD	22:22	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	−0.09	1	3	1	0	—	2	0
3B. McNabbBrayden McNabbD	21:23	1	0	1	1	5	0.05	+0.95	1	3	0	2	—	0	+2
27S. TheodoreShea TheodoreD	20:37	0	1	1	1	4	0.13	−0.13	0	1	0	1	—	0	+2
93M. MarnerMitch MarnerR	18:46	0	0	0	6	8	0.47	−0.47	0	0	0	0	33%	0	0
9J. EichelJack EichelC	17:58	0	0	0	3	5	0.37	−0.37	0	0	0	0	61%	0	0
5J. LauzonJeremy LauzonD	17:35	0	0	0	2	6	0.12	−0.12	1	2	0	1	—	0	-1
21B. HowdenBrett HowdenC	17:17	0	0	0	1	3	0.33	−0.33	4	0	0	0	67%	0	0
61M. StoneMark StoneR	17:10	0	0	0	2	4	0.41	−0.41	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
16P. DorofeyevPavel DorofeyevR	17:05	0	0	0	2	3	0.68	−0.68	0	1	0	2	—	0	0
49I. BarbashevIvan BarbashevL	15:28	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0
17B. HuttonBen HuttonD	13:53	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	0	3	0	0	—	0	-1
20B. SaadBrandon SaadL	13:25	0	1	1	3	6	0.60	−0.60	1	0	0	2	—	0	+1
10C. SissonsColton SissonsC	13:22	0	0	0	2	4	0.36	−0.36	4	1	0	0	0%	2	0
48T. HertlTomas HertlC	13:16	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	3	0	0	60%	0	+1
26N. DowdNic DowdC	12:55	0	1	1	2	2	0.13	−0.13	0	0	0	1	58%	0	0
55K. KolesarKeegan KolesarR	12:07	0	0	0	1	1	0.18	−0.18	3	0	0	2	100%	0	+1
22C. SmithCole SmithR	9:30	1	0	1	1	2	0.13	+0.87	4	0	0	0	—	0	0
VGK total		2	3	5	29	64	4.18	−2.18	22	20	1	11	58%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Smith+0.74

Dowd+0.40

Hertl−0.01

Saad−0.05

Dorofeyev−0.09

Eichel−0.15

Howden−0.17

Stone−0.18

Marner−0.18

Kolesar−0.21

Barbashev−0.26

Sissons−0.31

Defence

McNabb+0.56

Lauzon+0.30

Hutton+0.30

Theodore+0.23

Andersson+0.04

Hanifin+0.03

Goalie

Hart+0.42

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Saad·Sissons·Hertl	9:54	17	10	6	62.5%	5	1	1	0	0.68	0.06	91.6%	+0.62	3	0	100%
Dowd·Smith·Kolesar	8:17	15	11	4	73.3%	4	2	1	0	0.48	0.14	77.5%	+0.34	1	2	33%
Eichel·Stone·Marner	7:32	12	12	4	75.0%	6	0	0	0	0.77	0.17	81.6%	+0.60	5	1	83%
Eichel·Howden·Dorofeyev	7:25	9	9	5	64.3%	4	0	0	0	0.69	0.17	80.1%	+0.52	3	1	75%
Barbashev·Howden·Dorofeyev	6:40	10	4	2	66.7%	2	0	0	0	0.41	0.00	100.0%	+0.41	3	0	100%
Barbashev·Stone·Marner	5:59	8	8	7	53.3%	4	2	0	0	0.35	0.12	74.1%	+0.23	1	0	100%
Occasional · 5 groups
Saad·Dowd·Kolesar	1:24	3	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.13	0.00	100.0%	+0.13	0	0	—
Barbashev·Sissons·Hertl	0:48	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Howden·Dorofeyev·Marner	0:45	7	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.11	0.00	100.0%	+0.11	0	0	—
Howden·Stone·Marner	0:31	8	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Saad·Hertl·Kolesar	0:30	4	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.24	0.0%	−0.24	0	0	—
VGK 5v5	54:02		60	33	64.5%	27	8	2	1	3.88	0.93	80.6%	+2.95

Goalies

Carter Hart

VGK · 59:43

Saves: 10/11
SV%: .909
xGA: 1.41
GSAx: +0.41

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	7/8	.875	0.93	−0.07
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.48	+0.48
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/1	1.000	0.19	+0.19

Nikita Tolopilo

VAN · 58:19

Saves: 27/29
SV%: .931
xGA: 4.18
GSAx: +2.18

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	25/27	.926	3.88	+1.88
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.19	+0.19
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.11	+0.11
High danger	6/6	1.000	1.72	+1.72

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Vegas Golden Knights

Minutes

22:27Hanifin
22:22Andersson
21:23McNabb
20:37Theodore
17:35Lauzon
13:53Hutton

18:46Marner
17:58Eichel
17:17Howden
17:10Stone
17:05Dorofeyev
15:28Barbashev
13:25Saad
13:22Sissons
13:16Hertl
12:55Dowd
12:07Kolesar
9:30Smith

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVGKVAN

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HanifinD1 O7
AnderssonD3 O7
HuttonD0 O3
TheodoreD2 O5
McNabbD3 O3
LauzonD2 O2
EichelD2 O8
BarbashevD0 O5
DorofeyevD1 O6
StoneD1 O5
HertlD0 O4
HowdenD3 O6
SaadD0 O2
MarnerD3 O5
SissonsD1 O2
KolesarD2 O1
DowdD3 O1
SmithD3 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period