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Vegas Golden Knights at Utah Mammoth

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Vegas Golden Knights
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Utah Mammoth
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Recap

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The Utah Mammoth beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1. The Mammoth scored first and never trailed. The Mammoth led 2-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Logan Cooley's goal at 4:19 of the third period, which took the Mammoth's chances from 78% to 93%. Expected goals favored the Golden Knights, 4.7 to 3.9; shots on goal were VGK 34, UTA 23. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Golden Knights win a replay of these chances 74% of the time. Carl Lindbom stopped 18 of 21 (.857); Karel Vejmelka stopped 33 of 34 (.971), 3.7 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Logan Cooley (4 G, 1 A), 2. Karel Vejmelka (33 saves, .971), 3. Dylan Guenther (1 G, 1 A).

Three stars

  1. ★
    UTA
    L. Cooley4 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    UTA
    K. Vejmelka33 saves, .971
  3. ★★★
    UTA
    D. Guenther1 G, 1 A

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
VGKVGK08116010134
UTAUTA2804311523

Scoring

6 goals

1st period

  1. UTA
    D. Guenther(9)
    L. Cooley (8), N. Schmidt (8)
    snapxG 0.09win prob +14 ptsVideo
    0-1
    14:54
  2. UTA
    L. Cooley(10)
    D. Guenther (8), N. Schmidt (9)
    wristxG 0.20win prob +15 ptsVideo
    0-2
    16:11

2nd period

  1. VGK
    I. Barbashev(8)
    J. Eichel (20), B. Bowman (2)
    backhandxG 0.31win prob +15 ptsVideo
    1-2
    5:24

3rd period

  1. UTA
    L. Cooley(11)
    Unassisted
    deflectedxG 0.23win prob +15 ptsVideo
    1-3
    4:19
  2. UTA
    L. Cooley(12)EN
    I. Cole (8)
    snapxG 0.50win prob +1 ptsVideo
    1-4
    15:41
  3. UTA
    L. Cooley(13)EN
    Unassisted
    snapxG 0.47Video
    1-5
    17:43

Penalties

VGK 4 PIM·UTA 6 PIM

1st

  • 3:15VGKBrandon Saad · Holdingdrawn by Nick Schmaltz2 min

2nd

  • 11:42VGKReilly Smith · Holdingdrawn by John Marino2 min
  • 14:59UTAKevin Stenlund · Hookingdrawn by Tomas Hertl2 min

3rd

  • 9:45UTAClayton Keller · Holdingdrawn by Zach Whitecloud2 min
  • 16:44UTAKevin Stenlund · Holding the stickdrawn by Cole Reinhardt2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
UTA goalVGK goalFinal: UTA 100%

Biggest swing: Logan Cooley, 3rd 4:19 — UTA 78% → 93%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
L. Cooley · Goal · xG 0.50L. Cooley · Goal · xG 0.47L. Cooley · On goal · xG 0.28L. Cooley · Goal · xG 0.23L. Cooley · Goal · xG 0.20B. Hayton · Missed · xG 0.16D. Guenther · On goal · xG 0.14J. Peterka · On goal · xG 0.14J. Peterka · On goal · xG 0.12C. Keller · On goal · xG 0.11B. Hayton · On goal · xG 0.11J. McBain · Missed · xG 0.11C. Keller · Missed · xG 0.11K. Yamamoto · Missed · xG 0.10J. Peterka · On goal · xG 0.10D. Guenther · Goal · xG 0.09L. Crouse · On goal · xG 0.09L. Crouse · Missed · xG 0.08C. Keller · Missed · xG 0.08M. Carcone · On goal · xG 0.08M. Carcone · Missed · xG 0.07D. Guenther · Missed · xG 0.05J. Marino · Missed · xG 0.05B. Hayton · Missed · xG 0.05M. Sergachev · On goal · xG 0.04N. Schmaltz · On goal · xG 0.04L. Crouse · Missed · xG 0.03I. Cole · On goal · xG 0.03J. Marino · Missed · xG 0.03C. Keller · Missed · xG 0.03M. Sergachev · On goal · xG 0.03N. DeSimone · On goal · xG 0.03M. Sergachev · Missed · xG 0.02M. Sergachev · On goal · xG 0.02I. Cole · Missed · xG 0.01N. Schmaltz · Missed · xG 0.01M. Sergachev · On goal · xG 0.01M. Carcone · On goal · xG 0.01N. Schmidt · Missed · xG 0.01B. Hayton · On goal · xG 0.01M. Sergachev · Missed · xG 0.00
UTA5 G · 3.9 xG · 41 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

VGKvsUTA
4.71 G
All situations
3 G3.9
3.01 G
Even strength
3 G2.5
1.60 G
Power play
0 G0.4
0.00 G
Shorthanded
0 G0.1

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 96 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
VGK74%26%UTA

Flurry-adjusted xG 4.45 – 2.84

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

VGKvsUTA
34
Shots on goal
23
59%
Faceoffs
41%
0/3
Power play
0/2
4
Penalty minutes
6
17
Hits
19
9
Blocked shots
16
14
Giveaways
12
2
Takeaways
5

Box score

every player line
Vegas Golden Knights skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
9J. EichelC011-350.701007121:02
27S. TheodoreD000-220.27010—20:46
15N. HanifinD000-220.03020—20:13
93M. MarnerR000-320.0800010020:10
3B. McNabbD000-100.00110—20:02
42B. BowmanR011-330.96000—18:49
16P. DorofeyevR000-320.58110—17:52
48T. HertlC000-300.370006917:50
2Z. WhitecloudD000-240.05010—17:15
17B. HuttonD000030.05000—16:59
6K. KorczakD000+110.07230—15:49
20B. SaadL000010.14002—13:58
10C. SissonsC000030.210004713:25
21B. HowdenC000000.004004613:21
49I. BarbashevL101020.78300—13:10
19R. SmithR000-110.02002—12:59
55K. KolesarR000020.13500—12:02
23C. ReinhardtL000010.22000—11:42
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
30C. Lindbom(L)21183.8572.91-0.0958:36

Season series

UTA leads 2-1

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).