Final
UTA at VGK game report
Mammoth
4–5
Golden Knights
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. PT · T-Mobile Arena
Golden Knights beat the Mammoth 5–4 in overtime and earned it, out-chancing them 3.3–2.4 in expected goals and 14–8 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
VGKUTA
- 5Goals4
- 3.29Expected goals2.37
- 1.985-on-5 expected goals2.17
- 14High-danger chances8
- 35Shots on goal21
- 77Shot attempts38
- 645-on-5 shot attempts33
- 7:32Power-play time2:03
5-on-5 shares for VGK: 66.0% of shot attempts, 47.7% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Golden KnightsMammothCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Mammoth shooting ←→ Golden Knights shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| VGK at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 49:21 | 64–33 | 1.98–2.17 | 2–3 |
| Power play | 7:32 | 9–4 | 0.86–0.20 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 2:03 | 0–1 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:43 | 4–0 | 0.45–0.00 | 2–0 |
Read pairs as VGK–UTA. “Power play” means VGK had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Cossa UTA | 30/35 | .857 | 3.29 | -1.71 |
| Adin Hill VGK | 17/21 | .810 | 2.37 | -1.63 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Stone VGK | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.79 |
| Yegor Borikov UTA | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.59 |
| Tomas Hertl VGK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.46 |
| Gabe Smith UTA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Trevor Connelly VGK | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.28 |
| Victor Olofsson VGK | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.28 |
| Joshua Roy UTA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Caleb Desnoyers UTA | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.24 |
| Brett Howden VGK | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.20 |
| Mitch Marner VGK | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.19 |
Three stars
- ★J. EichelVGK · 1G 2A
- ★★S. TheodoreVGK · 0G 3A
- ★★★T. HertlVGK · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 09:38VGK V. Olofsson (from S. Theodore)0–1
- 18:21UTA Z. Jones pp (from K. Stenlund)1–1
- 19:01UTA L. O'Brien (from Y. Borikov, K. Stenlund)2–1
Period 2
- 14:06UTA A. Duda (from J. McBain, K. Yamamoto)3–1
Period 3
- 05:19VGK J. Lauzon (from N. Hanifin, N. Dowd)3–2
- 13:06VGK M. Stone pp (from J. Eichel, S. Theodore)3–3
- 18:29UTA T. Lavoie (from K. Stenlund, Z. Jones)4–3
- 19:32VGK T. Hertl (from M. Marner, J. Eichel)4–4
Overtime
- 00:39VGK J. Eichel (from M. Stone, S. Theodore)4–5