Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 1–5 Final Utah MammothUTA

Monday, November 24, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK	0	1	0	1	34
Utah MammothUTA	2	0	3	5	23

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
14:54	UTA	Dylan Guenther (9) Logan Cooley (8), Nate Schmidt (8) · snap xG 0.12	0–1 ▶
16:11	UTA	Logan Cooley (10) Dylan Guenther (8), Nate Schmidt (9) · wrist xG 0.15	0–2 ▶
2nd Period
5:24	VGK	Ivan Barbashev (8) Jack Eichel (20), Braeden Bowman (2) · backhand xG 0.30	1–2 ▶
3rd Period
4:19	UTA	Logan Cooley (11) Unassisted · deflected xG 0.26	1–3 ▶
15:41	UTA	Logan Cooley (12)EN Ian Cole (8) · snap xG 0.47	1–4 ▶
17:43	UTA	Logan Cooley (13)SHEN Unassisted · snap xG 0.47	1–5 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

VGK 77%Deserve to win23% UTA

VGK		UTA
4.71	Expected goals	3.81
1	Goals (no shootout)	5
3.22	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.45
74	Shot attempts	53
55	Unblocked attempts	41
34	Shots on goal	23

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
10:24	VGK	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · VGK takes the lead, 67–33% UTA had led since 10:49 of the 1st, by as much as 66%
10:30	VGK	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced UTA 1.31–0.12 In xG over 10 minutes, 0:30 to 10:30 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
17:10	UTA	Goalie	Goalie · Vejmelka +2.0 goals saved 1 goal on 3.03 xG, 23 shots on goal
3rd Period
2:00	VGK	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced UTA 1.57–0.19 In xG over 10 minutes, 14:10 of the 2nd to 4:10 of the 3rd; neither team scored
15:16	VGK	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Lindbom, down 3–1 With 4:44 left; UTA scored at 15:41 of the 3rd (1–4)
16:44	VGK	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Lindbom, down 4–1 With 3:16 left; UTA scored at 17:43 of the 3rd (1–5)

Shot map

VGK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ UTA shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
9	Jack Eichel	0	1	1	-3	11	0.64	1	0	21:02
93	Mitch Marner	0	0	0	-3	6	0.08	0	0	20:10
42	Braeden Bowman	0	1	1	-3	6	1.05	0	0	18:49
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	0	0	0	-3	4	0.55	1	1	17:52
48	Tomas Hertl	0	0	0	-3	3	0.31	0	0	17:50
20	Brandon Saad	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	13:58
15	Colton Sissons	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	0	0	13:25
21	Brett Howden	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	13:21
49	Ivan Barbashev	1	0	1	0	3	0.86	3	0	13:10
19	Reilly Smith	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	12:59
55	Keegan Kolesar	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	5	0	12:02
29	Cole Reinhardt	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	11:42
Defense
27	Shea Theodore	0	0	0	-2	9	0.26	0	1	20:46
15	Noah Hanifin	0	0	0	-2	6	0.05	0	2	20:13
3	Brayden McNabb	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	20:02
28	Zach Whitecloud	0	0	0	-2	6	0.11	0	1	17:15
17	Ben Hutton	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	16:59
6	Kaedan Korczak	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	3	15:49

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Carl Lindbom	21	3	18	.857	2.87	-0.13

Utah Mammoth

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
67	Lawson Crouse	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	4	2	17:44
22	Jack McBain	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	17:11
10	JJ Peterka	0	0	0	+1	6	0.39	1	0	16:38
92	Logan Cooley	4	1	5	+4	5	1.49	1	0	15:20
11	Dylan Guenther	1	1	2	+2	3	0.26	2	1	15:04
9	Clayton Keller	0	0	0	0	6	0.37	0	2	14:56
82	Kevin Stenlund	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	14:50
8	Nick Schmaltz	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	2	14:38
27	Barrett Hayton	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	0	14:14
53	Michael Carcone	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	12:56
56	Kailer Yamamoto	0	0	0	+2	2	0.09	1	0	12:07
13	Brandon Tanev	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	11:47
Defense
98	Mikhail Sergachev	0	0	0	+2	7	0.11	0	1	22:15
88	Nate Schmidt	0	2	2	+2	2	0.01	2	1	21:22
6	John Marino	0	0	0	+2	2	0.12	0	2	21:21
57	Nick DeSimone	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	20:54
28	Ian Cole	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	1	18:53

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Karel Vejmelka	34	1	33	.971	4.71	+3.71

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Vegas Golden Knights

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
49 Ivan Barbashev L	+2.56	+0.75	+0.56	+1.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:10
42 Braeden Bowman R	+2.48	+0.55	+0.68	+1.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:49
9 Jack Eichel C	+1.96	+0.70	+0.41	+0.86	0.00	+0.07	-0.08	—	21:02
27 Shea Theodore D	+0.74	0.00	+0.17	+0.54	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	20:46
6 Kaedan Korczak D	+0.74	0.00	+0.07	+0.52	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	15:49
48 Tomas Hertl C	+0.55	0.00	+0.20	+0.17	+0.15	+0.05	-0.02	—	17:50
17 Ben Hutton D	+0.49	0.00	+0.04	+0.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:59
23 Cole Reinhardt L	+0.42	0.00	+0.14	+0.15	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	11:42
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R	+0.41	0.00	+0.35	+0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	17:52
2 Zach Whitecloud D	+0.13	0.00	+0.07	-0.14	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	17:15
3 Brayden McNabb D	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	20:02
55 Keegan Kolesar R	+0.02	0.00	+0.09	-0.06	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	12:02
10 Colton Sissons C	-0.10	0.00	+0.06	-0.13	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	13:25
20 Brandon Saad L	-0.13	0.00	+0.11	-0.09	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	13:58
30 Carl Lindbom G	-0.13	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.13	58:36
15 Noah Hanifin D	-0.23	0.00	+0.03	-0.38	0.00	0.00	+0.12	—	20:13
21 Brett Howden C	-0.41	0.00	0.00	-0.36	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	13:21
93 Mitch Marner R	-0.48	0.00	+0.06	-0.52	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	20:10
19 Reilly Smith R	-1.03	0.00	+0.01	-0.89	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	12:59

Utah Mammoth

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
92 Logan Cooley C	+5.07	+3.70	+0.97	+0.40	0.00	-0.04	+0.04	—	15:20
70 Karel Vejmelka G	+3.71	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+3.71	59:54
11 Dylan Guenther R	+1.59	+1.45	+0.17	-0.06	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	15:04
88 Nate Schmidt D	+1.51	+1.10	+0.01	+0.39	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	21:22
6 John Marino D	+0.96	0.00	+0.08	+0.65	+0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	21:21
28 Ian Cole D	+0.69	+0.70	+0.04	-0.08	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	18:53
67 Lawson Crouse L	+0.50	0.00	+0.15	+0.27	0.00	-0.01	+0.10	—	17:44
77 JJ Peterka R	+0.42	0.00	+0.26	+0.18	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:38
22 Jack McBain C	+0.01	0.00	+0.05	-0.09	0.00	-0.02	+0.07	—	17:11
56 Kailer Yamamoto R	-0.06	0.00	+0.06	-0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:07
53 Michael Carcone L	-0.09	0.00	+0.13	-0.21	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	12:56
8 Nick Schmaltz C	-0.16	0.00	+0.04	-0.45	+0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	14:38
13 Brandon Tanev L	-0.22	0.00	0.00	-0.21	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	11:47
9 Clayton Keller R	-0.24	0.00	+0.24	-0.41	-0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	14:56
27 Barrett Hayton C	-0.26	0.00	+0.20	-0.41	0.00	-0.03	-0.02	—	14:14
98 Mikhail Sergachev D	-0.38	0.00	+0.07	-0.53	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	22:15
26 Dmitri Simashev D	-0.48	0.00	0.00	-0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	11:56
82 Kevin Stenlund C	-0.74	0.00	0.00	-0.50	-0.30	+0.01	+0.05	—	14:50
57 Nick DeSimone D	-0.97	0.00	+0.03	-1.01	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	20:54

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.