Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← 2nd Round, 2025-26 playoffs

Vegas Golden Knights at Anaheim Ducks

2nd Round, Game 3 · May 8, 2026 · Honda Center

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 6 28
Anaheim Ducks 2 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:06 VGK Shea Theodore (3) Jack Eichel (10), Mark Stone (4) 1 - 0
12:13 VGK Brayden McNabb (1) SH Mitch Marner (7) 2 - 0
19:55 VGK Mitch Marner (4) PP Pavel Dorofeyev (2), Colton Sissons (3) 3 - 0
2nd Period
09:19 VGK Mitch Marner (5) Shea Theodore (4), Brett Howden (2) 4 - 0
17:56 VGK Mitch Marner (6) William Karlsson (1), Ivan Barbashev (5) 5 - 0
3rd Period
06:30 ANA Beckett Sennecke (3) Alex Killorn (4), Mikael Granlund (5) 5 - 1
15:09 ANA Chris Kreider (2) Troy Terry (7), Leo Carlsson (6) 5 - 2
18:04 VGK Brett Howden (6) Unassisted 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:33 VGK Brett Howden Cross checking 2
10:43 VGK Jack Eichel Hooking 2
18:29 ANA Jackson LaCombe Elbowing 2
2nd Period
18:19 ANA Jeffrey Viel Cross checking 2
19:54 ANA Ville Husso Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 52 42 28 6 4.4 41.8
Anaheim Ducks 68 48 33 2 2.6 58.2

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdAnaheim Ducks aheadVegas Golden Knights ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Anaheim Ducks had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 4.4 expected, 6 scored · Anaheim Ducks: 2.6 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 1:06 of 1st, a 13% chanceVGK goal, 12:13 of 1st, a 9% chanceVGK goal, 19:55 of 1st, a 49% chanceVGK goal, 9:19 of 2nd, a 14% chanceVGK goal, 17:56 of 2nd, a 13% chanceVGK goal, 18:04 of 3rd, a 31% chanceANA goal, 6:30 of 3rd, a 3% chanceANA goal, 15:09 of 3rd, a 20% chanceVGK 4.4ANA 2.6

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights
Anaheim Ducks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brett Howden10:0550.078.80-0
Nic Dowd · Colton Sissons · Cole Smith7:2627.864.30-1
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Pavel Dorofeyev6:5052.462.40-1
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel3:0450.031.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore15:2551.473.82-0
Ben Hutton · Dylan Coghlan14:2741.762.20-0
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson14:2029.237.81-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
93 Mitch Marner R 3 1 4 4 0 5 0 23:07 1.29 11-12 0.98-0.29
21 Brett Howden C 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 17:37 9-14 0.72-0.32
27 Shea Theodore D 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 21:20 0.14 20-20 1.15-0.43
3 Brayden McNabb D 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 19:31 0.11 19-17 1.26-0.40
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 20:59 0.24 20-22 1.21-1.09
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 16:52 0.44 9-19 0.59-0.39
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 15:45 0.34 14-15 0.66-0.46
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 16:31 0.35 17-17 0.98-0.99
61 Mark Stone R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 04:24 4-4 0.23-0.49
71 William Karlsson C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 19:20 0.36 8-11 0.70-0.23
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:16 0.03 7-19 0.54-0.91
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:53 8-18 0.66-0.89
17 Ben Hutton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:33 0.01 10-17 0.67-0.45
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:06 0.13 8-13 0.54-0.21
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:42 0.13 7-16 0.54-0.30
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:23 0.40 4-8 0.24-0.32
52 Dylan Coghlan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:17 0.05 12-14 0.69-0.41
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:24 0.04 3-9 0.07-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Carter Hart W 33 31 2 60:00 2.37 +0.37

Anaheim Ducks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kreider · Troy Terry · Leo Carlsson11:1163.651.51-0
Alex Killorn · Mikael Granlund · Beckett Sennecke7:0268.830.51-0
Ross Johnston · Ryan Poehling · Cutter Gauthier6:3657.114.50-1
Jansen Harkins · Jeffrey Viel · Tim Washe5:2442.920.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jacob Trouba · Jackson LaCombe15:0768.660.41-0
John Carlson · Pavel Mintyukov13:1350.025.00-1
Drew Helleson · Tyson Hinds9:1737.57.51-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Chris Kreider L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 6 17:09 0.24 16-10 0.53-0.49
45 Beckett Sennecke R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:34 0.40 15-13 0.27-0.71
17 Alex Killorn L 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 16:36 0.11 17-8 0.39-0.84
19 Troy Terry R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:34 0.14 18-15 0.58-1.04
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:55 0.13 16-6 0.33-0.58
91 Leo Carlsson C 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 18:34 0.28 18-11 0.59-0.63
2 Jackson LaCombe D 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 22:49 0.08 30-14 1.28-0.92
10 Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11:48 0.03 8-6 0.58-0.29
14 Drew Helleson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:18 8-13 0.20-0.83
25 Jeffrey Viel L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 11:01 0.13 10-10 0.25-0.42
25 Ryan Poehling C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 18:06 9-15 0.25-1.01
42 Tim Washe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:58 0.05 10-6 0.59-0.27
49 Ross Johnston L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 11:28 0.44 10-4 0.60-0.32
55 Tyson Hinds D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:35 0.05 10-11 0.13-0.94
61 Cutter Gauthier L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 15:49 0.20 12-11 0.33-0.88
65 Jacob Trouba D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 23:09 0.06 29-12 1.25-0.89
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -4 0 3 2 21:02 0.13 15-12 0.28-0.77
98 Pavel Mintyukov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:20 0.11 14-13 0.39-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Ville Husso 19 17 2 37:49 2.44 +0.44
1 Lukas Dostal L 8 5 3 20:00 1.29 -1.71