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Vegas Golden Knights at Carolina Hurricanes

Stanley Cup Final, Game 1 · Jun 2, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 5 23
Carolina Hurricanes 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:25 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (5) Jaccob Slavin (3), Jalen Chatfield (5) 0 - 1
12:08 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (6) Jalen Chatfield (6) 0 - 2
13:28 VGK Shea Theodore (5) Brayden McNabb (4), Cole Smith (3) 1 - 2
2nd Period
00:30 VGK Ivan Barbashev (6) Jack Eichel (17), Brayden McNabb (5) 2 - 2
04:35 VGK William Karlsson (2) Mitch Marner (15), Brett Howden (3) 3 - 2
12:42 CAR Jordan Staal (3) K'Andre Miller (9) 3 - 3
3rd Period
01:21 VGK Brett Howden (11) Shea Theodore (8), Brayden McNabb (6) 4 - 3
11:19 CAR Shayne Gostisbehere (3) Unassisted 4 - 4
16:36 VGK Tomas Hertl (4) Colton Sissons (5), Shea Theodore (9) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:37 VGK Brett Howden Cross checking 2
2nd Period
07:46 CAR Mark Jankowski Hooking 2
18:35 CAR Jalen Chatfield Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:09 VGK Rasmus Andersson Closing hand on puck 2
09:03 CAR Mark Jankowski Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 52 38 23 5 4.3 39.3
Carolina Hurricanes 62 46 29 4 2.6 60.7

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 4.3 expected, 5 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 2.6 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 13:28 of 1st, a 2% chanceVGK goal, 0:30 of 2nd, a 10% chanceVGK goal, 4:35 of 2nd, a 22% chanceVGK goal, 1:21 of 3rd, a 13% chanceVGK goal, 16:36 of 3rd, a 18% chanceCAR goal, 0:25 of 1st, a 10% chanceCAR goal, 12:08 of 1st, a 12% chanceCAR goal, 12:42 of 2nd, a 9% chanceCAR goal, 11:19 of 3rd, a 10% chanceVGK 4.3CAR 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
Carolina Hurricanes

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
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Pavel Dorofeyev10:3938.743.91-2
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brett Howden10:3240.045.31-1
Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Colton Sissons8:2033.331.11-0
Nic Dowd · Keegan Kolesar · Cole Smith5:5033.331.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson17:5531.944.11-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore16:2363.068.74-1
Jeremy Lauzon · Dylan Coghlan6:440.00.00-1

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

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
27 Shea Theodore D 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 23:00 0.02 18-14 1.10-0.63
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 21:13 17-10 1.04-0.47
21 Brett Howden C 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 14:51 0.29 10-12 0.71-0.64
48 Tomas Hertl C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:10 1.12 8-12 0.46-0.60
49 Ivan Barbashev L 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 16:49 0.12 15-20 1.02-0.92
71 William Karlsson C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:05 0.34 13-16 0.90-0.72
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:33 0.62 15-19 1.02-0.91
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 14:01 0.08 5-15 0.26-0.76
22 Cole Smith R 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 11:11 0.07 4-9 0.10-0.29
93 Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:54 0.14 10-14 0.78-0.67
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 23:18 0.01 16-35 1.05-1.36
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:32 1-8 0.00-0.53
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:15 0.06 17-35 1.03-1.38
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:19 0.84 14-19 0.83-0.91
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:14 4-9 0.10-0.24
52 Dylan Coghlan D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:23 0-7 0.00-0.52
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 06:43 2-5 0.03-0.11
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:59 0.13 6-11 0.34-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Carter Hart W 29 25 4 59:30 2.38 -1.62

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake10:1471.470.91-1
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · Nikolaj Ehlers9:4065.260.82-1
Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov · Seth Jarvis9:1155.041.60-1
Mark Jankowski · William Carrier · Eric Robinson8:0255.646.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean Walker · K'Andre Miller16:2660.645.20-1
Jaccob Slavin · Jalen Chatfield15:2462.154.12-1
Shayne Gostisbehere · Alexander Nikishin10:3454.541.11-2

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 16:16 0.33 17-9 0.66-0.40
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 19:24 0.02 20-14 0.82-0.87
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 15:30 0.15 9-6 0.28-0.40
11 Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 19:12 0.34 16-12 0.73-0.77
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 23:51 0.09 27-15 1.28-0.89
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:52 0.13 23-14 1.28-0.87
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:31 0.16 14-12 0.65-0.88
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:48 0.02 8-7 0.41-0.44
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:37 0.23 19-7 0.93-0.34
24 Seth Jarvis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:40 0.39 12-12 0.52-0.87
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 22:19 0.04 21-16 0.82-1.05
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 10:48 0.00 7-4 0.22-0.17
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:24 0.04 13-12 0.72-0.79
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:35 0.15 18-11 0.86-0.60
50 Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:02 0.13 5-4 0.14-0.17
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:22 0.18 19-8 0.92-0.52
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:02 0.20 17-7 0.85-0.52
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 10:33 5-5 0.14-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen L 23 18 5 58:14 3.52 -1.48