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Utah Mammoth 3, Vegas Golden Knights 5 — Recap
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Game Recap
The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Utah Mammoth 5-3, validating SportsFBI's pregame lean of 57% behind a 28-shot effort and multi-point performances from Mitch Marner, Victor Olofsson, and Ivan Barbashev. Vegas opened the scoring in the first period at 02:15 when Jack Eichel scored from Mitch Marner and Mark Stone. Utah answered at 08:07 with a goal by Lawson Crouse, assisted by Jack McBain and Andrew Peeke, sending the teams into the first intermission tied 1-1.
Vegas took control in the second period by scoring three times. Victor Olofsson scored at 03:07 from Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner, followed by two goals from Ivan Barbashev at 04:51 and 08:16, the latter assisted by Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl. Utah tried to respond before the period ended when Jack McBain scored at 16:39 off assists from Lawson Crouse and Andrew Peeke, cutting the Vegas lead to 4-2.
Utah continued the push in the third period as Dmitri Simashev scored at 09:07, assisted by Jack McBain and Clayton Keller, making it a one-goal game at 4-3. However, Brett Howden sealed the win for Vegas at 10:19 with a goal assisted by William Karlsson and Mitch Marner. Carter Hart stopped 14 of 17 shots for Vegas, while Sebastian Cossa made 23 saves on 28 shots for Utah as the Golden Knights improved to 12-5-2 and the Mammoth fell to 10-7-1.
How the Prediction Fared
Before puck drop, DraftKings favored the Vegas Golden Knights (-155, 61% implied) over the Utah Mammoth.
SportsFBI's model, locked before puck drop, favored the Vegas Golden Knights (57% confidence). It gave a 32% chance of a 3+ goal margin; the game was decided by 2 goals.
💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 2:15 Jack Eichel (Mitch Marner, Mark Stone) VGK · Power play · snap shot · UTA 0, VGK 1
- P1 8:07 Lawson Crouse (Jack McBain, Andrew Peeke) UTA · backhand shot · UTA 1, VGK 1
- P2 3:07 Victor Olofsson (Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner) VGK · Power play · wrist shot · UTA 1, VGK 2
- P2 4:51 Ivan Barbashev (Victor Olofsson, Shea Theodore) VGK · wrist shot · UTA 1, VGK 3
- P2 8:16 Ivan Barbashev (Victor Olofsson, Tomas Hertl) VGK · wrist shot · UTA 1, VGK 4
- P2 16:39 Jack McBain (Lawson Crouse, Andrew Peeke) UTA · snap shot · UTA 2, VGK 4
- P3 9:07 Dmitri Simashev (Jack McBain, Clayton Keller) UTA · snap shot · UTA 3, VGK 4
- P3 10:19 Brett Howden (William Karlsson, Mitch Marner) VGK · tip-in shot · UTA 3, VGK 5
Biggest Period
The Vegas Golden Knights scored 3 goals in P2 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| VGK | 7 | 15 | 6 | 28 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 3Goals7% of attempts
- 14Saved34% of attempts
- 24Missed the net59% of attempts
- 5Goals12% of attempts
- 23Saved53% of attempts
- 15Missed the net35% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McBain | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Lawson Crouse | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14:20 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Dmitri Simashev | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:50 |
| Clayton Keller | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Mikhail Sergachev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24:09 |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21:36 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Nick DeSimone | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| Anders Lee | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:27 |
| Artem Duda | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:09 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| Michael Carcone | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| Kevin Stenlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| Daniil But | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| Liam O'Brien | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 08:52 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:19 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Cossa | — | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 5 | 58:23 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Olofsson | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Mitch Marner | R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 |
| Ivan Barbashev | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Brett Howden | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13:55 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:15 |
| Mark Stone | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| William Karlsson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23:54 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:36 |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:31 |
| Trevor Connelly | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| Dylan Coghlan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:02 |
| Braeden Bowman | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| Marc Gatcomb | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10:16 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10:02 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | — | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 3 | 59:08 |
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