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Utah Mammoth vs Vegas Golden Knights

Preseason · Thursday, September 25, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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2–3

Final, in overtime

15–20

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Mammoth 20–15.

Dylan Guenther scored twice and Jack Eichel scored twice. Shea Theodore also scored.

Adin Hill made 13 saves on 15 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 17 of 20.

Goals
Utah MammothUTA1100215
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK0021320

Three stars

  1. ★1st starShea TheodoreVGK · 1 goal, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starJack EichelVGK · 2 goals, 1 assist
  3. ★3rd starIvan BarbashevVGK · 2 assists

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Overtime

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalUTA VGK

1–0 UTA

1st 15:21 · Guenther

McNabb 0:34

2–0 UTA

2nd 1:06 · Guenther

Theodore 0:39

2–1 VGK

3rd 10:18 · Eichel

DeSimone 0:32

2–2 VGK

3rd 16:16 · · Eichel

Cole 0:12

2–3 VGK

OT 3:04 · Theodore

Schmidt 0:44

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

UTAVGK
1520
48%52%
0/11/4
137
1614
917
513
20

Penalties

  • 10:11 into the first periodCurtis Douglas · high sticking2 min
  • 11:00 into the second periodIan Cole · interference2 min
  • 13:38 into the second periodBrayden McNabb · interference2 min
  • 16:04 into the third periodGabe Smith · roughing2 min
  • 16:04 into the third periodGabe Smith · fighting5 min
  • 16:04 into the third periodCole Reinhardt · fighting5 min
  • 16:27 into the third periodDmitri Simashev · tripping2 min