Vegas Golden Knights vs Utah Mammoth
Playoffs · Friday, April 24, 2026 · Delta Center
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Game summary
The Utah Mammoth beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Friday, April 24, 2026 at Delta Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Mammoth 32-12.
Lawson Crouse scored twice. MacKenzie Weegar, Dylan Guenther, Jack Eichel and Nic Dowd also scored.
Karel Vejmelka made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 8 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
MacKenzie Weegar (2)Liam O'Brien (1), Kailer Yamamoto (3)0–112:59 UTA
Dylan Guenther (2)Logan Cooley (1), Clayton Keller (1)Hanifin 1:15 into shift0–217:45 UTA · PPG
2nd period
Lawson Crouse (1)Nick Schmaltz (1), MacKenzie Weegar (1)0–304:06 UTA- Lawson Crouse (2)Clayton Keller (2)0–409:48 UTA
Jack Eichel (1)Ivan Barbashev (1), Mark Stone (1)1–413:20 VGK
3rd period
Nic Dowd (2)Reilly Smith (1), Cole Smith (2)2–416:52 VGK
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–2 · 1st 17:45 · Guenther. Hanifin was 1:15 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 UTA
1st 12:59 · Weegar
McNabb 0:49
0–2 UTA
1st 17:45 · PP · Guenther
Long shift: Hanifin 1:15
0–3 UTA
2nd 4:06 · Crouse
Hanifin 0:43
0–4 UTA
2nd 9:48 · Crouse
Theodore 0:50
1–4 VGK
2nd 13:20 · Eichel
Weegar 0:57
2–4 VGK
3rd 16:52 · Dowd
Marino 0:43
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 09:42
Alexander Kerfoot · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 16:30
Brayden McNabb · high sticking2 min - 2nd 17:23Nate Schmidt · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:45Rasmus Andersson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45MacKenzie Weegar · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45Mikhail Sergachev · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 13:35Liam O'Brien · interference2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:23 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 22Cole SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:21 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:20 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 5Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Carter HartG | L | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 56:57 |
Utah Mammoth
| 9Clayton KellerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 11Dylan GuentherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:22 |
| 38Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 56Kailer YamamotoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 92Logan CooleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:34 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:09 |
| 15Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 53Michael CarconeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 82Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 50Sean DurziD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Karel VejmelkaG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |