Game

Golden Knights at Ducks

Golden Knights 6, Ducks 2 · first star Mitch Marner (3 G, 1 A).

2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vegas Golden Knights 6 at Anaheim Ducks 2

Golden Knights VGK

6 FINAL 2

Ducks ANA

Playoffs Friday, May 8, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET · Honda Center, Anaheim · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	3	2	1	6	28
Ducks	0	0	2	2	33

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Ducks attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 28, ANA 33.

VGK in red ANA in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 28 shots on goal (6 goals, 14 missed, 6 blocked) attacking left; Ducks 33 shots on goal (2 goals, 15 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	ANA SOG	ANA G	ANA ATT
1st	8	3	14	11	0	24
2nd	9	2	19	10	0	22
3rd	11	1	15	12	2	26
Total	28	6	48	33	2	72

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	ANA SOG	ANA G
Even strength	21	4	30	2
Power play	5	1	2	0
Short-handed	2	1	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Ducks took 60.0% of the shot attempts, and 60.4% of the 91 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Ducks and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Ducks
Period	ANA CF%	ANA FF%
1st	63.2	57.1
2nd	53.7	46.9
3rd	63.4	56.7
Game	60.0	53.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

01:06 Shea Theodore (3) Jack Eichel (10), Mark Stone (4) · snap 1–0
12:13 Brayden McNabb (1) SH Mitch Marner (7) · snap 2–0
19:55 Mitch Marner (4) PP Pavel Dorofeyev (2), Colton Sissons (3) · wrist 3–0

2nd period

09:19 Mitch Marner (5) Shea Theodore (4), Brett Howden (2) · backhand 4–0
17:56 Mitch Marner (6) William Karlsson (1), Ivan Barbashev (5) · snap 5–0

3rd period

06:30 Beckett Sennecke (3) Alex Killorn (4), Mikael Granlund (5) · poke 5–1
15:09 Chris Kreider (2) Troy Terry (7), Leo Carlsson (6) · snap 5–2
18:04 Brett Howden (6) EN Unassisted · backhand 6–2

Three stars

Mitch Marner VGK · R #93 · 3 G, 1 A
Shea Theodore VGK · D #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Carter Hart VGK · G #79 · 0 GA, .939 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:33	VGK	Brett Howden	cross checking	2	Troy Terry
1st	10:43	VGK	Jack Eichel	hooking	2	Tim Washe
1st	18:29	ANA	Jackson LaCombe	elbowing	2	Tomas Hertl
2nd	18:19	ANA	Jeffrey Viel	cross checking	2	Colton Sissons
2nd	19:54	ANA	Ville Husso	delaying game illegal play by goalie	2	—

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mitch Marner #93	R	3	1	4	+4	5	0	0	0	0.0	23:07
Brett Howden #21	C	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	2	0.0	17:37
Shea Theodore #27	D	1	1	2	+3	2	0	4	0	0.0	21:20
Brayden McNabb #3	D	1	0	1	+3	1	2	3	0	0.0	19:31
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	1	1	-1	3	4	3	0	75.0	16:52
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	2	42.9	20:59
William Karlsson #71	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	61.1	19:20
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	0.0	16:31
Mark Stone #61	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	04:24
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:45
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	0	35.7	12:42
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	87.5	12:23
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0.0	12:06
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	11:24
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	16:33
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:17
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	18:53
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:16

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	33	31	2	.939	28/30	2/2	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

Ducks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Chris Kreider #20	L	1	0	1	-1	3	6	0	0	0.0	17:09
Beckett Sennecke #45	R	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:34
Leo Carlsson #91	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	15.4	18:34
Mikael Granlund #64	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	55.6	15:55
Alex Killorn #17	L	0	1	1	-3	3	0	0	0	0.0	16:36
Troy Terry #19	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:34
Jansen Harkins #24	C	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0.0	11:48
Ryan Poehling #25	C	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	0	30.8	18:06
Tim Washe #42	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	64.3	11:58
Cutter Gauthier #61	L	0	0	0	-3	2	3	1	0	100.0	15:49
Jeffrey Viel #28	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	100.0	11:01
Ross Johnston #44	L	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	0.0	11:28
Drew Helleson #14	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:18
Jackson LaCombe #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	2	0.0	22:49
Jacob Trouba #65	D	0	0	0	+1	3	3	0	0	0.0	23:09
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	-4	3	2	0	0	0.0	21:02
Pavel Mintyukov #98	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0.0	20:20
Tyson Hinds #60	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	14:35

Ducks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Lukas Dostal #1	L	8	5	3	.625	3/4	1/2	20:00
Ville Husso #33	—	19	17	2	.895	14/16	3/3	37:49

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.