Game

Golden Knights at Hurricanes

Golden Knights 5, Hurricanes 4 · first star Shea Theodore (1 G, 2 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 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 4

Golden Knights VGK

5 FINAL 4

Hurricanes CAR

Playoffs Tuesday, June 2, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh · TV ABC · CBC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	1	2	2	5	23
Hurricanes	2	1	1	4	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 23, CAR 29.

VGK in red CAR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 23 shots on goal (5 goals, 15 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 29 shots on goal (4 goals, 17 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	4	1	10	12	2	24
2nd	11	2	26	5	1	13
3rd	8	2	15	12	1	26
Total	23	5	51	29	4	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	20	5	28	4
Power play	2	0	0	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 55.3% of the shot attempts, and 60.7% of the 89 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 Hurricanes 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 Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	70.6	72.7
2nd	33.3	38.7
3rd	63.4	58.1
Game	55.3	54.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:25 Nikolaj Ehlers (5) Jaccob Slavin (3), Jalen Chatfield (5) · snap 0–1
12:08 Nikolaj Ehlers (6) Jalen Chatfield (6) · backhand 0–2
13:28 Shea Theodore (5) Brayden McNabb (4), Cole Smith (3) · slap 1–2

2nd period

00:30 Ivan Barbashev (6) Jack Eichel (17), Brayden McNabb (5) · snap 2–2
04:35 William Karlsson (2) Mitch Marner (15), Brett Howden (3) · snap 3–2
12:42 Jordan Staal (3) K'Andre Miller (9) · snap 3–3

3rd period

01:21 Brett Howden (11) Shea Theodore (8), Brayden McNabb (6) · tip-in 4–3
11:19 Shayne Gostisbehere (3) Unassisted · snap 4–4
16:36 Tomas Hertl (4) Colton Sissons (5), Shea Theodore (9) · snap 5–4

Three stars

Shea Theodore VGK · D #27 · 1 G, 2 A
Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 2 G, 0 A
Brett Howden VGK · C #21 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	13:37	VGK	Brett Howden	cross checking	2	Jalen Chatfield
2nd	07:46	CAR	Mark Jankowski	hooking	2	William Karlsson
2nd	18:35	CAR	Jalen Chatfield	tripping	2	Ivan Barbashev
3rd	06:09	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	closing hand on puck	2	—
3rd	09:03	CAR	Mark Jankowski	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Shea Theodore #27	D	1	2	3	+2	2	0	2	0	0.0	23:00
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	3	3	+3	0	0	2	0	0.0	21:13
Brett Howden #21	C	1	1	2	+1	2	3	0	2	0.0	14:51
Tomas Hertl #48	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	37.5	15:10
William Karlsson #71	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	47.6	18:05
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	1	0	1	0	3	8	0	0	0.0	16:49
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	66.7	14:01
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	50.0	20:33
Cole Smith #22	R	0	1	1	0	1	7	0	0	0.0	11:11
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:54
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	33.3	13:14
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	100.0	06:43
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:59
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:19
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	08:23
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	0.0	13:32
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	21:15
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	0.0	23:18

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	29	25	4	.862	24/28	0/0	59:30

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	16:16
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	2	2	+1	1	2	3	2	0.0	19:24
Jordan Staal #11	C	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	61.1	19:12
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	15:30
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	21:52
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0.0	23:51
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50.0	15:37
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	46.7	17:31
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	11:02
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	16:35
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	41.7	10:33
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	14:02
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:48
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	15:24
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:22
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:40
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:48
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-2	2	5	1	0	0.0	22:19

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	L	23	18	5	.783	15/20	2/2	58:14

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.