Game

Golden Knights at Hurricanes

Hurricanes 4, Golden Knights 2 · first star Andrei Svechnikov (2 G, 0 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 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 4

Golden Knights VGK

2 FINAL 4

Hurricanes CAR

Playoffs Thursday, June 11, 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	0	1	2	25
Hurricanes	1	2	1	4	24

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 3 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 25, CAR 24.

VGK in red CAR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 24 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 24 shots on goal (4 goals, 19 missed, 18 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	7	1	20	5	1	14
2nd	5	0	18	10	2	23
3rd	13	1	25	9	1	24
Total	25	2	63	24	4	61

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	1	16	2
Power play	5	1	8	2
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 50.8% of the shot attempts, and 55.6% of the 90 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	41.2	45.8
2nd	56.1	51.6
3rd	49.0	43.2
Game	49.2	46.7

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

Scoring summary

1st period

06:52 Pavel Dorofeyev (11) PP Jack Eichel (19), Tomas Hertl (9) · snap 1–0
11:46 Jordan Staal (8) Nikolaj Ehlers (8), Seth Jarvis (7) · tip-in 1–1

2nd period

11:58 Andrei Svechnikov (5) PP Shayne Gostisbehere (8), Nikolaj Ehlers (9) · snap 1–2
17:51 Sebastian Aho (5) Sean Walker (3), Jordan Martinook (3) · snap 1–3

3rd period

11:08 Andrei Svechnikov (6) PP Nikolaj Ehlers (10), Shayne Gostisbehere (9) · wrist 1–4
13:49 Pavel Dorofeyev (12) Shea Theodore (12), Jack Eichel (20) · snap 2–4

Three stars

Andrei Svechnikov CAR · R #37 · 2 G, 0 A
Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 0 G, 3 A
Brandon Bussi CAR · G #32 · 0 GA, .920 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:24	CAR	Nikolaj Ehlers	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	19:54	CAR	K'Andre Miller	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	08:56	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	roughing	2	Logan Stankoven
2nd	10:57	VGK	Brayden McNabb	cross checking	2	Jackson Blake
3rd	03:23	VGK	Jack Eichel	tripping	2	Nikolaj Ehlers
3rd	08:38	VGK	Mark Stone	high sticking double minor	4	Jalen Chatfield
3rd	17:47	CAR	Nikolaj Ehlers	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
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	2	0	2	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	17:53
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	2	2	+1	1	2	4	2	29.4	23:31
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	66.7	13:26
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	3	0	0.0	23:42
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	75.0	14:32
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20.0	12:43
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	41.7	15:05
William Karlsson #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	33.3	08:43
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0	0	0.0	12:03
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	11:39
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:54
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	4	0.0	21:47
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	21:38
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0.0	20:29
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0.0	11:26
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.0	12:36
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	22:23
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0.0	21:52

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	L	24	20	4	.833	14/16	6/8	57:07

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	17:47
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	2	0	2	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	16:23
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:14
Jordan Staal #11	C	1	0	1	0	3	5	1	0	73.7	17:22
Sebastian Aho #20	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	45.5	19:01
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	0.0	14:29
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0.0	19:51
Sean Walker #26	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	0.0	20:05
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50.0	17:46
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	09:13
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	53.3	09:19
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	14:55
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	09:48
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	16:19
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:01
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	21:55
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	21:04
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0.0	21:00

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	W	25	23	2	.920	19/20	4/5	60:00

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.