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Ice Lab

Sun, Mar 22, 2026·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 82% of the time.

DAL winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

DAL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Smith–Marner–DorofeyevStone–Barbashev–EichelHertl–Kolesar–HowdenDowd–Sissons–SmithDowd–Kolesar–SmithSissons–Barbashev–HowdenMcNabb–TheodoreAndersson–LauzonHanifin–KorczakTheodore–AnderssonHanifin–AnderssonLauzon–KorczakMcNabb–KorczakTheodore–Hanifin
Robertson–Bourque–Johnston5:100.11–0.631:270.05–0.190:530.22–0.000:530.15–0.003:360.33–0.231:250.00–0.142:270.29–0.080:370.00–0.081:380.00–0.100:350.00–0.29
Blackwell–Steel–Hryckowian0:390.09–0.006:030.09–0.571:070.20–0.000:300.00–0.001:350.00–0.393:230.07–0.082:310.02–0.060:390.09–0.00
Benn–Duchene–Bunting2:510.18–0.300:350.00–0.002:100.04–0.200:330.00–0.113:430.05–0.481:450.08–0.120:530.00–0.080:500.18–0.00
Bastian–Bäck–Hyry0:340.00–0.004:020.20–0.200:320.00–0.000:530.00–0.082:000.01–0.122:180.19–0.00
Steel–Bastian–Hryckowian0:410.00–0.050:560.00–0.05
Duchene–Bunting–Bourque0:440.00–0.100:420.00–0.10
Lundkvist–Harley5:440.00–0.831:460.05–0.052:410.19–0.290:520.00–0.120:380.00–0.133:210.00–0.502:050.08–0.334:320.23–0.131:500.11–0.161:150.00–0.10
Lindell–Heiskanen1:480.09–0.075:540.02–0.570:490.20–0.211:000.00–0.004:090.01–0.391:570.00–0.082:150.02–0.061:210.00–0.070:360.09–0.000:320.20–0.00
Lyubushkin–Bichsel1:480.11–0.173:050.24–0.001:380.04–0.142:070.37–0.253:270.01–0.062:210.09–0.00
Heiskanen–Harley0:500.18–0.000:300.00–0.000:330.00–0.000:500.18–0.00
Heiskanen–Bichsel0:350.00–0.000:310.00–0.110:310.00–0.111:040.00–0.00
Lindell–Lyubushkin0:530.07–0.000:460.07–0.00
Harley–Bichsel
Heiskanen–Lundkvist0:310.00–0.000:310.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndBlackwell FSteel FHryckowian FJohnston FBourque FRobertson FBunting FBenn FDuchene FBastian FHyry FBäck FBichsel DLyubushkin DLindell DHeiskanen DHarley DLundkvist DDeSmith GHowden FHertl FKolesar FBarbashev FStone FEichel FSmith FDorofeyev FMarner FSmith FDowd FSissons FAndersson DLauzon DTheodore DMcNabb DKorczak DHanifin DHill G
DALVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Miro HeiskanenDAL2826:080:562:5025
Thomas HarleyDAL2524:470:592:4615
Mitch MarnerVGK2022:141:072:1540
Rasmus AnderssonVGK2921:500:452:0632
Esa LindellDAL2721:370:481:2706
Shea TheodoreVGK2521:280:522:0722
Jason RobertsonDAL1921:061:072:5001
Wyatt JohnstonDAL2019:380:593:0111
Pavel DorofeyevVGK1719:251:091:5330
Brayden McNabbVGK2419:120:481:3512
Jack EichelVGK1919:011:002:3831
Matt DucheneDAL1818:321:022:5051
Mark StoneVGK2017:320:531:5741
Noah HanifinVGK2116:580:481:2711
Mavrik BourqueDAL1916:350:521:4000
Sam SteelDAL2016:100:491:2711
Jeremy LauzonVGK2216:000:441:3623
Nils LundkvistDAL1815:500:531:3203
Ivan BarbashevVGK1815:260:511:3411
Lian BichselDAL2014:560:451:1922
Justin HryckowianDAL2114:520:421:2613
Reilly SmithVGK1514:480:592:2010
Tomas HertlVGK1814:410:491:5470
Keegan KolesarVGK1914:130:451:2130
Colin BlackwellDAL1813:540:461:3101
Jamie BennDAL1813:400:461:2851
Kaedan KorczakVGK1613:310:512:1801
Colton SissonsVGK1513:130:532:0312
Ilya LyubushkinDAL2013:040:391:0210
Michael BuntingDAL1612:510:482:0841
Brett HowdenVGK1812:480:431:1440
Cole SmithVGK1412:130:521:2502
Oskar BäckDAL1611:240:431:2906
Arttu HyryDAL1511:180:451:5705
Nic DowdVGK1410:200:441:2501
Nathan BastianDAL118:430:481:3011