Final · March 4, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : VGK 25 — DET 26 · Little Caesars Arena
Three stars
- 1★
T. HertlVGK · C · 1B 1A - 2★
M. MarnerVGK · R · 1B 2A - 3★
A. DeBrincatDET · R · 1B 1A
VGKGame statsDET 
- 25Shots on goal26
- 45 %Faceoff win %55 %
- 1/2Power play0/4
- 8Penalty minutes4
- 19Hits11
- 10Blocked shots16
- 11Giveaways13
- 4Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| DET | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
Season seriesVGK 2 – 0 DET
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VGK 4 / 25 / 413 / 26 / 39 DET →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Reilly SmithVGK · 01:50Assists : Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev1 – 0▶ Watch
Emmitt FinnieDET · 05:58Assists : Moritz Seider, Simon Edvinsson1 – 1▶ Watch
Simon EdvinssonDET · 15:15Assists : Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat1 – 2▶ Watch- Alex DeBrincatDET · 16:14Assists : Lucas Raymond, Axel Sandin-Pellikka1 – 3▶ Watch
3rd period
Ivan BarbashevVGK · 11:37Assists : Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin2 – 3▶ Watch- Mitch MarnerVGK · 16:36Assists : Tomas Hertl, Shea Theodore3 – 3▶ Watch
Overtime
- Tomas HertlVGK · 02:11 · PPAssists : Mitch Marner, Rasmus Andersson4 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 18:47VGKKeegan Kolesar — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Dominik Shine
2nd period
- 02:51DETDylan Larkin — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Mitch Marner
- 09:14VGKTomas Hertl — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Moritz Seider
- 14:31VGKShea Theodore — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Lucas Raymond
3rd period
- 17:37VGKTomas Hertl — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Lucas Raymond
Overtime
- 01:52DETSimon Edvinsson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Braeden Bowman
Box score
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23:45 |
| C. SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:48 |
| R. SmithR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:12 |
| B. SaadL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 08:22 |
| C. SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| C. ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 07:51 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17:53 |
| T. HertlC | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 16:33 |
| I. BarbashevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18:30 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| M. MarnerR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| B. McNabbD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| R. AnderssonD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:28 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:46 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13:32 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| S. TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:13 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hill(W) | 23/26 | 88.5 % | 62:11 |
| A. Schmid | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. CoppC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| J. van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:39 |
| M. AppletonC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| L. RaymondL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:18 |
| M. RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| J. CompherL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 |
| E. FinnieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13:22 |
| D. ShineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:03 |
| D. LarkinC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 21:32 |
| P. KaneR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| M. KasperC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| A. DeBrincatR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20:39 |
| B. ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22:40 |
| A. JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:55 |
| J. Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:59 |
| A. Sandin-PellikkaD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:37 |
| M. SeiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28:40 |
| S. EdvinssonD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24:03 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Cossa | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| C. Talbot(O) | 21/25 | 84.0 % | 62:08 |
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