The Vegas Golden Knights fell to the Utah Mammoth, 3-2, in Game 2 of their First-Round series on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena, evening up the series, 1-1.

Vegas opened the scoring on a power-play deflection from Mark Stone with 8:18 left in the first, but MacKenzie Weegar tied it late in the period for Utah. Dylan Guenther gave Utah a 2–1 lead midway through the second before Ivan Barbashev responded just over a minute later to even it at 2–2. In the third, Logan Cooley scored with six minutes remaining to lift Utah to a 3–2, series-tying win.

The Vegas Golden Knights opened the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas leads the series, 1-0.

Logan Cooley gave Utah a 1-0 lead late in the first period, but Colton Sissons tied the game at 3:44 of the second. Less than two minutes later, Kevin Stenlund restored Utah’s lead before Mark Stone evened the score, 2-2, with a power-play goal early in the third. Nic Dowd scored the game-winner at 7:20 of the final frame, and Ivan Barbashev added an empty-net goal to seal the victory. Carter Hart made 31 saves for a .939 save percentage in the win.

Sissons led the way with a goal and an assist, bringing his career playoff total to 27 points, while Dowd recorded the game-winning goal and now has five career postseason tallies. Stone’s tying goal marked his 37th playoff goal with Vegas, the most in franchise history, and Noah Hanifin contributed two assists. The Golden Knights outhit Utah 52-30 and improved to 12-7 in Game 1s of best-of-seven series. The win marked Vegas’ 63rd playoff victory, the most in the NHL since entering the league in 2017-18, while Reilly Smith and Brayden McNabb each appeared in their 100th playoff game with the club.

The Vegas Golden Knights (39-26-17) beat the Seattle Kraken (34-36-11), 4-1, in the final game of the regular season on Wednesday evening at T-Mobile Arena to clinch the top spot in the Pacific Division.

After a scoreless first period, Shane Wright opened the scoring early in the second, but Shea Theodore answered late in the frame to tie the game 1-1 with his 10th goal of the season. The Golden Knights took control in the third, as Mitch Marner tipped home his 24th goal just 1:23 into the period to give Vegas its first lead and push his season total to 80 points (24G, 56A), marking his fifth straight 80-point campaign.

Reilly Smith led the way offensively, scoring twice and adding an assist for his fifth multi-point game of the season. He extended the lead to 3-1 with a one-timer before capitalizing again on a net-front scramble, giving him three goals and four points over his last two games. Carter Hart was steady in net, stopping 22 of 23 shots for his sixth consecutive win since returning to the lineup, posting a .957 save percentage in the victory.

With the 4-1 win, the Golden Knights secured their fifth Pacific Division title in nine seasons — the most in the NHL since 2017-18 — while extending their strong finish under John Tortorella to 7-0-1. Vegas also continued its dominance at home, becoming the first NHL team to record at least 20 home wins in each of its first nine seasons, and led the league in third-period scoring for the second straight year. Jack Eichel added to the effort by extending his point streak to four games with eight points (2G, 6A) during that span.