SEA @ VGK Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-04-15 Posted by kaylee on 2026-04-15 04:00:44

SEA @ VGK

Venue: T-Mobile Arena

Puck drop: Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

SEA (last 10)
  • Record 3-6-1
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 3.8
  • Power play 1/20 (5%)
  • Last game L vs LAK (3–5)
VGK (last 10)
  • Record 6-1-3
  • Streak W2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.7 · 2.6
  • Power play 8/34 (23.5%)
  • Last game W vs WPJ (6–2)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-04-09 VGK 3 @ SEA 4 OT/SO
  • 2026-01-31 SEA 3 @ VGK 2
  • 2025-10-11 VGK 1 @ SEA 2 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

SEA
  • Matty Beniers 4 pts · 1 G · 7 SOG
  • Chandler Stephenson 4 pts · 1 G · 3 SOG
  • Kaapo Kakko 4 pts · 0 G · 0 SOG
  • Jared McCann 3 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
VGK
  • Jack Eichel 9 pts · 2 G · 16 SOG
  • Mark Stone 7 pts · 5 G · 15 SOG
  • Ivan Barbashev 5 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
  • Rasmus Andersson 4 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: SEA 2.55 · VGK 3.93 · Win odds: SEA 28.5% · VGK 71.5% · OT/SO chance: 13.6%

  • 2-3 35.8%
  • 2-4 34.5%
  • 3-4 29.8%

Box Score

SEA 1 Final VGK 4

2026-04-15

Stat SEA VGK
Goals14
Shots2326
Power Play 0/0 (0.0%) 0/2 (0.0%)
PIM40
Faceoffs21 / 2626 / 21
Blocks1511
Saves2222
SEA Scorers
GAPTS
Shane Wright 1 0 1
Jamie Oleksiak 0 1 1
Jani Nyman 0 1 1
VGK Scorers
GAPTS
Reilly Smith 2 1 3
Mitchell Marner 1 0 1
Shea Theodore 1 0 1
Jack Eichel 0 2 2
Brayden McNabb 0 1 1
Kaedan Korczak 0 1 1
Nic Dowd 0 1 1
Rasmus Andersson 0 1 1
Tomas Hertl 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-04-15

Final lineup

SEA Away

Forwards

Line 1
Bobby McMann
#74 · LW
TOI 14:41
Matty Beniers
#10 · C
TOI 15:27
Jordan Eberle
#7 · RW
TOI 15:01
Line 2
Kaapo Kakko
#84 · LW
TOI 14:02
Shane Wright
#51 · C
TOI 13:24
Jani Nyman
#38 · RW
TOI 12:35
Line 3
Berkly Catton
#27 · LW
TOI 15:15
Chandler Stephenson
#9 · C
TOI 18:17
Eeli Tolvanen
#20 · RW
TOI 16:57
Line 4
Ben Meyers
#59 · LW
TOI 11:49
Frederick Gaudreau
#89 · C
TOI 14:37
Ryan Winterton
#26 · RW
TOI 12:57

Defense

Pair 1
Vince Dunn
#29 · LD
TOI 19:41
Adam Larsson
#6 · RD
TOI 22:12
Pair 2
Josh Mahura
#28 · LD
TOI 20:43
Brandon Montour
#62 · RD
TOI 21:19
Pair 3
Ryker Evans
#41 · LD
TOI 18:31
Jamie Oleksiak
#24 · RD
TOI 18:32

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Niklas Kokko
G2 Victor Östman

VGK Home

Forwards

Line 1
Ivan Barbashev
#49 · LW
TOI 18:12
Jack Eichel
#9 · C
TOI 19:45
Mark Stone
#61 · RW
TOI 17:41
Line 2
Brett Howden
#21 · LW
TOI 17:06
Mitchell Marner
#93 · C
TOI 16:51
Pavel Dorofeyev
#16 · RW
TOI 20:07
Line 3
Reilly Smith
#19 · LW
TOI 13:10
Tomas Hertl
#48 · C
TOI 15:25
Colton Sissons
#10 · RW
TOI 13:41
Line 4
Cole Smith
#22 · LW
TOI 11:08
Nic Dowd
#26 · C
TOI 12:01
Keegan Kolesar
#55 · RW
TOI 12:07

Defense

Pair 1
Brayden McNabb
#3 · LD
TOI 19:02
Shea Theodore
#27 · RD
TOI 18:46
Pair 2
Noah Hanifin
#15 · LD
TOI 23:21
Rasmus Andersson
#4 · RD
TOI 21:53
Pair 3
Jeremy Lauzon
#5 · LD
TOI 15:46
Kaedan Korczak
#6 · RD
TOI 14:16

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Carter Hart
G2 Adin Hill

Injuries

As of 2026-04-15

SEA

Player Pos # Description Status
Joey Daccord G 35 undisclosed QUESTIONABLE
Philipp Grubauer G 31 lower body QUESTIONABLE
Matt Murray G 30 personal OUT
Shane Wright C 51 upper body QUESTIONABLE

VGK

Player Pos # Description Status
William Karlsson C 71 lower body OUT
Alex Pietrangelo D 7 hip OUT
Jonas Rondbjerg RW 46 undisclosed OUT
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