Golden Knights Beat Mammoth 5-3, Barbashev Scores Two Goals in Second Period

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 5-3 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Vegas scored three goals in the second period to take control, then held off a Utah push in the third.

Ivan Barbashev scored two goals, both in the second period. Victor Olofsson had one goal and two assists for three points. Mitch Marner had three assists. Vegas outshot Utah 28-17.

First period: one each

Jack Eichel opened the scoring at 2:15 of the first period on the power play, from Mitch Marner and Mark Stone. Lawson Crouse tied it 1-1 at 8:07, from Jack McBain and Andrew Peeke. The first period ended 1-1.

Second period: Vegas takes control

Victor Olofsson put Vegas ahead at 3:07 of the second period on the power play, from Eichel and Marner. Barbashev then scored twice in less than four minutes. He made it 3-1 at 4:51, from Olofsson and Shea Theodore, and 4-1 at 8:16, from Olofsson and Tomas Hertl.

Jack McBain cut the lead to 4-2 at 16:39 of the second, from Crouse and Peeke. McBain finished with one goal and two assists for Utah, the team's best total in the game.

Third period: Utah closes, Howden seals it

Dmitri Simashev made it 4-3 at 9:07 of the third period, from McBain and Clayton Keller. Utah was within one goal with more than ten minutes left.

Brett Howden sealed it 5-3 at 10:19, from William Karlsson and Marner. Marner's assist on the goal was his third of the game. Vegas held the two goal lead from there to the final horn.

The numbers that decided it

Olofsson's three points came on one goal, two assists and six shots, the most shots by a Vegas player in the game per the recap. Barbashev's two goals both came in the period Vegas won the game, the second, when Vegas scored three times and Utah scored once.

In goal, Carter Hart stopped 14 of 17 shots for Vegas. Sebastian Cossa made 23 saves on 28 shots for Utah. Utah scored three times on only 17 shots. Vegas needed 28 shots for its five goals and got scoring or assists from Eichel, Marner, Stone, Olofsson, Theodore, Hertl, Karlsson and Howden across the five goals.

The linescore read Utah 1, 1, 1 and Vegas 1, 3, 1. The middle line was the game. A tied first period, a three goal second period for Vegas, and a split third period added up to a 5-3 home win.