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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets: game preview

Puck drop21 Nov · 7:00 PM ET
VenueCanada Life Centre
All-time meetings33 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Thirteen points apart last season

Vegas finished last season 13th in the league on 95 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 34

Across 33 completed games, Vegas lead the head-to-head 21-10-2.

All-time record21-10-2Vegas's record in the series
Meetings played33This is number 34
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Vegas
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
13 Apr 2026WPG 2 – VGK 6——VGK
24 Mar 2026VGK 1 – WPG 4——WPG
6 Jan 2026VGK 4 – WPG 3 OT——VGK
3 Apr 2025WPG 4 – VGK 0——WPG
12 Dec 2024VGK 3 – WPG 2 OT——VGK
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVegasWinnipeg
6 Jan 202618-11-12 · 48 pts13th15-21-5 · 35 pts32nd
24 Mar 202632-26-14 · 78 pts19th30-29-12 · 72 pts26th
13 Apr 202638-26-17 · 93 pts13th35-33-12 · 82 pts25th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 6 Jan 2026, Vegas were 13th in the league and Winnipeg 32nd. By 13 Apr 2026 it was 13th and 25th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vegas out-attempted Winnipeg 194 to 130

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Vegas Golden Knights

194 att · 96 on goal · 11 G · 11.5%
Crease22 att · 0 G
Slot68 att · 7 G
Wing61 att · 4 G
Point33 att · 0 G
Neutral zone10 att · 0 G

Winnipeg Jets

130 att · 64 on goal · 9 G · 14.1%
Crease13 att · 3 G
Slot50 att · 2 G
Wing37 att · 3 G
Point25 att · 1 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Vegas have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

VegasWinnipeg
3.79xG for per game3.37
2.09xG against per game3.37
64.4%xG share50.0%
+1.8FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
−1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.1

This season: 4 games for Vegas, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Vegas

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2731.3%
Power play · 2025-2624.6% · 6th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2783.3%
Penalty kill · 2025-2681.4% · 7th
Faceoffs · 2026-2753.0% · 122/230
Drawn · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
9Jack Eichel428102.50
95Victor Olofsson44151.25
48Tomas Hertl43251.25
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
27Shea Theodore41230.75
15Noah Hanifin41010.25
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vegas crease

VGK · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Carter Hart.8903 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx −1.1
Adin Hill.9001 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx −0.5

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Vegas in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

13 Apr 20268 · WPG 2–6 VGK
24 Mar 20265 · VGK 1–4 WPG
6 Jan 20267 · VGK 4–3 WPG
3 Apr 20254 · WPG 4–0 VGK
12 Dec 20245 · VGK 3–2 WPG

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Vegas4.252.503.233.05
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.2Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.8Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Vegas · injuries

Lukas CormierUndisclosedIRReturn22 Oct
Raphael LavoieUndisclosedOutReturn8 Oct
Victor OlofssonUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct
30 Sep · VGK

Signed C William Karlsson to a two-year contract.

29 Sep · VGK

Placed C Jakub Cormier, RW Matyas Hemmerling and C Jakub Uchacz on the injured non-roster list.

23 Sep · VGK

Placed D Jaycob Megna, D Adam Ginning, D Joe Fleming, C Jakub Demek and D Jeremy Davies on waivers.

10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

Injury report
#29Juho PiiparinenRound 1 · TapparaD
#63ForfeitedRound 2 ·
#92Benjamin WilmottRound 3 · BarrieC
#95Sean BurickRound 3 · PentictonD
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#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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