Vegas Golden Knights · #9 · Centre

Jack Eichel

Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 205 lb · Born North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2015, #2 overall by Buffalo

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Toronto · 10:00 PM ET6 P in the last 2 vs TOR
90+ points 55%Art Ross Trophy 1.5%Markets →
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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-3rd on VGK
Assists81st on VGK
Points101st on VGK
P / GP2.50T-3rd in the NHL
Shots825.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:354th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 74 games, 27-63-90, 1.22 points per game Season detail →

Jack Eichel has 10 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 90 points in 74 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

10 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Points / GP2.5099th
Assists / 606.1399th
PP points599th
Takeaways398th
Ice time19:3588th
Shooting %25.0%77th
Goals / 601.5376th
Shots / GP2.0069th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
Hits119th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

2.52.51–4

Dashed line: season average (2.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points101st on VGK
Points per game2.50T-3rd in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists81st on VGK
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time19:354th on VGK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:06
Power play4:34
Shorthanded0:55
Total19:35

21.0 shifts a game, averaging 56 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists51st on VGK
PP points51st on VGK · T-2nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6016.452nd on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in5goals or assists
Share100.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share72.7%of VGK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 2 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on VGK
Overtime goals0T-1st on VGK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd2
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading2
Trailing0

0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Vegas trailing.

Assists

Primary3 · 38%
Secondary5 · 63%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 607.66
Goals / 601.53
Shots / 606.1
ES points / 605.325 ES points
PP points / 6016.455 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 1 G
Slot5 att · 1 G
Wing10 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

18 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8139th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.2
Unblocked attempts12
xG per attempt.064
ixG per 600.59

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 99th percentile of forwards: 23.34 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph23.3499th
Distance skated, mi13.499th
22+ mph bursts297th
20+ mph bursts1597th
Hardest shot, mph89.6996th
Distance / 60, mi10.2689th
Average shot, mph65.785th
Defensive-zone time36.7%78th
Offensive-zone time44.7%75th
90+ mph shots048th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.34Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph89.69Forward average 74.7
Distance skated13.4 mi3.84 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.7%33.3% defensive · 25.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.6%All situations37.6%
40.7%Even strength39.9%
54.3%Power play29.0%
33.4%Shorthanded45.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 23.34vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 05:14
  2. 21.27vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 07:10
  3. 21.24vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 07:53
  4. 21.02vsANA2 Oct · 1st 17:23
  5. 21.02vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 14:17
  6. 20.97@VAN4 Oct · 1st 09:33
  7. 20.82vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 17:59
  8. 20.73@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 13:16

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph2 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph13 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph45 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 89.69vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 17:46
  2. 81.17vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 05:14
  3. 79.53@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 14:27
  4. 79.12vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 06:15
  5. 74.86vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 14:22
  6. 73.46vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 07:54
  7. 66.99@VAN4 Oct · 1st 19:13
  8. 60.92@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 17:59

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph4 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph4 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.11@SEA6 Oct · 18:20 TOI
  2. 3.35@VAN4 Oct · 19:52 TOI
  3. 3.84vsANA2 Oct · 22:07 TOI
  4. 3.09vsCHI29 Sep · 18:00 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.35 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways31st on VGK
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.60
Hits1T-11th on VGK
Blocked shots1T-9th on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken4515.0 a game
Won22
Win %48.9%
Offensive zone7 of 16

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Toronto, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@TORW 6-31123+319:16
15 Jan 2026vsTORW 6-5 OT1345+224:35

Prediction markets

55% for the 90+ points

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

90+ points2026-27 regular season55%—68¢Not listedNot listed
Art Ross TrophyPoints leader1.5%—3¢Not listedNot listed
Rocket Richard TrophyGoals leader0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed
Selke TrophyBest defensive forward3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote2.5%—Not listed3¢Not listed

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Contract

$13.5M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 6.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 276th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$13.5M13.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 37
Cap value$108MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Ivan Barbashev sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Ivan Barbashev1
Brayden McNabb1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Tomas Hertl3
Victor Olofsson2
Mark Stone2
Shea Theodore1

Scorers on his 8 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points3535th for Vegas
Goals1295th
Assists2245th
Games played31914th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Twelve seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16BUF812432560.6910.1%
2016-17BUF612433570.939.6%
2017-18BUF672539640.9610.2%
2018-19BUF772854821.069.2%
2019-20BUF683642781.1515.9%
2020-21BUF21216180.863.3%
2021-22VGK341411250.7410.5%
2022-23VGK672739660.9912.1%
2023-24VGK633137681.0811.2%
2024-25VGK772866941.2212.0%
2025-26VGK742763901.2210.4%
2026-27VGK11233.0050.0%
Career6912674347011.0110.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Buffalo · round 1From Boston University (H-EAST)#2

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games62
Goals12
Points651.05 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct