Vegas Golden Knights · #48 · Centre

Tomas Hertl

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 223 lb · Born Praha, CZE

Drafted 2012, #17 overall by San Jose

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals32nd on VGK
Assists2T-4th on VGK
Points5T-2nd on VGK
P / GP1.25T-47th in the NHL
Shots1421.4% shooting
TOI / GP16:2510th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 24-34-58, 0.71 points per game Season detail →

Tomas Hertl has 5 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 58 points in 82 games last season.

This season

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

5 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

PP points397th
Shots / GP3.5094th
Goals / 602.7493rd
Points / GP1.2590th
Hits984th
Blocked shots383rd
Assists / 601.8373rd
Shooting %21.4%73rd
Ice time16:2565th
Takeaways027th
Penalty differential−118th

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

1.31.31–4

Dashed line: season average (1.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points5T-2nd on VGK
Points per game1.25T-47th in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists2T-4th on VGK
Shooting %21.4%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:2510th on VGK
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth 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 strength11:56
Power play4:28
Shorthanded0:02
Total16:25

18.0 shifts a game, averaging 55 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals31st on VGK
PP assists0T-6th on VGK
PP points32nd on VGK · T-9th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6010.084th on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in3goals or assists
Share60.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share71.2%of VGK PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 3 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on VGK
Overtime goals0T-1st on VGK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals3

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd2
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading2
Trailing1

0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Vegas trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 50%
Secondary1 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 604.57
Goals / 602.74
Shots / 6012.8
ES points / 602.512 ES points
PP points / 6010.083 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the crease, goals from the crease

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease13 att · 3 G
Slot10 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)3.31st
Goals3
Goals vs expected−0.3
Unblocked attempts21
xG per attempt.157
ixG per 603.02

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 67th percentile of forwards: 21.62 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

Offensive-zone time52.7%99th
Defensive-zone time30.5%98th
Distance skated, mi9.473rd
Top speed, mph21.6267th
90+ mph shots048th
Hardest shot, mph76.6345th
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts114th
Average shot, mph40.58th
Distance / 60, mi8.622nd

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, mph21.62Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph76.63Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.4 mi2.42 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts47.2%16.7% defensive · 36.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

52.8%All situations30.8%
51.7%Even strength32.0%
55.6%Power play27.9%
73.4%Shorthanded0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.62vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 17:03
  2. 19.96vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 12:15
  3. 19.09@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 19:00
  4. 18.83@VAN4 Oct · 1st 17:39
  5. 18.70vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 01:23
  6. 18.58vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 18:43
  7. 18.50vsANA2 Oct · 1st 15:35
  8. 18.35@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 07:35

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph12 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.63vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 09:53
  2. 62.52vsANA2 Oct · 1st 04:57
  3. 61.42@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 03:58
  4. 57.45vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 15:51
  5. 53.11vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 15:43
  6. 51.82vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 17:58
  7. 47.89@VAN4 Oct · 1st 07:19
  8. 44.86vsANA2 Oct · 1st 17:53

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.26@SEA6 Oct · 16:04 TOI
  2. 2.34@VAN4 Oct · 16:29 TOI
  3. 2.42vsANA2 Oct · 17:23 TOI
  4. 2.42vsCHI29 Sep · 15:45 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.36 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

Takeaways0T-9th on VGK
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits93rd on VGK
Blocked shots3T-6th on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken4812.0 a game
Won27
Win %56.3%
Offensive zone16 of 30

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Toronto, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@TORW 6-30002−117:25
15 Jan 2026vsTORW 6-5 OT1122−117:40

Contract

$8.14M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 7.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 255th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.14M7.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 5 of 8
Expires2029-30UFA at 36
Cap value$65.1MCap 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

Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Jack Eichel 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

Jack Eichel3
Mitch Marner1
Mark Stone1
Ivan Barbashev1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points12815th for Vegas
Goals6112th
Assists6716th
Games played16530th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2013-14SJS371510250.6815.3%
2014-15SJS821318310.389.0%
2015-16SJS812125460.5710.4%
2016-17SJS491012220.4510.0%
2017-18SJS792224460.5812.6%
2018-19SJS773539740.9619.9%
2019-20SJS481620360.7513.7%
2020-21SJS501924430.8617.0%
2021-22SJS823034640.7814.6%
2022-23SJS792241630.8012.0%
2023-24SJS, VGK541721380.7013.7%
2024-25VGK733229610.8418.1%
2025-26VGK822434580.7111.9%
2026-27VGK10000.000.0%
Career8742763316070.6913.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012San Jose · round 1From Slavia (CZECH)#17

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games102
Goals33
Points620.61 P/GP
Game-winning goals7
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct