Vegas Golden Knights
2026-27: 3-1-0 · 6 pts · 3rd in the NHL · 1st in the Pacific · L10 3-1-0 · W2
2025-26: 39-26-17 · 95 pts · 13th in the NHL · 1st in the Pacific
vs Toronto · 10:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Carter Hart 51%Game preview →Vegas are 3-1-0 after 4 games of 2026-27, 1st in the Pacific. Last season they finished 13th in the league with 95 points.
1st in the Pacific after 4 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 3rd in the league · 3-1-0 · 6 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 17 goals for and 10 against in 4 games. Last season: 95 points against 96.2. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Toronto Maple Leafs78 pts · 28th10 Octvs
Los Angeles Kings90 pts · 20th12 Oct@
Minnesota Wild104 pts · 7th13 Oct@
Nashville Predators86 pts · 23rd15 Octvs
Calgary Flames77 pts · 29th17 Octvs
Pittsburgh Penguins98 pts · 10thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 48.9% of the time. 3 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Seattle6–228–27W4 Oct@
Vancouver3–228–20W2 Octvs
Anaheim3–430–20L29 Sepvs
Chicago5–237–26WScores Jack Eichel leads with 10 points in 4 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →Projected cap hit $112.82M against a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 1 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed at Seattle on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 4 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 10th power play and a 14th penalty kill
Small sample after 4 games. Last season: power play 24.6%, penalty kill 81.4%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Vegas attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Vegas attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (4 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 87 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
248 att · 123 on goal · 17 G
By shot type
Vegas Golden Knights rank 5th for 22+ mph bursts and 7th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Vegas Golden Knights skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 23.34Jack EichelvsCHI29 Sep · 1st 05:14
- 22.42Marc Gatcomb@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 15:06
- 22.07Brett HowdenvsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 00:44
- 22.03Trevor ConnellyvsCHI29 Sep · 1st 12:32
- 21.65Victor OlofssonvsANA2 Oct · 2nd 12:16
- 21.62Tomas HertlvsANA2 Oct · 3rd 17:03
- 21.43Parker Wotherspoon@VAN4 Oct · 1st 08:38
- 21.14Mitch MarnervsANA2 Oct · 3rd 00:49
Each Vegas Golden Knights skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 89.69Jack EichelvsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 17:46
- 87.61Brayden McNabbvsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 14:30
- 85.60Rasmus AnderssonvsANA2 Oct · 2nd 07:52
- 85.42Ivan BarbashevvsCHI29 Sep · 1st 05:32
- 85.37William KarlssonvsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 10:28
- 85.24Jeremy Lauzon@VAN4 Oct · 1st 14:46
- 84.38Shea TheodorevsANA2 Oct · 3rd 18:59
- 84.33Parker WotherspoonvsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 19:10
Each Vegas Golden Knights skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Carter Hart has started 3 of 4
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Three on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Signed C William Karlsson to a two-year contract.
Placed C Jakub Cormier, RW Matyas Hemmerling and C Jakub Uchacz on the injured non-roster list.
Placed D Jaycob Megna, D Adam Ginning, D Joe Fleming, C Jakub Demek and D Jeremy Davies on waivers.
Signed F Braeden Bowman to a six-year contract.
Signed D Juho Piiparinen to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Signed D Lukas Cormier to a one-year contract.
Signed F Raphael Lavoie to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 78% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Vegas Golden Knights, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 97-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 68%; the market sits 9 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
6 points from 4 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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San Jose is the most-played rivalry: 51 meetings
Vegas against every Pacific rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
San Jose Sharks
Edmonton Oilers8 playoff trips and a Stanley Cup in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 9 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct