VGK @ SEA 6–2 · 2026-10-06

VegasVGKGolden Knights6

FinalOct 62026-10-06

Team	1	2	3	SOG
VGK	2	3	1	28
SEA	0	0	2	27

Climate Pledge Arena

SeattleSEAKraken2

CallNo lean · 38% SEA

Star 1T. Hertl2G 2A
Star 2J. Eichel1G 3A
Star 3V. Olofsson2G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-166Moneyline+140-1.5 +150Puck line+1.5 -180O +110Total 6.5U -130+105RegulationTie +320 +185-1501st period+115+1481st · 3-wayTie +180 +215

Season odds

97%98%+1.1Playoffs24%24%+0.211%12%+1.1Cup0.2%0.1%−0.1

Story

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Result VGK 6–2Call No lean · VGK 62%Market VGK 61%xG 4.06–2.67 · deserved VGK 72%Swing Olofsson +16 1st 13:02Method

Goals and penalties with SEA win probability
Time	Event	SEA win before	SEA win after
1st 0:15	VGK penalty · M. Gatcomb · boarding · 2 min
1st 13:02	Goal VGK · V. Olofsson	39%	23%
1st 13:02	SEA penalty · M. Samoskevich · delaying game unsuccessful challenge · 2 min
1st 15:49	SEA penalty · B. Montour · interference · 2 min
1st 15:58	Goal VGK · T. Hertl (PP)	23%	11%
2nd 0:17	VGK penalty · N. Dowd · holding · 2 min
2nd 1:43	Goal VGK · M. Stone (SH)	10%	4%
2nd 13:07	Goal VGK · V. Olofsson	2%	1%
2nd 14:17	VGK penalty · B. Howden · holding the stick · 2 min
2nd 19:29	Goal VGK · J. Eichel	1%	1%
3rd 4:52	Goal SEA · S. Wright	1%	1%
3rd 7:38	SEA penalty · C. Stephenson · slashing · 2 min
3rd 8:03	SEA penalty · B. Meyers · boarding · 5 min
3rd 8:03	SEA penalty · B. Meyers · game misconduct · 10 min
3rd 9:21	SEA penalty · B. Montour · fighting · 5 min
3rd 9:21	VGK penalty · M. Stone · fighting · 5 min
3rd 9:21	SEA penalty · B. Montour · misconduct · 10 min
3rd 9:43	Goal VGK · T. Hertl (PP)	1%	1%
3rd 12:54	VGK penalty · R. Andersson · roughing · 2 min
3rd 12:54	VGK penalty · R. Andersson · roughing · 2 min
3rd 12:54	SEA penalty · V. Dunn · roughing · 2 min
3rd 13:54	VGK penalty · J. Lauzon · roughing · 2 min
3rd 15:00	Goal SEA · J. McCann (PP)	1%	1%
3rd 15:03	VGK penalty · M. Gatcomb · fighting · 5 min
3rd 15:03	SEA penalty · R. Winterton · fighting · 5 min

On ice · final horn

VGK5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
26N. DowdC	1:19	13:50	19	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	4-13
49I. BarbashevL	0:22	15:30	19	0	1	1	2	4	0	2	0	1-0
42B. BowmanR	0:22	15:06	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	–
4R. AnderssonD	0:22	17:24	22	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	–
29P. WotherspoonD	0:22	20:17	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	–
79C. HartG		60:00	SA27GA2SV%.926xGA2.67GSAx+0.67

SEA5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10M. BeniersC	0:22	16:21	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	11-7
89F. GaudreauC	0:22	15:55	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5-11
19J. McCannL	0:22	15:07	20	1	0	1	7	7	0	0	1	0-1
29V. DunnD	0:26	24:01	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	–
41R. EvansD	1:11	24:16	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	–
31P. GrubauerG		20:00	SA7GA1SV%.857xGA1.78GSAx+0.78

Goals

1st
Victor Olofsson(1)
R. Andersson (1), T. Hertl (1)
xG 0.15deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 VGK1st 13:02+16.177%
Tomas Hertl(1)PP
M. Stone (1), J. Eichel (1)
xG 0.15wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 VGK1st 15:58+11.789%
2nd
Mark Stone(1)SH
J. Eichel (2)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 VGK2nd 01:43+6.396%
Victor Olofsson(2)
T. Hertl (2), T. Connelly (1)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–0 VGK2nd 13:07+1.899%
Jack Eichel(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–0 VGK2nd 19:29+0.099%
3rd
Shane Wright(1)
K. Kakko (1), C. Fleury (1)
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–1 VGK3rd 04:52+0.01%
Tomas Hertl(2)PP
I. Barbashev (1), J. Eichel (3)
xG 0.28wristClip(opens nhl.com)
6–1 VGK3rd 09:43+0.099%
Jared McCann(1)PP
J. Eberle (1), K. Kakko (2)
xG 0.09wristClip(opens nhl.com)
6–2 VGK3rd 15:00+0.01%

Shots

VGK4.06 xG44 unblocked · 16 blocked44 unblocked · 16 blocked

SEA2.67 xG35 unblocked · 13 blocked35 unblocked · 13 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VGKSEA6Goals24.06xG2.6728Shots2744Unblocked3560Attempts4811High danger32/5Power play1/532Faceoffs3416Hits1713Blocks162Takeaways722Giveaways1222PIM43

Skaters

Player

Player
15N. HanifinNoah HanifinD	21:05	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	0	1	0	2	—	0	+1
29P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	20:17	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
3B. McNabbBrayden McNabbD	19:37	0	0	0	2	6	0.04	−0.04	2	1	0	1	—	0	+2
27S. TheodoreShea TheodoreD	19:05	0	0	0	4	5	0.30	−0.30	0	1	0	3	—	0	+2
71W. KarlssonWilliam KarlssonC	18:44	0	0	0	1	4	0.33	−0.33	0	0	0	0	69%	0	0
9J. EichelJack EichelC	18:20	1	3	4	2	6	0.23	+0.77	0	0	1	3	39%	0	+2
4R. AnderssonRasmus AnderssonD	17:24	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	—	4	0
93M. MarnerMitch MarnerR	16:32	0	0	0	2	5	0.46	−0.46	0	1	0	2	—	0	0
48T. HertlTomas HertlC	16:04	2	2	4	3	4	0.60	+1.40	2	1	0	1	69%	0	+1
5J. LauzonJeremy LauzonD	16:00	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	−0.01	7	2	0	1	—	2	+1
61M. StoneMark StoneR	15:51	1	1	2	4	6	0.62	+0.38	1	2	0	2	—	5	+2
21B. HowdenBrett HowdenC	15:51	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	−0.43	0	0	0	1	100%	2	0
49I. BarbashevIvan BarbashevL	15:30	0	1	1	2	4	0.24	−0.24	2	0	0	1	100%	0	+1
42B. BowmanBraeden BowmanR	15:06	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	−0.04	0	0	1	1	—	0	0
26N. DowdNic DowdC	13:50	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	−0.08	1	1	0	0	24%	2	0
24T. ConnellyTrevor ConnellyL	11:41	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	2	—	0	+1
95V. OlofssonVictor OlofssonL	10:48	2	0	2	2	3	0.38	+1.62	0	0	0	1	0%	0	+1
17M. GatcombMarc GatcombC	9:09	0	0	0	3	3	0.19	−0.19	1	1	0	0	0%	7	0
VGK total		6	9	15	28	60	4.06	+1.94	16	12	2	22	48%	22

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Hertl+2.09

Olofsson+1.83

Stone+1.44

Eichel+1.35

Barbashev+0.40

Connelly−0.05

Marner−0.17

Karlsson−0.28

Bowman−0.35

Gatcomb−0.39

Dowd−0.55

Howden−0.66

Defence

Theodore+0.19

McNabb0.00

Lauzon−0.04

Andersson−0.08

Hanifin−0.17

Wotherspoon−0.25

Goalie

Hart+0.69

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Barbashev·Eichel·Stone	9:54	13	13	4	76.5%	7	1	1	0	0.71	0.00	99.5%	+0.70	4	3	57%
Howden·Karlsson·Marner	9:13	12	7	11	38.9%	2	7	0	0	0.35	0.89	28.0%	−0.55	1	3	25%
Connelly·Olofsson·Hertl	7:33	13	9	4	69.2%	4	1	2	1	0.65	0.08	89.2%	+0.57	2	0	100%
Gatcomb·Dowd·Bowman	7:15	12	11	8	57.9%	5	4	0	0	0.33	0.48	40.8%	−0.15	3	1	75%
Occasional · 3 groups
Barbashev·Karlsson·Bowman	2:05	3	2	1	66.7%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Howden·Dowd·Hertl	1:11	2	1	3	25.0%	0	2	0	0	0.10	0.25	28.0%	−0.15	0	0	—
Howden·Hertl·Bowman	0:47	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
VGK 5v5	44:22		45	35	56.3%	20	18	3	1	2.16	1.92	52.9%	+0.24

Goalies

Carter Hart

VGK · 60:00

Saves: 25/27
SV%: .926
xGA: 2.67
GSAx: +0.67

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/19	.947	1.98	+0.98
Power play	7/8	.875	0.54	−0.46
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.15	+0.15
High danger	3/3	1.000	1.00	+1.00

Joey Daccord

SEA · 39:53

Saves: 16/21
SV%: .762
xGA: 2.28
GSAx: −2.72

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/17	.824	1.87	−1.13
Power play	2/3	.667	0.23	−0.77
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.18	−0.82
High danger	2/4	.500	0.68	−1.32

Philipp Grubauer

SEA · 20:00

Saves: 6/7
SV%: .857
xGA: 1.78
GSAx: +0.78

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	3/3	1.000	0.29	+0.29
Power play	3/4	.750	1.49	+0.49
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	4/5	.800	1.55	+0.55

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Vegas Golden Knights

Minutes

21:05Hanifin
20:17Wotherspoon
19:37McNabb
19:05Theodore
17:24Andersson
16:00Lauzon

18:44Karlsson
18:20Eichel
16:32Marner
16:04Hertl
15:51Stone
15:51Howden
15:30Barbashev
15:06Bowman
13:50Dowd
11:41Connelly
10:48Olofsson
9:09Gatcomb

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVGKSEA

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

LauzonD1 O2
TheodoreD2 O2
HanifinD1 O1
McNabbD6 O2
AnderssonD6 O1
WotherspoonD9 O1
HertlD0 O4
OlofssonD0 O4
StoneD3 O6
EichelD2 O4
ConnellyD0 O2
GatcombD2 O3
BowmanD2 O3
BarbashevD5 O5
MarnerD2 O2
DowdD4 O2
HowdenD3 O1
KarlssonD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period