Vegas Golden Knights
Pacific Division, Western Conference · 20 reports in the 2026-27 edition.
The club
2025-26 · 82 games · 255 for, 230 againstHow it played
- Shot attempts share, five-on-five
- 51.6% 10th of 32
- Expected goals share, five-on-five
- 53.4% 5th of 32
- Power play expected goals per sixty
- 8.74 2nd of 32
- Penalty kill expected goals allowed per sixty
- 6.20 2nd of 32
Where the record lies
- Finishing goals scored above what the chances were worth
- -1.3 19th of 32
- Goaltending goals prevented beyond what the chances allowed were worth
- -22.0 31st of 32
Vegas Golden Knights got 22.0 fewer saves than the chances they faced warranted — 22 goals of the record that the underlying play does not explain, and it regresses.
Roster shape
Points-weighted, so these are the ages and origins of the production rather than of the sweaters.
- Average age
- 30.6
- weighted by points
- From 33 and up
- 16.4%
- of skater points
- From under 26
- 5.4%
- of skater points
- Homegrown
- 0.0%
- drafted by this club
- Continuity
- 63.6%
- of last season's five-on-five minutes
The roster
Rasmus Andersson
#4 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1478 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Seventeen goals from a blue line, twenty-three minutes a night, and forty-eight goals for against seventy-two.
Ivan Barbashev
#49 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1235 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.LW · Vegas Golden Knights
Sixty-one points, plus twenty, and half his shots from inside twenty feet.
Braeden Bowman
Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 692 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.RW · Vegas Golden Knights
Undrafted, sixty-six per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and the eighty-eighth percentile.
Nic Dowd
#26 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 909 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.C · Vegas Golden Knights
Six hundred and fifty-seven games, the hundred and ninety-eighth pick, and seventy-three penalty minutes.
Jack Eichel
#9 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1131 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.C · Vegas Golden Knights
Ninety points, sixty-three assists, and sixteen in his last ten.
Marc Gatcomb
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 491 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.C · Vegas Golden Knights
Undrafted, eighty-eight games, and ten minutes a night.
Noah Hanifin
#15 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1385 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Eight hundred and twenty-nine games, three goals, and the eighty-fifth percentile.
Carter Hart
#79 Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 18 appearances. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.G · Vegas Golden Knights
Two hundred and forty-five games, a career .9048, and eighteen appearances back.
Tomas Hertl
#48 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1061 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.C · Vegas Golden Knights
Eight hundred and seventy-three games, thirteen power-play goals, and minus seventeen.
Adin Hill
#33 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 27 appearances and a game-by-game record.G · Vegas Golden Knights
Twenty-seven appearances, a .8705, and the second-worst goaltending in the league behind him.
Alexander Holtz
#10 Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 319 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.RW · Vegas Golden Knights
The seventh pick in 2020, twenty-eight games, and nine points.
Brett Howden
#21 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 766 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.C · Vegas Golden Knights
Four hundred and eighty-nine games, twelve goals, and the eighty-third percentile.
Jeremy Lauzon
#5 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1035 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Three hundred and eighty-four games, fifteen goals, and eighty-nine penalty minutes.
Carl Lindbom
Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 8 appearances. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.G · Vegas Golden Knights
The two hundred and twenty-second pick, eight appearances, and a .873.
Mitch Marner
#93 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1142 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.RW · Vegas Golden Knights
Seven hundred and thirty-eight games, five hundred and seventy-six assists, and the ninety-second percentile.
Brayden McNabb
#3 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1133 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Eight hundred and eighty-five games, thirty-eight goals, and the eighty-third percentile.
Victor Olofsson
#95 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 903 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.RW · Vegas Golden Knights
Four hundred and forty-eight games, and sixty goals for against thirty-seven.
Mark Stone
#61 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 843 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.RW · Vegas Golden Knights
Sixty-three per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and the ninety-sixth percentile.
Shea Theodore
#27 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1330 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Six hundred and thirty-four games, three hundred and fourteen assists, and the eighty-sixth percentile.
Parker Wotherspoon
Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1402 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.D · Vegas Golden Knights
Thirty points, plus seventeen, and no shots at all from inside twenty feet.
How they were used
2025-26 · 82 games
Measured from shift charts at five-on-five, not projected. Units are built from the strongest partnership outward and ordered by how much they were used; the percentage is the share of the first player’s five-on-five ice time spent alongside each linemate. A low number means the club never settled on a combination. Players who have gone are marked — either to another club, or off an NHL roster altogether, which covers retirement and an unsigned summer alike.
Forwards
First line
Second line
Third line
Fourth line
Defence
First pair
Second pair
Third pair
Goaltending
By games played