Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Vegas Golden Knights
- Season
- NHL
- 2026
NHL: Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2.
Game leaders
2Kaedan KorczakPoints
2Jack Eichel
5Tommy NovakShots on goal
4Trevor Connelly
20Arturs SilovsSaves
23Adin Hill
Three stars
★ First starTomas HertlVegas Golden Knights · 2 G · 3 SOG- ★ Second starTommy NovakPittsburgh Penguins · 1 G · 1 A · 5 SOG
- ★ Third starKaedan KorczakPittsburgh Penguins · 2 A · 1 SOG
Picked by formula, not by vote. Skaters: 3 a goal, 2 an assist, 0.25 a shot on goal, 0.5 a plus-minus point, 0.1 a hit, block or takeaway, less 0.1 a giveaway. Goaltenders: 0.15 a save, less 1 a goal against, plus 1 for the win.
Scoring
Goals and assists from the box score. PPG is a power-play goal.
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Tommy Novak●1 G · 1 A
- Rickard Rakell●1 G
Assists: Kaedan Korczak 2, Spencer Stastney 1
Vegas Golden Knights
- Tomas Hertl●●2 G · 2 PPG
- Trevor Connelly●1 G
Assists: Jack Eichel 2, Jeremy Lauzon 1, Mitch Marner 1, Mark Stone 1
In goal
Saves and shots faced, at even strength, against the power play and short-handed.
- Even strength12/13
- Against the power play7/9
- Short-handed1/1
- Even strength17/19
- Against the power play4/4
- Short-handed2/2
Key stats
- 25Shots on goal23
- 8Shooting %13
- 0Power-play goals2
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this game.
Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 won, 3 lost in their last 5 games.
Vegas Golden Knights: 1 won, 4 lost in their last 5 games.
- Last 2 meetings: Pittsburgh Penguins won 1, Vegas Golden Knights won 1.
- Vegas Golden Knights lead this season's series 1–0.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Vegas Golden Knights
Shooting
- 25Shots on goal23
- 8Shooting %13
- 0Power-play goals2
Physical play
- 9Hits29
- 8Blocked shots18
Puck control
- 59.7Faceoffs won %50
- 3Takeaways7
- 19Giveaways14
Goaltending
- 20Saves23
- 87Save %92
Discipline
- 8Penalty minutes12
Shots and finishing
Pittsburgh Penguins took 52% of the shots on goal.
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Vegas Golden Knights
2523
- Shooting %
- 8.0%13.0%
- Save %
- 87.0%92.0%
- Shooting + save %
- 95.0105.0
Shooting % plus save % is hockey's PDO: 100 is par, and a side far above it was finishing and saving better than usual.
Ice time
Minutes on the ice for each skater, the most used first. Who a coach trusted tells you as much as who scored.
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Erik Karlsson24:44
- Rickard Rakell21:14
- Sidney Crosby20:30
- Kris Letang19:13
- Tommy Novak19:13
- Samuel Girard18:54
- Ville Koivunen18:50
- Blake Lizotte17:06
- Kaedan Korczak16:47
- Nick Robertson16:04
Vegas Golden Knights
- Brayden McNabb21:58
- Mitch Marner21:34
- Shea Theodore21:24
- Jack Eichel21:16
- Mark Stone20:40
- Noah Hanifin20:31
- Rasmus Andersson19:36
- William Karlsson18:10
- Jeremy Lauzon16:33
- Tomas Hertl15:11
Skaters
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17:06 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14:32 |
| 41Ville KoivunenLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18:50 |
| 22Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10:55 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16:47 |
| 16Justin BrazeauRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 08:14 |
| 67Rickard RakellRW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21:14 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 23 | 24:44 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58% | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20:30 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19:13 |
| 19Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14:08 |
| 72Declan CarlileD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15:21 |
| 10Andrei KuzmenkoLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12:41 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18:54 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11:19 |
| 24Spencer StastneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14:48 |
| 14Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 21 | 16:04 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19:13 |
Goaltenders
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 23 | 20 | 3 | 87.0% | 12/13 | 7/9 | 1/1 | 59:36 |
| 1Sergei MurashovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | – | – | – | 00:00 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 16 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |
| 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 20 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | |
| 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| 22 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| 25 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| 26 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 |