Vegas Golden Knights

1-1-0 · 2 pts · GF 8 · GA 6

#4 deepest of 31 teams, 2026-27

Shot depth

.604

3rd in the NHL · 3rd over the last 10

CF depth

.704

4th in the NHL · 4th over the last 10

xG depth

.440

17th in the NHL · 17th over the last 10

TOI depth

.862

15th in the NHL · 15th over the last 10

Season

2026-27 2025-26

Only 2 games into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

Window

Season Last 20 Last 10

Stat

Shots CF xG TOI

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .549.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27

Knights

.440

League average

.441

Least deep (CBJ)

.324

Biggest contributors · all four stats · season

Top 3: 28% of team output (an even split across 18 regulars would be 17%)

T. Hertl C

of team output · 2 GP · 1G 0A

M. Marner R

of team output · 2 GP · 0G 1A

B. Howden C

of team output · 2 GP · 0G 1A

4 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 18 regulars it would take 10.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.

1 T. Hertl C 2 1.5

20.3% 20%

2 B. Bowman R 2 0.8

10.8% 31%

3 M. Stone R 2 0.8

10.7% 42%

4 B. Howden C 2 0.7

9.7% 51%

5 M. Marner R 2 0.6

8.7% 60%

6 J. Eichel C 2 0.6

8.5% 69%

7 T. Connelly L 2 0.5

6.7% 75%

8 R. Andersson D 2 0.2

3.4% 79%

9 V. Olofsson L 2 0.2

3.3% 82%

10 S. Theodore D 2 0.2

3.0% 85%

11 N. Hanifin D 2 0.2

3.0% 88%

12 I. Barbashev L 2 0.2

2.4% 90%

13 W. Karlsson C 2 0.2

2.3% 93%

14 M. Gatcomb C 2 0.2

2.3% 95%

15 J. Lauzon D 2 0.2

2.0% 97%

16 N. Dowd C 2 0.1

1.2% 98%

17 B. McNabb D 2 0.1

1.0% 99%

18 P. Wotherspoon D 2 0.0

0.6% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx

C. Hart246 .87058:48 -1.3

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 2 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason

SepOct

Result

Forwards

48T. HertlC 220.3%

42B. BowmanR 210.8%

61M. StoneR 210.7%

21B. HowdenC 29.7%

93M. MarnerR 28.7%

9J. EichelC 28.5%

24T. ConnellyL 26.7%

95V. OlofssonL 23.3%

49I. BarbashevL 22.4%

71W. KarlssonC 22.3%

17M. GatcombC 22.3%

26N. DowdC 21.2%

Defense

4R. AnderssonD 23.4%

27S. TheodoreD 23.0%

15N. HanifinD 23.0%

5J. LauzonD 22.0%

3B. McNabbD 21.0%

29P. WotherspoonD 20.6%

WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game