Vegas Golden Knights

1-0-0 · 2 pts · GF 5 · GA 2
#3 deepest of 25 teams, 2026-27
Shot depth
.671
2nd in the NHL · 2nd over the last 10
CF depth
.753
1st in the NHL · 1st over the last 10
xG depth
.459
14th in the NHL · 14th over the last 10
TOI depth
.886
6th in the NHL · 6th over the last 10
Season

Only 1 game into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on last 20 totals, xG depth is .459.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27
Knights
.459
League average
.447
Least deep (CAR)
.265
Biggest contributors · all four stats · last 20
Top 3: 28% of team output (an even split across 18 regulars would be 17%)
M. Marner
M. Marner R
10.2%
of team output · 1 GP · 0G 0A
T. Hertl
T. Hertl C
9.3%
of team output · 1 GP · 0G 0A
T. Connelly
T. Connelly L
8.2%
of team output · 1 GP · 1G 0A

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 M. Stone R 1 0.8
18.6% 19%
2 M. Marner R 1 0.6
13.3% 32%
3 T. Hertl C 1 0.6
13.1% 45%
4 J. Eichel C 1 0.6
12.9% 58%
5 T. Connelly L 1 0.4
9.9% 68%
6 B. Bowman R 1 0.3
7.7% 76%
7 B. Howden C 1 0.3
6.9% 83%
8 N. Hanifin D 1 0.2
4.9% 87%
9 M. Gatcomb C 1 0.2
3.5% 91%
10 I. Barbashev L 1 0.1
2.3% 93%
11 J. Lauzon D 1 0.1
1.5% 95%
12 V. Olofsson L 1 0.1
1.4% 96%
13 R. Andersson D 1 0.0
1.1% 97%
14 B. McNabb D 1 0.0
1.0% 98%
15 P. Wotherspoon D 1 0.0
0.8% 99%
16 S. Theodore D 1 0.0
0.6% 100%
17 W. Karlsson C 1 0.0
0.2% 100%
18 N. Dowd C 1 0.0
0.0% 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. Hart126 .92359:57 0.0

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (last 20).

Share of team xG in each of the last 1 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPLast 20
Sep
Result
Forwards
61M. StoneR 118.6%
93M. MarnerR 113.3%
48T. HertlC 113.1%
9J. EichelC 112.9%
24T. ConnellyL 19.9%
42B. BowmanR 17.7%
21B. HowdenC 16.9%
17M. GatcombC 13.5%
49I. BarbashevL 12.3%
95V. OlofssonL 11.4%
71W. KarlssonC 10.2%
26N. DowdC 10.0%
Defense
15N. HanifinD 14.9%
5J. LauzonD 11.5%
4R. AnderssonD 11.1%
3B. McNabbD 11.0%
29P. WotherspoonD 10.8%
27S. TheodoreD 10.6%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game