Final
VGK at VAN game report
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. PT · Rogers Arena
Golden Knights beat the Canucks 3–2 and earned it, out-chancing them 4.1–1.5 in expected goals and 17–3 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 2Goals3
- 1.53Expected goals4.05
- 0.885-on-5 expected goals2.59
- 3High-danger chances17
- 20Shots on goal28
- 36Shot attempts60
- 265-on-5 shot attempts42
- 4:34Power-play time9:03
5-on-5 shares for VAN: 38.2% of shot attempts, 25.4% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| VAN at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 43:38 | 26–42 | 0.88–2.59 | 1–2 |
| Power play | 4:34 | 3–16 | 0.18–1.47 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 9:03 | 3–0 | 0.39–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:45 | 4–2 | 0.08–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as VAN–VGK. “Power play” means VAN had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill VGK | 18/20 | .900 | 1.53 | -0.47 |
| Kevin Lankinen VAN | 25/28 | .893 | 4.05 | +1.05 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingCanucks5.5Golden Knights6.4
| ★Top three of the night: Victor OlofssonFVGK | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:35 | 77.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Mitch MarnerFVGK | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 | 58.8 |
| ★Top three of the night: Brayden McNabbDVGK | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:00 | 44.0 |
| Jonathan LekkerimäkiFVAN | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 | 58.8 |
| Linus KarlssonFVAN | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:31 | 46.7 |
| Nic DowdFVGK | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:11 | 50.0 |
| Mark StoneFVGK | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:45 | 55.6 |
| Filip HronekDVAN | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:25 | 44.4 |
| Kevin LankinenGVAN | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | — | 57:29 | — |
| Elias PetterssonFVAN | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:29 | 35.3 |
| Marc GatcombFVGK | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:07 | 45.5 |
| Braeden BowmanFVGK | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:41 | 50.0 |
| Rasmus AnderssonDVGK | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 | 80.0 |
| Trevor ConnellyFVGK | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 | 73.7 |
| William KarlssonFVGK | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 | 66.7 |
| Jack EichelFVGK | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:52 | 52.6 |
| Parker WotherspoonDVGK | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 | 72.2 |
| Tomas HertlFVGK | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 | 71.4 |
| Jeremy LauzonDVGK | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 71.4 |
| Brett HowdenFVGK | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 | 61.1 |
| Noah HanifinDVGK | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:37 | 69.2 |
| Luke SchennDVAN | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:07 | 35.3 |
| Shea TheodoreDVGK | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:11 | 42.3 |
| Max SassonFVAN | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 | 60.0 |
| Ivan BarbashevFVGK | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 57.9 |
| Arshdeep BainsFVAN | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 | 52.9 |
| Marco RossiFVAN | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 | 53.8 |
| Paul CotterFVAN | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 | 18.2 |
| Adin HillGVGK | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Drew O'ConnorFVAN | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:30 | 40.0 |
| Brendan GallagherFVAN | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:35 | 41.7 |
| Aatu RätyFVAN | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 50.0 |
| Zeev BuiumDVAN | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 | 48.0 |
| Elias PetterssonDVAN | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 31.8 |
| Tom WillanderDVAN | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 | 42.9 |
| Liam OhgrenFVAN | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:56 | 14.3 |
| Jamie OleksiakDVAN | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 | 17.6 |
| Brock BoeserFVAN | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 18.2 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Canucks
Forward lines
- Pettersson – Karlsson – Rossi6:47 · 4–4 · xG 0.1–0.0
- Boeser – Cotter – Ohgren6:13 · 1–15 · xG 0.0–1.2
- O'Connor – Bains – Sasson5:17 · 5–4 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Gallagher – Räty – Lekkerimäki2:48 · 3–2 · xG 0.1–0.0
Defence pairs
- Oleksiak – Willander8:38 · 1–10 · xG 0.0–0.8
- Hronek – Pettersson6:50 · 3–12 · xG 0.3–0.6
- Schenn – Buium5:40 · 2–8 · xG 0.0–0.3
Golden Knights
Forward lines
- Karlsson – Marner – Howden11:05 · 10–6 · xG 0.6–0.2
- Stone – Barbashev – Eichel10:42 · 10–8 · xG 0.4–0.2
- Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly8:31 · 14–5 · xG 1.0–0.2
- Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman6:12 · 4–5 · xG 0.2–0.1
Defence pairs
- McNabb – Theodore14:08 · 11–14 · xG 0.5–0.5
- Hanifin – Lauzon12:55 · 15–6 · xG 0.8–0.1
- Andersson – Wotherspoon11:24 · 13–3 · xG 1.2–0.1
Three stars
- ★M. MarnerVGK · 1G 0A
- ★★V. OlofssonVGK · 1G 0A
- ★★★E. PetterssonVAN · 0G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 18:52VAN P. Cotter pp (from F. Hronek, E. Pettersson)0–1
Period 2
- 09:01VGK M. Marner (from B. McNabb)1–1
- 14:30VGK V. Olofsson pp (from M. Stone, J. Eichel)2–1
- 17:54VAN J. Lekkerimäki (from L. Karlsson, L. Schenn)2–2
- 18:28VGK M. Gatcomb (from B. Bowman, N. Dowd)3–2