Golden Knights Stats and Trends For October

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Over the first month of the season, the Golden Knights went (8-5-1) standing in 3rd place in the Pacific Division. Vegas finished October with 17 points and held a (+5) in goal differential. For the most part it was a good opening 31 days for Vegas but clearly they have a lot more to prove in November.

Here are some statistics I find crucial to a successful season, and some interesting trends the team built over the opening month.

Vital Statistics

Primary Assists

1. Pacioretty: 6
2. Karlsson, Marchessault: 5
3. Stone: 4
4. Theodore: 3
5. Glass, Smith, McNabb, Carrier: 2
6. Eakin, Stastny, Nosek, Pirri, Engelland, Holden, Schmidt: 1

First VGK Goal of the Game

1. Stone: 4
2. Karlsson, Statsny: 2
3. Carrier, Theodore, Nosek, Smith, Marchessault, Holden: 1

Game Winning Goals

1. Stastny: 2
2. Smith, Marchessault, Carrier, Roy: 1

Power Play Goals

1. Stastny: 4
2. Stone: 3
3. Pacioretty: 2
4. Karlsson, Marchessault, Holden: 1

Shootout Goals

1. Theodore, Marchessault: 2
2. Pirri: 1

Points Per Game (Top 10)

1. Stone: 1.21
2. *Tuch, Roy: 1.00
3. Pacioretty, Karlsson: 0.86
4. Smith: 0.79
5. Stastny: 0.64
6. Marchessault: 0.57
7. Glass, Schmidt: 0.50
8. Theodore: 0.36
9. Nosek, Carrier: 0.28
10. Holden: 0.21

Power Play Points

1. Pacioretty, Stone: 7
2. Stastny: 6
3. Theodore, Glass, Marchessault: 3
4. Karlsson: 2
5. Smith, Holden, Hague: 1

Shootout Goals

1. Theodore, Marchessault: 2
2. Pirri: 1

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VGK Trends

Player Trends

When Stone scores: (6-3)

When Smith scores: (3-3)

When Karlsson scores: (2-2)

When Marchessault scores: (1-1)

When Pacioretty scores: (1-1)

Line Trends

When Top Line scores (5-2)

When Second Line scores: (5-2)

When Bottom Six scores: (3-1)

When Defense scores: (3-1)

Situational Trends

After a Win: (4-5)

After a Loss: (2-3)

When PP Goal is scored: (5-3)

When Allowing a PP Goal: (0-4)

When Scoring a Shorthanded Goal: (3-0)

When Allowing a Shorthanded Goals: (0-1)

When Shooting 20-30 SOG: (2-1)

When Shooting 30-40 SOG: (4-5)

When Shooting 40-50 SOG: (2-0)

When Allowing 20 or less SOG: (1-0)

When Allowing 20-30 SOG: (2-2)

When Allowing 30-40 SOG: (5-3)

When Allowing 40-50 SOG: (0-1)

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Really Unimportant Trends

Playing on Monday: (0-1)

Playing on Tuesday: (1-2)

Playing on Wednesday: (1-0)

Playing on Thursday: (1-2)

Playing on Friday: (1-1)

Playing on Saturday: (2-0)

Playing on Sunday: (2-0)

There you have it. Some of these stats and trends can be useful, but after only one month of action it’s tough to get a real measurement. We’ll update this information after the Golden Knights complete their November schedule. Hopefully, it’s a happy Thanksgiving.