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Ryan Craig’s Confidence In The Kids Pays Off In Shootout

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On October 9, 2026

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Last season, no team was worse at shootout than the Vegas Golden Knights. VGK participated in nine shootouts in 2025-26 and won just one. Of the 11 teams that participated in at least nine, every other team won at least three, and 10 of the 11 won at least four.

Vegas shooters converted on just 16.1% of their attempts (5 for 31), the second-worst mark in the league, ahead of St. Louis, and the goalies stopped 59.3% (19 of 32), ranking 23rd out of 31 teams that participated in at least one.

Those shootout struggles left points on the table. Had things gone slightly differently down the stretch, they could have cost the Golden Knights a playoff berth, and ultimately the run that took them to their third Stanley Cup Final.

Enter: Ryan Craig.

In his first chance behind the bench in the shootout, Craig wasted no time in switching things up from last year. After electing to go first as the home team, Craig sent 23-year-old Braeden Bowman over the boards to take the first attempt.

There’s a lot of trust in all of our players and yet some guys get that opportunity. We saw Bowman do it in the preseason and Trevor as well. I’ve seen him do that at the American Hockey League level. And at that point, it’s a one-on-one with the goalie. I thought those guys did a real good job. -Ryan Craig

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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 3 (4-1-0, 8 PTS) – SO (2-1)

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On October 8, 2026

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Recap: The Golden Knights returned to Las Vegas for a two-game homestand beginning against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto opened the scoring 34 seconds into the opening 20 minutes and added a second goal moments later. The Maple Leafs took a 3-0 lead before the midway mark of the period. Late in the frame, Mark Stone got Vegas on the board with his third goal of the season.

Quickly into the 2nd period, Brett Howden scored his first of the season to get Vegas within one. A few shifts later, Jack Eichel evened up the score on a successful penalty shot opportunity.

Both teams fought in the final frame, but neither could find the back of the net. After 60 minutes, the game needed overtime and a shootout to decide a winner. Braeden Bowman and Trevor Connelly scored shootout goals while Adin Hill stopped Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Gavin McKenna, and Jonh Tavares.

The Golden Knights record improves to 4-1-0 defeating the Maple Leafs 4-3 in SO. Next up, Vegas will welcome the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Puck drop against the Kings is scheduled for 7 PM. (Recap by Jason)

Analysis: Another slow start followed by a massive turnaround. I’d say they need to figure out how to fix this problem but honestly I’m not sure they need to anymore. They rode it all the way to the Cup Final last year and they actually seem even more comfortable doing it this year. Also, Ryan Craig going to the bag of tricks with Bowman and Connelly in shootout. (Analysis by Ken)

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In Short Sample, Hertl And Oloffson Steering Vegas’ Secondary Scoring

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On October 8, 2026

In Team Ops

(Photo Credit: SinBin.vegas Photographer Brandon Andreasen)

On Tuesday night in Seattle, Vegas center Tomas Hertl had a throwback type of game. Hertl tied the game with a power play goal in the opening period, recorded a primary and a secondary assist, and scored a second time on the PP in the 3rd. Four-point nights are rare, even for Jack Eichel, who shared the same accomplishment on Tuesday (Eichel has done it 8 times in 319 games in Vegas).

Since his arrival, Vegas center Tomas Hertl has recorded 61 goals in 165 games. Hertl is averaging 0.37 goals per game in gold, a scoring rate comparable to those of former Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault and Max Pacioretty. So far, through four games, Hertl is on pace for his best goal-per-game average in a Vegas sweater.

It’s gravy to win like that, that but it’s tough to see Olofsson going down. Hopefully it’s nothing serious, because he helped us win all three games. – Tomas Hertl

Last season, Hertl’s production was relatively disappointing. While he played all 82 games, the power play specialist averaged only .29 tallies per 60. Disappointingly, it was the 5th-best average on the team. Hertl’s annual pay suggests he underachieved in 2025-26. It looks like he took notice.

So, while Golden Knights fans shouldn’t expect many Connor McDavid-like nights from Hertl, they should anticipate more multi-goal games. Same goes for Victor Olofsson, when he returns from the injury. Last season, Hertl recorded only two multi-goal affairs. He’s halfway there with 80 games remaining.

It was a concern over the offseason how Vegas would replace the goals that they lost to Pavel Dorofeyev’s departure. Early on, Olofsson looks every bit like the fill-in goal scorer the front office signed him to be. While the two shot-first Golden Knights are sizzling hot, there will be cool-down moments. Like Hertl, Olofsson will naturally go on scoreless stretches. It won’t matter if they can combine for 60-70 goals by April.

Clearly, health will play a factor in every Golden Knight player’s production. For the plan to work, Hertl and Olofsson must be generating. Dorofeyev and Hertl combined for 61, right now, with Olofsson, the current pace is much higher. On top of that, they may have solved the quality and quantity of shots problem as well.

Hertl has already racked up 14 shots on goal in just four games. Only Shea Theodore and Mitch Marner are also in double-digits.

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Premiere Episode: Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

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On October 7, 2026

In Site Stuff

Tonight we’re launching Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, our new podcast with Ryan The Hockey Guy. Powered by MGA Law. The show airs weekly on Wednesdays throughout the 2026-27 season.

We’re going live at 7 PM on YouTube, X/Twitter, and Facebook.

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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6 SEATTLE KRAKEN 2 (3-1-0, 6 PTS)

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On October 6, 2026

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Recap: The Golden Knights traveled to Seattle to wrap up their two-game road trip. Vegas got to work midway through the game when Victor Olofsson scored his 3rd goal of the short season. Minutes later, Tomas Hertl recorded his 2nd on the power play. After the opening 20 minutes the Golden Knights held a 2-0 advantage.

Quickly into the middle frame, captain Mark Stone scored a shorthanded goal to give Vegas a commanding 3-0 lead. Olofsson potted his second of the night on a quick release shot, which also went down as Trevor Connelly’s first career NHL assist. Then, Jack Eichel pickpocked a Kraken player, went in on a breakaway, and scored to give VGK a 5-0 lead at the end of two.

The game got chippy in the 3rd period as Ben Myers got kicked out of the game for a nasty boarding penalty on Victor Olofsson. Olofsson had to leave with an injury. Then Mark Stone stepped up to fight Brandon Montour. VGK scored on the ensuing major penalty giving Tomas Hertl a four-point night.

The Golden Knights record improves to 3-1-0 defeating the Kraken 6-2 in Seattle. Next up, Vegas will travel back home to host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 PM. (Recap by Jason)

Analysis: The Golden Knights were extremely opportunistic, capitalizing on their chances in this game. Albeit, they had almost every dangerous chance in the game. It was a complete fanny whacking from the moment the puck dropped until the end. Even with taking penalties instantly at the start of the 1st and 2nd, VGK never looked even close to in danger for a second in this contest. (Analysis by Ken)

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Don’t Expect Fireworks In Seattle Tonight

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On October 6, 2026

In Game Analysis

(Photo Credit: Ken Boehlke, SinBin.vegas)

In the battle of the NHL’s two newest expansion franchises, the Golden Knights have gotten the better of the Kraken so far. VGK have a 13-3-3 record against Seattle and have never lost in regulation at tonight’s venue, Climate Pledge Arena.

Despite a 5-0-3 indoor record in Seattle (trying to forget the Winter Classic), the Kraken have been a tough nut to crack for the Golden Knights recently. VGK have lost three straight overtime contests at Climate Pledge and have failed to score more than three goals in four of the last five games against the Kraken.

Seattle enters this game with a sterling defensive start to the season. They’ve allowed just five goals in three games and have conceded just one in two of them. Of course, both of those games were against the lowly Calgary Flames, but projected starter Joey Daccord has been excellent to begin the year and even better in his career against Vegas.

Daccord owns a 5-2-0 record against the Golden Knights with a .929 save percentage and 2.10 goals against average. He shut them out in the unfortunately aforementioned Winter Classic, and has allowed four goals against VGK just once, a game at T-Mobile Arena right before Vegas went on the Cup run in 2023.

Seattle hasn’t had much success scoring on Vegas either, though. Four of the last five contests between these two teams have seen five total goals or fewer. The Kraken have scored three or fewer goals in each of the last six games against Vegas and have never scored more than four in 19 meetings.

Like Daccord, Carter Hart’s history against Seattle has been strong. In his lone start against the Kraken with Vegas, he stopped 22 of 23 to help VGK clinch the Pacific Division in the final game of last season. Overall, he’s posted a .916 save percentage and 2.25 goals against average in four starts vs. Seattle.

Both the Golden Knights and Kraken have begun this season looking to play a fairly simple, direct game. Expect plenty of skating tonight, but not much in the way of scoring chances.

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Fourth Line Leading The Golden Knights Balanced Scoring Party

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On October 5, 2026

In Game Analysis

(Photo Credit: NHL.com)

Three games, 11 goals, ten different goal scorers.

The Golden Knights are getting contributions from all over the lineup early on, and it’s a big reason why they’ve been able to win a pair of games and nearly come back in the other.

That production has been fueled by a fairly balanced usage of the forward lines at even strength. Aside from the 3rd period of the Anaheim game, when Ryan Craig went down to using just three lines, he’s essentially rolled the four lines, and contributions have followed.

Five different players have an even-strength goal (Marner, Eichel, Connelly, Bowman, Gatcomb) and nine of the 12 have at least a point. The only guys without a point are Mark Stone, William Karlsson, and Tomas Hertl, all of whom have made big impacts on special teams.

I thought all four of our lines were good. I thought different lines had different spurts at at different times. We talked about trying to stack shifts together. -Craig

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