Boston Bruins vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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SOG 24–37

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Bruins 37-24.

William Karlsson scored twice. Tanner Jeannot, Pavel Dorofeyev, Nikita Zadorov, Cole Reinhardt, Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl, David Pastrnak, Mark Kastelic and Michael Eyssimont also scored.

Akira Schmid made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 31 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	2	1	2	5	24
VGK	2	3	1	6	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tanner Jeannot (2)Charlie McAvoy (2), Michael Eyssimont (2)1–002:05 BOS
Pavel Dorofeyev (6)Mitch Marner (5), Zach Whitecloud (1)1–103:35 VGK
Nikita Zadorov (1)Henri Jokiharju (2), Sean Kuraly (1)2–116:44 BOS
Cole Reinhardt (1)Ben Hutton (2), Colton Sissons (1)Peeke 1:05 into shift2–218:33 VGK

2nd period

Jack Eichel (5)Mark Stone (7), Ivan Barbashev (3)Lohrei 1:25 into shift2–304:14 VGK
Tomas Hertl (2)Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Mark Stone (8)2–406:35 VGK · PPG
David Pastrnak (2)Morgan Geekie (2), Elias Lindholm (3)3–408:15 BOS · PPG
William Karlsson (1)Mark Stone (9)Geekie 2:22 into shift3–518:24 VGK · SHG

3rd period

William Karlsson (2)Mitch Marner (6), Jack Eichel (6)3–602:19 VGK · PPG
Mark Kastelic (2)Sean Kuraly (2)4–604:05 BOS
Michael Eyssimont (1)Mason Lohrei (1)Hutton 1:10 into shift5–605:12 BOS

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:22

3–5 · 2nd 18:24 · Karlsson. Geekie was 2:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BOS

1st 2:05 · Jeannot

Whitecloud 0:42

NormalWhitecloud 0:42

1–1 VGK

1st 3:35 · Dorofeyev

Arvidsson 0:28

Fresh legsArvidsson 0:28

2–1 BOS

1st 16:44 · Zadorov

Smith 0:49

NormalSmith 0:49

2–2 VGK

1st 18:33 · Reinhardt

Long shift: Peeke 1:05

Long shiftPeeke 1:05

2–3 VGK

2nd 4:14 · Eichel

Long shift: Lohrei 1:25

Long shiftLohrei 1:25

2–4 VGK

2nd 6:35 · PP · Hertl

Minten 0:38

Fresh legsMinten 0:38

3–4 BOS

2nd 8:15 · PP · Pastrnak

McNabb 0:59

NormalMcNabb 0:59

3–5 VGK

2nd 18:24 · SH · Karlsson

Stuck out there: Geekie 2:22

Stuck out thereGeekie 2:22

3–6 VGK

3rd 2:19 · PP · Karlsson

Jeannot 0:41

NormalJeannot 0:41

4–6 BOS

3rd 4:05 · Kastelic

Hertl 0:03

Fresh legsHertl 0:03

5–6 BOS

3rd 5:12 · Eyssimont

Long shift: Hutton 1:10

Long shiftHutton 1:10

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BOSVGK

24Shots on goal37

49%Faceoff %51%

1/3Power play2/6

12Penalty minutes6

26Hits20

20Blocked shots22

14Giveaways13

5Takeaways3

Penalties

2nd 05:27Elias Lindholm · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:16Jeremy Lauzon · holding2 min
2nd 10:26Michael Eyssimont · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:57Pavel Zacha · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 16:50Kaedan Korczak · interference2 min
3rd 01:02Charlie McAvoy · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:14Tomas Hertl · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 18:56Morgan Geekie · interference2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

52Sean KuralyC	0	2	2	+3	1	2	0	0	45	16:59
81Michael EyssimontC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	–	10:13
28Elias LindholmC	0	1	1	-1	3	2	2	2	50	20:34
39Morgan GeekieC	0	1	1	-2	2	2	0	2	67	17:47
47Mark KastelicC	1	0	1	+2	1	3	4	0	63	13:22
84Tanner JeannotL	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	0	–	10:41
88David PastrnakR	1	0	1	-2	4	1	0	0	–	22:26
6Mason LohreiD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	20:43
20Henri JokiharjuD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	19:06
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	2	–	27:20
91Nikita ZadorovD	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	–	20:31
11Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	46	11:21
18Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	4	50	17:54
48Jeffrey VielL	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0	–	11:50
71Viktor ArvidssonL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	10:27
93Fraser MintenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	40	11:32
26Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	15:13
43Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:31

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jeremy SwaymanG	L	37	31	6	.838	59:01
70Joonas KorpisaloG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

61Mark StoneR	0	3	3	+1	6	0	1	0	–	22:30
9Jack EichelC	1	1	2	0	9	0	3	0	43	24:11
16Pavel DorofeyevR	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:09
71William KarlssonC	2	0	2	-1	3	0	2	0	43	15:17
93Mitch MarnerR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:07
10Colton SissonsC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	42	11:07
23Cole ReinhardtL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	09:41
48Tomas HertlC	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	2	68	16:08
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:15
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	17:59
17Ben HuttonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	12:18
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	12:22
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	11:15
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	09:19
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	23:25
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	2	–	16:29
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	-1	2	5	2	2	–	15:28
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	23:01

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Akira SchmidG	W	24	19	5	.792	60:00