Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 24–43

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Recap

Golden Knights rally past Maple Leafs 4-3

The Vegas Golden Knights came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena. Toronto scored three times in the first period before Vegas answered with one late in the frame and two more in the second to tie it. Neither team scored in the third period or overtime, with the Golden Knights taking the win.

Jack Roslovic, Easton Cowan and Nick Paul built the Maple Leafs' 3-0 lead in the opening period, with Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko picking up assists on the first goal. Mark Stone put Vegas on the board at 17:36 of the first, and Brett Howden and Jack Eichel scored early in the second to knot it at 3-3. Eichel finished with a goal and an assist, while Trevor Connelly was named the game's first star.

Vegas outshot Toronto 43-24. Adin Hill made 21 saves for the win, while Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 40 of 43 shots in the overtime loss. The Golden Knights improved to 4-1-0 and have won three games in a row.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
TOR	3	0	0	0	0	3	24
VGK	1	2	0	0	1	4	43

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Roslovic (2)Auston Matthews (4), Kirill Marchenko (3)1–000:34 TOR
Easton Cowan (2)Chris Tanev (1)2–003:20 TOR
Nick Paul (1)Darren Raddysh (2), Gavin McKenna (2)3–008:37 TOR
Mark Stone (3)Jack Eichel (9), Ivan Barbashev (4)3–117:36 VGK

2nd period

Brett Howden (1)Mitch Marner (2), William Karlsson (1)3–201:12 VGK
Jack Eichel (3)Unassisted3–303:58 VGK

SO period

Trevor ConnellyUnassisted3–400:00 VGK

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalTOR on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 TOR

1st 0:34 · Roslovic

McNabb 0:34

Fresh legsMcNabb 0:34

2–0 TOR

1st 3:20 · Cowan

Wotherspoon 0:52

NormalWotherspoon 0:52

3–0 TOR

1st 8:37 · Paul

Wotherspoon 0:40

NormalWotherspoon 0:40

3–1 VGK

1st 17:36 · Stone

Rielly 0:35

Fresh legsRielly 0:35

3–2 VGK

2nd 1:12 · Howden

Tavares 0:21

Fresh legsTavares 0:21

3–3 VGK

2nd 3:58 · Eichel

Rielly 0:43

NormalRielly 0:43

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

TORVGK

24Shots on goal43

60%Faceoff %40%

0/1Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes2

13Hits27

16Blocked shots15

19Giveaways17

6Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 18:17Gavin McKenna · hooking2 min
2nd 03:58Morgan Rielly · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
2nd 05:09Oliver Ekman-Larsson · hooking2 min
2nd 13:09Oliver Ekman-Larsson · interference2 min
2nd 17:27Mark Stone · slashing2 min
3rd 08:58Bo Groulx · holding2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

20Nick PaulL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	3	0	50	17:05
34Auston MatthewsC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	71	21:32
53Easton CowanR	1	0	1	-1	4	1	1	0	–	14:00
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:20
92Gavin McKennaL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	14:08
96Jack RoslovicC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:32
8Chris TanevD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	–	22:10
43Darren RaddyshD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	24:45
15Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	80	15:47
24Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:07
29Bo GroulxC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	06:09
73Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	55	11:02
88William NylanderR	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	–	20:31
91John TavaresC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	62	15:26
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	23:32
28Troy StecherD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	16:35
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:57
95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	–	15:22

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Anthony StolarzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	O	43	40	3	.930	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	1	1	2	+2	6	1	2	0	45	26:38
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	-1	3	2	1	0	50	15:18
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	–	18:34
61Mark StoneR	1	0	1	+1	5	3	2	2	–	23:57
71William KarlssonC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	33	18:55
93Mitch MarnerR	0	1	1	-1	5	1	0	0	–	24:10
17Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:08
24Trevor ConnellyL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	15:26
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33	11:15
36Raphael LavoieC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	100	08:14
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:36
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	50	14:41
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	18:10
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	–	18:42
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	–	15:59
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	21:48
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	3	0	–	20:49
29Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	–	17:00

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	W	24	21	3	.875	64:40
79Carter HartG		0	0	0	–	00:00