Kings vs. Golden Knights (Oct 10, 2026)

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Golden Knights VGK

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Kings

Golden Knights

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

LAK

VGK

+150

Money

-153

Money

o5.5

-127

u5.5

+120

+1.5

-178

-1.5

+170

o6.0

Open

-161

Open

A. Panarin Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -106 S. Laughton Over 0.5 Goals +545

Forward Matchup

A. Panarin

LAK LW #10

J. Eichel

VGK C #9

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

B. Clarke

LAK D #92

B. McNabb

VGK D #3

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

D. Kuemper

LAK G #35

C. Hart

VGK G #79

Wins

.831

Save Pct

.890

5.11

Goals Against Avg

2.70

LAK

Team Stats

VGK

Goals per Game

Goals Against per Game

2.6

28.67

Shots per Game

33.20

28.00

Shots Against per Game

23.40

16.7

Power Play Pct

25.0

61.5

Penalty Kill Pct

84.6

.821

Save Pct

.889

LAK

Injuries

VGK

Jakub Dvorak

Out (Upper-body)

Kai Uchacz

Out (Undisclosed)

Jan Jenik

Out (Undisclosed)

Ben Hemmerling

Out (Undisclosed)

Kevin Fiala

Out (Leg)

Lukas Cormier

Out (Undisclosed)

Victor Olofsson

Out (Undisclosed)

2026-27 Pacific Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	4	1	0	8	8
Oilers	3	0	1	7	6
Sharks	3	1	0	6	-2
Ducks	2	1	0	4	-1
Kraken	2	2	0	4	4
Canucks	2	3	0	4	-4
Kings	0	2	1	1	-6
Flames	0	4	0	0	-17

LAK

Last 5

VGK

Tue, Oct 6

Thu, Oct 8

Sat, Oct 3

Tue, Oct 6

Wed, Sep 30

Sun, Oct 4

Fri, Oct 2

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 10, 2026

ESPN+

T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

A. Kempe +567

A. Lee +614

A. Panarin +614

J. Eichel +614

S. Theodore +614

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Kempe 0.5 +199 -208

A. Laferriere 0.5 +300

A. Lee 0.5 +669

A. Panarin 0.5 +217 -223

B. Bowman 0.5 +471

Points

Line Over Under

A. Panarin 1.5 -170

Assists

Line Over Under

A. Kempe 0.5 +167

A. Laferriere 0.5 +194

A. Panarin 0.5 -127

B. Clarke 0.5 +153

J. Eichel 0.5 -147

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

A. Kempe 3.5 +167 -186

A. Laferriere 2.5 +113 -163

A. Panarin 2.5 -106 +102

J. Eichel 2.5 -141 +125

M. Marner 2.5 +138 -156

Team Leaders

A. Panarin

E. Haula

GWG

E. Haula

SV%

.831

D. Kuemper

Season

Career vs VGK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Erik Haula E. Haula	3	1	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	1	8	12.5	27	54	50.0	1	1	1	3	15:26
Alex Laferriere A. Laferriere	3	1	2	3	+1	2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	11	2	0	1	16:29
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	3	2	1	3	-4	2	0	1	0	0	10	20.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	21:01
Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	3	0	2	2	-4	11	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	19:39
Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	3	1	1	2	-3	2	1	1	0	0	12	8.3	2	5	40.0	5	0	0	4	21:02
Quinton Byfield Q. Byfield	3	1	1	2	-4	0	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	37	54	68.5	1	2	7	4	20:56
Cody Ceci C. Ceci	3	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	17:44
Drew Doughty D. Doughty	3	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	1	3	19:53
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:07
Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18:11
Mikey Anderson M. Anderson	3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	3	8	0	3	17:17
Alex Turcotte A. Turcotte	3	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	12	24	50.0	4	1	1	0	14:06
Joel Armia J. Armia	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	4	5	1	3	12:57
Brian Dumoulin B. Dumoulin	3	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	2	2	1	9	15:18
Trevor Moore T. Moore	3	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	15:45
Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	14:03
Scott Laughton S. Laughton	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	21	34	61.8	8	3	1	2	13:58
Corey Perry C. Perry	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:50
Andre Lee A. Lee	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:56
Samuel Helenius S. Helenius	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	5	20.0	3	0	0	0	6:59

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Darcy Kuemper D. Kuemper	2	2	0	2	0	59	49	.831	10	5.11	0	117
	Anton Forsberg A. Forsberg	1	1	0	0	1	25	20	.800	5	4.77	0	63

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	40	11	21	32	+9	16	3	6	0	1	2	1	93	11.8	49	110	44.5	62	16	6	15	16:49
Kevin Fiala K. Fiala	32	12	16	28	-2	16	2	7	0	0	3	0	76	15.8	1	8	12.5	13	12	24	23	17:17
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	14	4	17	21	+5	8	1	8	0	0	1	0	40	10.0	0	0	0	3	2	4	22	19:58
Drew Doughty D. Doughty	37	4	16	20	+1	22	2	6	0	2	0	0	61	6.6	0	0	0	53	50	10	37	25:43
Trevor Moore T. Moore	26	11	5	16	+1	6	3	0	2	0	1	0	57	19.3	1	5	20.0	39	7	6	14	15:58
Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	27	5	11	16	-11	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	49	10.2	6	22	27.3	14	24	21	17	18:46
Quinton Byfield Q. Byfield	17	4	8	12	+2	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	33	12.1	55	134	41.0	18	10	9	10	16:10
Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	18	2	8	10	+4	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	0	0	32	38	8	19	19:19
Corey Perry C. Perry	20	5	5	10	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22.7	1	2	50.0	19	8	2	8	13:47
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	14	2	7	9	-1	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	17	14	4	14	19:50
Scott Laughton S. Laughton	16	4	5	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21.1	60	105	57.1	34	6	3	5	14:07
Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	8	4	5	9	+1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	30.8	0	0	0	2	14	3	10	17:43
Joel Armia J. Armia	13	2	5	7	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	1	7	14.3	18	6	11	3	13:42
Erik Haula E. Haula	13	1	5	6	-2	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	94	168	56.0	21	6	6	8	15:44
Mikey Anderson M. Anderson	25	0	5	5	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	0	0	0	45	40	5	16	21:45
Cody Ceci C. Ceci	24	2	2	4	-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	6.9	0	0	0	22	44	3	8	20:38
Brian Dumoulin B. Dumoulin	19	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	23	19	7	5	18:44
Alex Laferriere A. Laferriere	11	2	1	3	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	19	42	45.2	27	5	9	6	16:23
Alex Turcotte A. Turcotte	8	0	2	2	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	22	45	48.9	8	8	2	4	11:35
Jan Jenik J. Jenik	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	10:36
Andre Lee A. Lee	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	12:11
Samuel Helenius S. Helenius	4	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	10	23	43.5	16	4	1	1	8:44

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Darcy Kuemper D. Kuemper	20	19	8	7	4	619	573	.926	46	2.36	1	1168
	Anton Forsberg A. Forsberg	6	6	2	4	0	171	147	.860	24	4.28	0	336

Team Leaders

V. Olofsson

J. Eichel

GWG

J. Eichel

SV%

.890

C. Hart

Season

Career vs LAK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	5	3	9	12	+5	2	0	5	0	1	1	14	21.4	38	83	45.8	2	3	3	5	20:59
Mark Stone M. Stone	5	3	2	5	+6	9	0	2	1	0	1	13	23.1	0	1	0.0	10	6	0	5	19:29
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	5	3	2	5	+2	2	3	0	0	0	0	17	17.6	30	54	55.6	10	3	0	4	16:04
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	4	4	1	5	+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	44.4	3	5	60.0	0	1	0	4	13:08
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	5	0	4	4	+8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	7	6	1	7	18:42
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	5	0	4	4	+4	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	2	50.0	11	0	1	6	15:20
Mitch Marner M. Marner	5	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	3	2	3	12	21:16
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	5	1	2	3	+8	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	0	9	1	10	21:37
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	5	1	1	2	-1	9	0	0	0	0	1	9	11.1	0	2	0.0	16	1	0	0	9:18
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	5	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	20	55	36.4	7	1	0	3	11:27
Brett Howden B. Howden	5	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	7	11	63.6	7	1	0	3	16:08
Trevor Connelly T. Connelly	5	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	1	0.0	2	1	0	5	12:16
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	5	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	12:29
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	5	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	47	77	61.0	0	0	2	2	18:44
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	5	0	1	1	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	18:16
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	5	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	0	8	0	6	20:11
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	5	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	21	6	0	4	16:18
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	5	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	2	4	2	8	18:06
Raphael Lavoie R. Lavoie	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	4	0	0	0	8:14

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Carter Hart C. Hart	3	3	2	1	0	73	65	.890	8	2.70	0	178
	Adin Hill A. Hill	2	2	2	0	0	44	39	.886	5	2.41	0	125

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	50	18	18	36	+7	16	6	4	0	0	3	1	108	16.7	351	609	57.6	57	35	21	28	17:35
Mark Stone M. Stone	35	13	21	34	-5	8	3	10	2	0	5	1	83	15.7	5	10	50.0	13	13	35	14	18:34
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	24	8	20	28	+4	10	1	8	0	0	1	0	86	9.3	148	359	41.2	15	31	21	27	19:21
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	40	11	12	23	+6	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	91	12.1	299	560	53.4	24	17	24	14	17:13
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	32	4	16	20	+4	4	1	6	0	0	1	1	80	5.0	0	0	0	10	34	17	25	21:50
Mitch Marner M. Marner	19	4	14	18	+1	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	42	9.5	11	28	39.3	12	10	13	12	19:12
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	26	7	10	17	+11	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	21.2	24	61	39.3	40	16	6	7	14:19
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	29	2	9	11	-8	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	40	5.0	0	0	0	21	36	12	30	21:09
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	35	2	5	7	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	5.4	0	0	0	72	79	9	16	19:57
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	25	1	6	7	-7	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	42	2.4	0	0	0	13	48	4	16	21:24
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	14	3	4	7	+5	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	1	5	13:58
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	15	3	1	4	+5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	21.4	91	193	47.2	27	15	2	12	14:16
Brett Howden B. Howden	15	0	3	3	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	59	115	51.3	30	12	2	4	13:31
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	3	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	5	1	4	20:19
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	3	1	2	3	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	12:41
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	14	1	1	2	-1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	62	16	0	4	18:54
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	12	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	11	6	0	2	13:58
Raphael Lavoie R. Lavoie	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8:53
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	12	2	0	1	8:02
Kai Uchacz K. Uchacz	2	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	19	52.6	2	3	0	2	12:22

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Adin Hill A. Hill	13	12	6	4	2	366	330	.902	36	2.91	1	741
	Carter Hart C. Hart	3	2	1	0	1	92	84	.913	8	2.98	0	161

Golden Knights in action against the Kings following shootout victory

The Associated Press

Oct 9, 2026

Los Angeles Kings (0-2-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (4-1, in the Pacific Division)

Paradise, Nevada; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings after the Golden Knights took down the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout.

Vegas had a 39-26-17 record overall while going 19-7-6 against opponents from the Pacific Division last season. The Golden Knights gave up 3.0 goals per game while scoring 3.2 last season.

Los Angeles has gone 0-2-1 overall with a 0-0-1 record in Pacific Division games. The Kings have given up 15 goals while scoring nine for a -6 scoring differential.

The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Golden Knights: Raphael Lavoie: day to day (undisclosed), Ben Hemmerling: out (undisclosed), Lukas Cormier: out (undisclosed), Victor Olofsson: out (undisclosed), Kai Uchacz: out (undisclosed).

Kings: Jakub Dvorak: out (upper-body), Kevin Fiala: out (leg), Jan Jenik: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Kings LAK

Golden Knights VGK

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Pacific Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Golden Knights in action against the Kings following shootout victory

Players Mentioned

Kevin Fiala

Victor Olofsson

Jan Jenik

Raphael Lavoie

Lukas Cormier