Maple Leafs vs. Golden Knights (Oct 8, 2026)

ESPN+

Golden Knights VGK

3-1-0

3-1-0 in Last 10

Preview

Maple Leafs

Golden Knights

Notes

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Odds

TOR

VGK

+136

Open

-162

Open

+136

-162

o6.5

+105

u6.5

-125

+1.5

-185

-1.5

+154

Forward Matchup

W. Nylander

TOR RW #88

J. Eichel

VGK C #9

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Rielly

TOR D #44

B. McNabb

VGK D #3

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

A. Stolarz

TOR G #41

C. Hart

VGK G #79

Wins

.904

Save Pct

.890

2.44

Goals Against Avg

2.70

TOR

Team Stats

VGK

2.75

Goals per Game

4.25

2.75

Goals Against per Game

2.5

30.00

Shots per Game

30.75

26.25

Shots Against per Game

23.25

21.4

Power Play Pct

31.3

90.9

Penalty Kill Pct

83.3

.895

Save Pct

.892

TOR

Injuries

VGK

William Villeneuve

Out (Knee)

Raphael Lavoie

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Cade Webber

Out (Elbow)

Victor Olofsson

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Elvis Merzlikins

Out (Shoulder)

Kai Uchacz

Out (Undisclosed)

Dakota Joshua

Out (Abdomen)

Ben Hemmerling

Out (Undisclosed)

Max Domi

Out (Back)

Lukas Cormier

Out (Undisclosed)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

TORVGK

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Senators	2	1	0	4	2
Lightning	2	1	0	4	1
Sabres	2	1	0	4	-1
Maple Leafs	2	2	0	4	0
Bruins	2	2	0	4	-2
Canadiens	1	1	1	3	-2
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	3	1	0	6	7
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Ducks	2	0	0	4	2
Sharks	2	1	0	4	-3
Kraken	2	2	0	4	4
Canucks	2	2	0	4	1
Kings	0	2	1	1	-6
Flames	0	3	0	0	-13

TOR

Last 5

VGK

Tue, Oct 6

Tue, Oct 6

Sat, Oct 3

Sun, Oct 4

Wed, Sep 30

Fri, Oct 2

Tue, Sep 29

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 8, 2026

ESPN+

T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

Team Leaders

W. Nylander

GWG

A. Matthews

SV%

.904

A. Stolarz

Season

Career vs VGK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
William Nylander W. Nylander	4	3	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	33.3	2	7	28.6	1	2	2	3	20:09
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	4	2	3	5	+1	0	0	1	1	1	14	14.3	27	54	50.0	2	3	2	3	22:24
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	4	1	2	3	+1	4	1	0	1	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	14:22
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	4	0	3	3	-2	2	0	1	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	20:05
John Tavares J. Tavares	4	1	2	3	-2	4	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	35	61	57.4	1	4	1	5	17:36
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	4	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	6	12	50.0	3	1	1	2	16:26
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	4	1	2	3	-2	6	1	1	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	8	2	0	2	19:51
Gavin McKenna G. McKenna	4	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	14:36
Nick Paul N. Paul	4	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	14	32	43.8	8	2	0	0	15:26
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	4	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	5	2	8	23:15
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	4	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	16	27	59.3	12	3	1	5	13:36
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	22	45.5	4	1	0	2	10:39
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	1	5	17:03
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	7	6	0	7	17:25
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	17:40
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	10	1	4	18:51
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	12	5	1	3	11:14
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:25
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	7	1	0	1	8:14

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	2	2	2	0	0	52	47	.904	5	2.44	0	123
	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	2	2	0	2	0	53	47	.887	6	3.06	0	118

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Max Domi M. Domi	20	3	12	15	0	16	0	2	2	1	46	6.5	70	141	49.6	10	15	15	24	17:11
John Tavares J. Tavares	16	6	9	15	+4	8	2	3	1	1	40	15.0	153	282	54.3	14	14	11	13	17:55
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	14	11	3	14	-7	2	4	0	0	0	58	19.0	110	197	55.8	18	13	18	12	20:57
William Nylander W. Nylander	14	5	9	14	+3	2	1	3	0	0	40	12.5	32	58	55.2	3	3	11	2	17:22
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	28	1	10	11	-6	26	0	5	0	0	56	1.8	0	0	0	49	22	13	16	21:31
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	16	2	8	10	-3	2	0	3	1	0	37	5.4	0	0	0	14	26	13	17	22:06
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	17	2	4	6	0	9	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	87	191	45.5	22	12	6	5	14:30
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	16	1	5	6	+3	4	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	0	0	0	33	23	4	19	20:27
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	7	2	3	5	+3	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	1	0.0	4	3	5	5	17:46
Nick Paul N. Paul	10	2	2	4	-1	2	0	1	1	0	20	10.0	47	101	46.5	21	2	8	6	13:57
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	20	1	3	4	-10	12	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	114	244	46.7	34	14	7	5	15:09
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	12	1	3	4	+5	6	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	1	3	33.3	36	4	2	3	12:16
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	14	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	1	1	12	8.3	0	0	0	12	26	8	7	19:25
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	17	0	3	3	-4	0	0	1	0	0	19	0.0	26	69	37.7	11	9	9	7	14:12
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	7	1	2	3	-7	0	0	2	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	4	10	2	6	18:31
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	21	0	2	2	-2	17	0	0	0	0	26	0.0	0	0	0	32	23	12	7	18:16
Dakota Joshua D. Joshua	13	0	2	2	-5	12	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	5	15	33.3	45	8	2	3	11:53
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	6	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	14:36
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	7	0	1	1	-3	12	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	3	7	42.9	19	2	1	0	8:24
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	2	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	14	42.9	3	0	0	0	13:11
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	11:10

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	11	11	8	3	299	273	.913	26	2.40	2	651
Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	5	5	3	2	143	132	.923	11	2.21	1	298
Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	4	2	1	1	91	79	.868	12	3.93	0	183

Team Leaders

V. Olofsson

J. Eichel

GWG

J. Eichel

SV%

.900

A. Hill

Season

Career vs TOR

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	4	2	8	10	+3	2	0	5	0	1	1	8	25.0	29	63	46.0	1	1	3	5	19:35
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	4	3	2	5	+3	2	3	0	0	0	0	14	21.4	27	48	56.3	9	3	0	3	16:25
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
Mark Stone M. Stone	4	2	2	4	+5	7	0	2	1	0	1	8	25.0	0	0	0	7	4	0	3	18:22
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	4	0	4	4	+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	5	6	1	7	18:50
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	4	0	3	3	+3	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	2	50.0	8	0	1	5	14:31
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	4	1	2	3	+7	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	0	6	1	10	21:50
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	4	1	1	2	-1	9	0	0	0	0	1	8	12.5	0	1	0.0	15	1	0	0	9:05
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	4	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	17	46	37.0	5	1	0	2	11:31
Mitch Marner M. Marner	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	20:33
Trevor Connelly T. Connelly	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	11:29
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	4	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	12:12
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	4	0	1	1	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	18:09
Brett Howden B. Howden	4	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	3	3	100.0	5	0	0	3	16:20
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	4	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	19:47
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	42	62	67.7	0	0	2	0	18:41
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	4	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	16	5	0	3	16:23
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	4	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	1	7	18:22

	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	1	1	1	0	0	20	18	.900	2	2.00	0	60

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mark Stone M. Stone	29	14	25	39	+17	4	3	5	0	1	2	0	83	16.9	8	17	47.1	34	20	42	19	19:37
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	23	18	14	32	+11	8	4	6	0	0	5	1	105	17.1	160	369	43.4	25	17	9	18	20:45
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	32	5	9	14	-9	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	61	8.2	0	0	0	35	41	20	31	20:41
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	18	7	7	14	+7	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	33	21.2	124	253	49.0	17	12	18	10	16:52
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	23	2	10	12	-4	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	42	4.8	0	0	0	30	34	3	18	21:57
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	15	0	12	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	0.0	0	0	0	2	29	8	14	20:22
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	20	7	4	11	-8	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	42	16.7	115	237	48.5	27	11	4	7	17:10
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	17	3	7	10	+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	14.3	21	45	46.7	37	8	5	12	15:28
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	16	3	7	10	+6	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	37	8.1	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	14:55
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	17	5	3	8	-3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	25.0	94	208	45.2	36	6	7	7	12:48
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	26	0	6	6	+1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	0.0	0	0	0	76	60	11	23	18:21
Brett Howden B. Howden	11	2	0	2	-2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0	23	77	29.9	12	10	7	6	12:18
Mitch Marner M. Marner	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	3	11	27.3	2	1	2	3	19:54
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	2	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:50
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	9	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	29	17	1	7	17:24
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	8	0	1	1	-4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	18	14	2	9	18:52
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	19:14
Raphael Lavoie R. Lavoie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5:48
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	1	0.0	13	2	0	1	11:48

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Adin Hill A. Hill	9	8	5	1	1	245	222	.906	23	2.95	0	468
	Carter Hart C. Hart	6	6	2	4	0	200	176	.880	24	3.97	0	362

Toronto visits Vegas after shootout win

The Associated Press

Oct 7, 2026

Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (3-1, in the Pacific Division)

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

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights host the Toronto Maple Leafs after the Maple Leafs beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 in overtime.

Vegas went 39-26-17 overall and 27-16-9 in home games last season. The Golden Knights had a 24.5% power play success rate last season, scoring 58 goals on 237 chances.

Toronto went 32-36-14 overall and 14-21-6 on the road last season. The Maple Leafs scored 252 goals while giving up 295 for a -43 goal differential last season.

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

Maple Leafs: Dakota Joshua: out (abdomen), Cade Webber: out (elbow), Elvis Merzlikins: out (shoulder), Max Domi: out (back), William Villeneuve: out (knee).

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

Maple Leafs TOR

Golden Knights VGK

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Toronto visits Vegas after shootout win

Players Mentioned

Max Domi

Dakota Joshua

Elvis Merzlikins

Victor Olofsson

Raphael Lavoie

Lukas Cormier

William Villeneuve