Game

Golden Knights at Hurricanes

Golden Knights 6, Hurricanes 3 · first star Jack Eichel (2 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vegas Golden Knights 6 at Carolina Hurricanes 3

Golden Knights VGK

6 FINAL 3

Hurricanes CAR

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 · 6:30 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	2	0	4	6	35
Hurricanes	1	1	1	3	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 35, CAR 24.

VGK in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 35 shots on goal (6 goals, 13 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 24 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	6	2	11	8	1	18
2nd	18	0	39	7	1	14
3rd	11	4	15	9	1	23
Total	35	6	65	24	3	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	30	5	21	2
Power play	5	1	1	1
Short-handed	0	0	2	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 54.2% of the shot attempts, and 54.6% of the 97 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	62.1	57.1
2nd	26.4	25.0
3rd	60.5	58.6
Game	45.8	44.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:46 Andrei Svechnikov (1) PP Sebastian Aho (7) · slap 0–1
06:27 Pavel Dorofeyev (8) Mitch Marner (9), Tomas Hertl (5) · backhand 1–1
18:03 Pavel Dorofeyev (9) PP Shea Theodore (4), Jack Eichel (11) · slap 2–1

2nd period

12:07 Jordan Martinook (1) Unassisted · snap 2–2

3rd period

02:31 Logan Stankoven (3) Jalen Chatfield (3), Jackson Blake (5) · snap 2–3
06:10 Brett Howden (2) Cole Reinhardt (1), Keegan Kolesar (2) · wrist 3–3
15:01 Jack Eichel (7) Ivan Barbashev (6) · snap 4–3
17:36 Jack Eichel (8) Ivan Barbashev (7), Mitch Marner (10) · snap 5–3
19:38 Tomas Hertl (4) EN William Karlsson (2) · wrist 6–3

Three stars

Jack Eichel VGK · C #9 · 2 G, 1 A
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK · R #16 · 2 G, 0 A
Jordan Martinook CAR · L #48 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:44	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	interference	2	Seth Jarvis
1st	13:57	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	slashing	2	Kaedan Korczak
1st	17:41	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	tripping	2	Shea Theodore
2nd	04:19	CAR	Jordan Staal	cross checking	2	Jack Eichel
2nd	18:34	CAR	Sean Walker	hooking	2	Brett Howden
3rd	08:39	VGK	Brett Howden	roughing	2	Nikolaj Ehlers
3rd	08:39	CAR	Nikolaj Ehlers	roughing	2	Brett Howden

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Eichel #9	C	2	1	3	+1	6	0	1	0	44.4	21:27
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	2	0	2	+1	9	0	0	0	0.0	15:32
Tomas Hertl #48	C	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	47.1	19:41
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	2	2	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:49
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	100.0	21:14
Brett Howden #21	C	1	0	1	0	2	5	1	2	53.8	14:06
William Karlsson #71	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	44.4	14:02
Cole Reinhardt #23	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	12:56
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	1	1	+1	1	4	1	0	100.0	12:53
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	26:18
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100.0	12:30
Alexander Holtz #26	R	0	0	0	+1	5	2	0	0	0.0	13:39
Reilly Smith #19	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:03
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	11:39
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	4	0	0.0	21:28
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	0.0	19:59
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:43
Zach Whitecloud #2	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:10

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Akira Schmid #40	W	24	21	3	.875	19/21	0/1	59:49

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Logan Stankoven #22	C	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	58.3	15:43
Jordan Martinook #48	L	1	0	1	-1	1	2	2	0	0.0	14:55
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	4	0.0	15:00
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	54.5	18:03
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:11
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	25:45
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	11.1	08:58
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	57.1	15:53
Bradly Nadeau #29	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	09:21
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	75.0	10:31
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0	14:57
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:46
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:29
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	0.0	27:33
Domenick Fensore #89	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	3	0	0.0	19:22
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	15:19
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	2	0.0	24:04
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	07:19

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	L	34	29	5	.853	25/29	4/5	58:29

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.