Game

Oilers at Golden Knights

Oilers 4, Golden Knights 2 · first star Leon Draisaitl (1 G, 0 A).

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

Edmonton Oilers 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2

Oilers EDM

4 FINAL 2

Golden Knights VGK

Sunday, March 8, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise · TV ESPN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Oilers	0	1	3	4	19
Golden Knights	0	1	1	2	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Oilers attack left, Golden Knights attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: EDM 19, VGK 26.

EDM in red VGK in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Oilers 19 shots on goal (4 goals, 15 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 26 shots on goal (2 goals, 19 missed, 19 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	EDM SOG	EDM G	EDM ATT	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT
1st	7	0	18	7	0	22
2nd	4	1	13	11	1	26
3rd	8	3	15	8	1	16
Total	19	4	46	26	2	64

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	EDM SOG	EDM G	VGK SOG	VGK G
Even strength	15	4	23	1
Power play	2	0	2	0
Short-handed	2	0	1	1
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 58.2% of the shot attempts, and 59.8% of the 92 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 Golden Knights and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Oilers hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Oilers at Golden Knights
Period	VGK CF%	VGK FF%
1st	55.0	51.7
2nd	66.7	70.4
3rd	51.6	47.8
Game	58.2	57.0

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

03:21 Trent Frederic (4) Evan Bouchard (55), Colton Dach (7) · wrist 1–0
13:09 Noah Hanifin (3) Mitch Marner (46), Ivan Barbashev (26) · snap 1–1

3rd period

02:34 Vasily Podkolzin (15) Unassisted · wrist 2–1
11:53 Leon Draisaitl (34) Connor McDavid (72) · backhand 3–1
16:43 Jack Eichel (22) SH Mitch Marner (47) · wrist 3–2
18:03 Kasperi Kapanen (6) EN Connor McDavid (73), Mattias Ekholm (28) · wrist 4–2

Three stars

Leon Draisaitl EDM · C #29 · 1 G, 0 A
Mitch Marner VGK · R #93 · 0 G, 2 A
Connor McDavid EDM · C #97 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:43	EDM	Mattias Ekholm	interference	2	Keegan Kolesar
2nd	10:45	EDM	Jake Walman	slashing	2	Brandon Saad
2nd	14:21	VGK	Colton Sissons	hooking	2	Connor McDavid
3rd	11:05	EDM	Darnell Nurse	roughing	2	Brett Howden
3rd	11:05	VGK	Brett Howden	roughing	2	Darnell Nurse
3rd	15:13	VGK	Shea Theodore	high sticking	2	Leon Draisaitl
3rd	20:00	EDM	Josh Samanski	tripping	2	Colton Sissons

Boxscore

Edmonton Oilers

Oilers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor McDavid #97	C	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	21:37
Leon Draisaitl #29	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	54.5	20:59
Trent Frederic #10	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	10:59
Kasperi Kapanen #42	R	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	15:56
Vasily Podkolzin #92	R	1	0	1	+1	1	4	2	0	0.0	15:05
Colton Dach #34	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0.0	05:05
Evan Bouchard #2	D	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	0.0	21:51
Mattias Ekholm #14	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2	0.0	14:12
Jack Roslovic #28	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	75.0	12:14
Jason Dickinson #16	C	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	35.7	15:33
Josh Samanski #81	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	50.0	07:39
Matt Savoie #22	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	13:27
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #93	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	55.6	19:11
Zach Hyman #18	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:33
Connor Murphy #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0.0	22:33
Darnell Nurse #25	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	0.0	23:14
Jake Walman #96	D	0	0	0	+2	1	1	4	2	0.0	19:23
Ty Emberson #49	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	16:29

Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Connor Ingram #39	W	26	24	2	.923	22/23	2/2	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	18:29
Jack Eichel #9	C	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	0	46.2	21:40
Noah Hanifin #15	D	1	0	1	+1	2	0	4	0	0.0	21:15
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	18:11
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	42.9	15:29
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	15:43
Nic Dowd #62	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	13:54
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	68.4	15:49
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:36
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0.0	15:27
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:17
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:26
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0.0	17:04
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	19:33
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0.0	14:41
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	15:01
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	20:25
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	21:36

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Adin Hill #33	L	18	15	3	.833	11/14	2/2	59:24

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.