Golden Knights at Stars
Golden Knights 3, Stars 2 · first star Reilly Smith (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.
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Dallas Stars 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Golden Knights | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Stars attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 33, DAL 15.
Shots by period
| Period | VGK SOG | VGK G | DAL SOG | DAL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 2nd | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | VGK SOG | VGK G | DAL SOG | DAL G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 26 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Power play | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Short-handed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Attempt share by period
Golden Knights took 65.5% of the shot attempts, and 64.5% of the 93 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 Stars 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
| Period | DAL CF% | DAL FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 35.7 | 38.5 |
| 2nd | 37.5 | 23.5 |
| 3rd | 31.8 | 39.3 |
| Game | 34.5 | 35.2 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 04:01 Brayden McNabb (4) Keegan Kolesar (11), Shea Theodore (25) · snap 1–0
- 10:55 Wyatt Johnston (38) PP Matt Duchene (21), Miro Heiskanen (50) · snap 1–1
- 16:48 Justin Hryckowian (11) Colin Blackwell (9), Sam Steel (21) · wrist 1–2
2nd period
- 09:10 Ivan Barbashev (20) PP Brett Howden (8), Colton Sissons (5) · snap 2–2
3rd period
- 16:22 Reilly Smith (12) Mitch Marner (51), Pavel Dorofeyev (24) · snap 3–2
Three stars
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Reilly Smith VGK · R #19 · 1 G, 0 A -
Adin Hill VGK · G #33 · 0 GA, .867 SV% -
Wyatt Johnston DAL · C #53 · 1 G, 0 A
Boxscore
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ivan Barbashev #49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:26 |
| Reilly Smith #19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:48 |
 Brayden McNabb #3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:12 |
 Brett Howden #21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:48 |
 Colton Sissons #10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13:13 |
 Keegan Kolesar #55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:13 |
 Mitch Marner #93 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22:14 |
 Pavel Dorofeyev #16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:25 |
 Shea Theodore #27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:28 |
 Jack Eichel #9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
 Nic Dowd #26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
 Tomas Hertl #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
 Cole Smith #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
 Mark Stone #61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
 Jeremy Lauzon #5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
 Kaedan Korczak #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
 Noah Hanifin #15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 |
 Rasmus Andersson #4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill #33 | W | 15 | 2 | .867 | 60:00 |
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Justin Hryckowian #49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| Wyatt Johnston #53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:38 |
 Colin Blackwell #15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:54 |
 Matt Duchene #95 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:32 |
 Sam Steel #18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:10 |
 Miro Heiskanen #4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26:08 |
 Mavrik Bourque #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:35 |
 Oskar Bäck #10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
 Jamie Benn #14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
 Jason Robertson #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
 Michael Bunting #58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
 Arttu Hyry #25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
 Nathan Bastian #11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
 Esa Lindell #23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 |
 Ilya Lyubushkin #46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
 Lian Bichsel #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
 Nils Lundkvist #5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 |
 Thomas Harley #55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Casey DeSmith #1 | L | 33 | 3 | .909 | 57:28 |
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.