Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights — October 17, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

It was all Vegas Golden Knights in a 6-2 rout of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Keep an eye on Malkin — 0.66 individual xG on 2 shots at 5-on-5. Dig into the 5-on-5 data, and PIT had the better of it (2.90 xG to 1.64). Sometimes the bounces just don't go your way. Shots on goal: VGK 20, PIT 24.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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PIT2 - 6VGK

Oct 17, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	18	15	54.5	12	13	48.0	10	8	55.6	13	11	54.2	3	3	50.0	1.17	0.82	58.6	3	0	100.0
	P2	17	16	51.5	12	12	50.0	6	6	50.0	10	13	43.5	1	3	25.0	0.49	0.79	38.4	2	1	66.7
	P3	10	16	38.5	8	15	34.8	4	10	28.6	9	10	47.4	1	4	20.0	0.49	1.38	26.2	1	1	50.0
	Total	45	47	48.9	32	40	44.4	20	24	45.5	32	34	48.5	5	10	33.3	2.15	2.99	41.8	6	2	75.0
PIT	P1	15	18	45.5	13	12	52.0	8	10	44.4	11	13	45.8	3	3	50.0	0.82	1.17	41.4	0	3	0.0
	P2	16	17	48.5	12	12	50.0	6	6	50.0	13	10	56.5	3	1	75.0	0.79	0.49	61.6	1	2	33.3
	P3	16	10	61.5	15	8	65.2	10	4	71.4	10	9	52.6	4	1	80.0	1.38	0.49	73.8	1	1	50.0
	Total	47	45	51.1	40	32	55.6	24	20	54.5	34	32	51.5	10	5	66.7	2.99	2.15	58.2	2	6	25.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / PIT →	Crosby	Kindel	Malkin	Novak	Lizotte	Dewar	Robertson	Kuzmenko	Soderblom	Rust	Rakell	Koivunen	Karlsson	Stastney	Carlile	Letang	Korczak	Girard
Hertl	100	50	50	43	71	75	60	50	60	100	100	43	72	56	55	71	67	78
Karlsson	42	100	75	67	17	25	100	100	20	43	40	67	56	46	60	67	33	25
Howden	50	50	100	100	20	40	33	43	33	50	50	100	64	38	67	75	30	17
Eichel	44	33	55	44	78	67	71	33	67	55	57	44	67	50	44	50	73	78
Lavoie	100	50	33	33	50	60	50	54	60	100	100	20	62	50	38	71	56	60
Dowd	67	36	56	60	43	56	22	22	56	67	71	56	45	42	59	50	56	100
Gatcomb	80	40	67	67	43	56	14	14	56	80	83	67	55	50	59	50	63	100
Connelly	100	63	50	50	71	71	77	67	50	100	100	43	71	67	60	75	80	100
Barbashev	43	50	55	44	57	50	67	50	67	29	50	44	43	57	14	50	71	67
Marner	54	60	100	100	44	50	75	50	17	60	53	100	67	43	86	67	58	57
Stone	29	100	44	44	78	75	100	100	80	50	33	44	67	63	40	50	75	78
Bowman	75	40	67	67	43	56	25	14	56	80	80	67	55	50	56	54	57	100
Hanifin	100	43	25	33	38	38	43	47	43	100	100	25	50	55	36	50	31	44
Theodore	65	67	64	50	43	67	40	50	60	60	65	50	85	33	78	53	67	50
McNabb	69	67	64	56	75	100	57	63	83	64	69	50	79	40	86	58	85	71
Coghlan	100	50	14	14	44	44	46	46	50	100	100	14	50	38	43	38	40	50
Andersson	42	40	70	67	33	33	40	25	40	43	46	67	41	63	38	67	40	100
Lauzon	27	33	70	67	33	33	33	20	40	31	33	67	40	53	33	54	40	100