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Toronto Maple Leafs at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, October 8, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 3-3-2
at Vegas Golden Knights 4 7-2-0

Goals by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 0 0 0 0 3
Vegas Golden Knights 1 2 0 0 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 9 8 4 3 0 24
Vegas Golden Knights 7 21 11 4 0 43

Three stars

  1. T. Connelly, Vegas Golden Knights
  2. J. Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:34 Toronto Maple Leafs Jack Roslovic (2) Auston Matthews (4), Kirill Marchenko (3) Even strength TOR 1, VGK 0
1st 03:20 Toronto Maple Leafs Easton Cowan (2) Chris Tanev (1) Even strength TOR 2, VGK 0
1st 08:37 Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Paul (1) Darren Raddysh (2), Gavin McKenna (2) Even strength TOR 3, VGK 0
1st 17:36 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (3) Jack Eichel (9), Ivan Barbashev (4) Even strength TOR 3, VGK 1
2nd 01:12 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (1) Mitch Marner (2), William Karlsson (1) Even strength TOR 3, VGK 2
2nd 03:58 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (3) Unassisted Even strength, Penalty shot TOR 3, VGK 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Vegas Golden Knights Braeden Bowman Goal
1 Toronto Maple Leafs Kirill Marchenko Goal
2 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel Saved
2 Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews Saved
3 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore Saved
3 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander Saved
4 Vegas Golden Knights Mitch Marner Saved
4 Toronto Maple Leafs Gavin McKenna Saved
5 Vegas Golden Knights Trevor Connelly Goal (winner)
5 Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares Saved

Team stats

Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 24 43
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 2
Hits 13 27
Blocked shots 16 15
Giveaways 19 17
Takeaways 6 3
Faceoffs won 37/62 (59.7%) 25/62 (40.3%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player
15 C. Sissons C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 80% 15:47
20 N. Paul L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 3 50% 17:05
24 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:07
29 B. Groulx C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 06:09
34 A. Matthews C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 71.4% 21:32
53 E. Cowan R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 1 14:00
73 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 54.5% 11:02
86 K. Marchenko R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 18:20
88 W. Nylander R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 0 20:31
91 J. Tavares C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 61.5% 15:26
92 G. McKenna L 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 0 14:08
96 J. Roslovic C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 17:32
8 C. Tanev D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 4 22:10
22 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 2 23:32
28 T. Stecher D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16:35
43 D. Raddysh D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 24:45
44 M. Rielly D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 20:57
95 O. Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 0 15:22
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 43 40 3 .930 65:00 OT loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 1 2 +2 0 6 1 2 45% 26:38
17 M. Gatcomb C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10:08
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 1 50% 15:18
24 T. Connelly L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 15:26
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33.3% 11:15
36 R. Lavoie C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 100% 08:14
42 B. Bowman R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:36
48 T. Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 50% 14:41
49 I. Barbashev L 0 1 1 +1 0 4 3 0 18:34
61 M. Stone R 1 0 1 +1 2 5 3 2 23:57
71 W. Karlsson C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 33.3% 18:55
93 M. Marner R 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 0 24:10
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 18:10
4 R. Andersson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 2 18:42
5 J. Lauzon D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 15:59
15 N. Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 21:48
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 3 20:49
29 P. Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 17:00
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 24 21 3 .875 64:40 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 18:17 Toronto Maple Leafs Gavin McKenna Hooking 2
2nd 03:58 Toronto Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly Ps tripping on breakaway (penalty shot) 0
2nd 05:09 Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson Hooking 2
2nd 13:09 Toronto Maple Leafs Oliver Ekman-Larsson Interference 2
2nd 17:27 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone Slashing 2
3rd 08:58 Toronto Maple Leafs Bo Groulx Holding 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Jim Hiller
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Ryan Craig
Referees
Trevor Hanson, Tom Chmielewski
Linesmen
James Tobias, Ben O'Quinn
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Zack MacEwen, Nick Blankenburg
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Victor Olofsson, Dylan Coghlan

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final/SO Game page
Vegas Golden Knights at Toronto Maple Leafs 7:00 PM ET Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 8

Matchup Status Details
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Dallas Stars 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 7 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 7 at Calgary Flames 3 Final Game page

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