Vegas Golden Knights Lines

The most-used Vegas Golden Knights forward line in the Oct 17 game vs PIT was Nic Dowd – Marc Gatcomb – Braeden Bowman (12:40 together at 5-on-5).

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Tue, Oct 20, 10:30 PM ET · vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 55:27 at 5-on-5, 1:49 on the power play and 0:21 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Nic Dowd(moved up) – Marc Gatcomb(moved up) – Braeden Bowman(moved up)	12:40	22.8%
L2	Trevor Connelly(moved up) – Tomas Hertl(moved up) – Raphael Lavoie(moved up)	11:02	19.9%
L3	Brett Howden(moved down) – William Karlsson(moved down) – Mitch Marner(moved down)	10:57	19.7%
L4	Ivan Barbashev(moved down) – Jack Eichel(moved down) – Mark Stone(moved down)	10:18	18.6%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Brayden McNabb(moved up) – Shea Theodore(moved up)	15:54	28.7%
D2	Jeremy Lauzon(moved down) – Rasmus Andersson(moved down)	15:48	28.5%
D3	Noah Hanifin(moved down) – Dylan Coghlan(moved down)	14:27	26.1%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Trevor Connelly – Jack Eichel – Tomas Hertl – Mitch Marner – Mark Stone	1:49	100.0%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Nic Dowd – William Karlsson – Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore	0:21	100.0%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 253:10 at 5-on-5, 25:39 on the power play and 12:15 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Brett Howden – William Karlsson – Mitch Marner	54:00	21.3%	5
L2	Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Mark Stone	52:57	20.9%	5
L3	Trevor Connelly – Tomas Hertl – Raphael Lavoie	46:34	18.4%	5
L4	Nic Dowd – Marc Gatcomb – Braeden Bowman	45:46	18.1%	5

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore	76:37	30.3%	5
D2	Jeremy Lauzon – Rasmus Andersson	47:15	18.7%	4
D3	Noah Hanifin – Dylan Coghlan	45:43	18.1%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Trevor Connelly – Jack Eichel – Tomas Hertl – Mitch Marner – Mark Stone	17:24	67.8%	5
PP2	Ivan Barbashev – William Karlsson – Braeden Bowman – Rasmus Andersson – Shea Theodore	6:15	24.4%	4

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Nic Dowd – William Karlsson – Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore	2:17	18.6%	3
PK2	Jack Eichel – Mark Stone – Noah Hanifin – Jeremy Lauzon	1:25	11.6%	1

Over 10 games, the team played 491:52 at 5-on-5, 58:42 on the power play and 33:25 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Mark Stone	104:04	21.2%	10
L2	Brett Howden – William Karlsson – Mitch Marner	103:55	21.1%	10
L3	Nic Dowd – Marc Gatcomb – Braeden Bowman	77:53	15.8%	10
L4	Trevor Connelly – Tomas Hertl – Raphael Lavoie	53:40	10.9%	6

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore	147:55	30.1%	10
D2	Noah Hanifin – Jeremy Lauzon	92:09	18.7%	10
D3	Parker Wotherspoon – Rasmus Andersson	83:12	16.9%	6

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Trevor Connelly – Jack Eichel – Tomas Hertl – Mitch Marner – Mark Stone	23:28	40.0%	6
PP2	Ivan Barbashev – William Karlsson – Braeden Bowman – Rasmus Andersson – Shea Theodore	7:36	12.9%	5

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Brett Howden – Mitch Marner – Noah Hanifin – Jeremy Lauzon	5:11	15.5%	5
PK2	Nic Dowd – William Karlsson – Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore	4:54	14.7%	6

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs PIT): Adin Hill

Goalie	Starts this season
Carter Hart	6
Adin Hill	4

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#95 Victor Olofsson, Left wing
#29 Parker Wotherspoon, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.