Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Vegas Golden Knights 2: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights, Tampa Bay Lightning 6 to Vegas Golden Knights 2, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLTuesday, October 20, 2026
DateOct 20, 2026
Start time10:45 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN
Attendance17,017
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-2-0Record8-3-0
3rd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
3-6Road record / home record6-3
LWWWLLast 5WWWLL
L1StreakW3
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 | 1:37 | 2:03 | 6:50 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 14:33 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 13:51 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 14:30 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:27 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 14:47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:16 | 2:20 | 1:13 | 14:43 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 | 1:25 | 3:14 | 14:16 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 13:40 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:19 | 2:22 | 0:05 | 15:52 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 14:19 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 14:18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Viel | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:46 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 17:10 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:30 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 17:01 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:52 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 13:48 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 14:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 14:08 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .941 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 14:48 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 1:18 | 0:32 | 10:15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Connelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:13 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 10:32 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 | 5:03 | 0:29 | 14:03 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:11 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 12:32 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 14:50 | 0:02 | 0:27 | 14:21 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 16:00 | 1:20 | 1:35 | 13:05 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raphael Lavoie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:57 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:27 | 5:10 | 0:42 | 11:35 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 | 5:05 | 0:38 | 12:46 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Andersson | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:25 | 1:44 | 0:42 | 16:59 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coghlan | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 17:59 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 3 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 17:52 | 0:18 | 1:20 | 16:14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:46 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 16:44 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shea Theodore | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:36 | 1:18 | 1:43 | 17:35 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hart | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .714 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 59:46 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 6-2, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Vegas Golden Knights 2.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Anthony Cirelli (2 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Mark Stone (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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