Vegas Golden Knights 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights 1 to Tampa Bay Lightning 2, on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights.
NHLSunday, October 26, 2025
DateOct 26, 2025
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vegas Golden KnightsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
5-1-3Record3-4-2
2nd in Pacific DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
6-4Road record / home record8-0
WWWWLLast 5WLWWW
W4StreakW1
Team stats
Vegas Golden KnightsTampa Bay Lightning
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.
Vegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutTampa Bay Lightning
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 14:34 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 12:50 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:41 | 4:13 | 3:29 | 13:59 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 12:14 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Holtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 10:19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 15:00 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 13:02 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:04 | 0:52 | 2:57 | 14:15 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 8:07 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:21 | 4:18 | 2:23 | 13:40 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Saad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | 0:08 | 0:47 | 10:38 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colton Sissons | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:15 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 4:43 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 | 0:26 | 1:59 | 11:54 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hutton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 | 0:10 | 0:05 | 12:43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 0:11 | 0:21 | 14:50 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 | 0:00 | 2:35 | 15:14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brayden McNabb | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:34 | 0:00 | 5:41 | 18:53 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 27:45 | 4:19 | 4:36 | 18:50 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 | 0:00 | 4:04 | 12:51 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Lindbom | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 60:32 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 5:09 | 0:00 | 10:09 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 | 4:11 | 2:00 | 12:44 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 14:39 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:40 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 11:09 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 | 0:04 | 2:41 | 12:53 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 | 5:58 | 2:31 | 14:39 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:24 | 2:56 | 0:54 | 15:34 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:34 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 | 7:05 | 0:05 | 14:57 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:12 | 6:06 | 0:00 | 11:06 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:41 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 14:40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:36 | 2:42 | 0:00 | 7:54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:31 | 5:59 | 1:49 | 13:43 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 | 0:00 | 2:50 | 15:47 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:15 | 0:03 | 1:39 | 20:33 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .947 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 60:32 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 2-1, on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
What was the final score of Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Vegas Golden Knights 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2.
Who were the top performers?
Vegas Golden Knights: William Karlsson (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Brandon Hagel (1 goals).
Where is Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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