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Vegas Golden Knights vs Pittsburgh Penguins · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview vs Penguins · SAT · OCT 17 · 9:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
Upcoming
SAT · OCT 17 · 9:00 PM CT
T-Mobile Arena
SCRIPPS · SN-PIT
Vegas Golden Knights
Golden Knights
1–1–0
VS
Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins
2–0–0
Upcoming
SAT · OCT 17 · 9:00 PM CT
SCRIPPS · SN-PIT
Vegas Golden Knights
Home · Golden Knights
1–1–0
2 PTS
VS
Puck Drop In
The read
Carter Hart has not had an answer for Sidney Crosby: 8 goals on 40 shots. But Arturs Silovs has had trouble with the Golden Knights, a .869 save percentage on 61 shots.
T-Mobile Arena
Pittsburgh Penguins
Away · Penguins
2–0–0
4 PTS
Golden Knights
GOALIES
Penguins
Carter Hart
Carter Hart
Likely · 3874-carter-hart
.870 SV% · 3.06 GAA · 1W
.911 SV% L5 · Steady
VS
Arturs Silovs
Arturs Silovs
Expected
.886 SV% · 2.47 GAA · 2W
.920 SV% L5 · Locked in
Golden Knights
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Penguins
L1
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Mark Stone
L1
Nicholas Robertson · Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell
L2
Brett Howden · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner
L2
Egor Chinakhov · Tommy Novak · Evgeni Malkin
L3
Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl · Victor Olofsson
L3
Andrei Kuzmenko · Ben Kindel · Hendrix Lapierre
L4
Marc Gatcomb · Nic Dowd · Braeden Bowman
L4
Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte · Filip Hallander
D1
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
D1
Declan Carlile · Erik Karlsson
D2
Parker Wotherspoon · Rasmus Andersson
D2
Samuel Girard · Kaedan Korczak
D3
Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
D3
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Kris Letang
PP1
Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Mitch Marner · Jack Eichel · Shea Theodore
PP1
Ben Kindel · Tommy Novak · Rickard Rakell · Erik Karlsson · Sidney Crosby
PP2
Braeden Bowman · William Karlsson · Trevor Connelly · Rasmus Andersson · Victor Olofsson
PP2
Andrei Kuzmenko · Hendrix Lapierre · Egor Chinakhov · Kris Letang · Evgeni Malkin
PK1
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
PK1
Filip Hallander · Connor Dewar · Samuel Girard · Kris Letang
PK2
Jack Eichel · Mark Stone · Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PK2
Ben Kindel · Rickard Rakell · Trevor van Riemsdyk · Erik Karlsson
Golden KnightsProjected lines
L1
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Mark Stone
L2
Brett Howden · William Karlsson · Mitch Marner
L3
Trevor Connelly · Tomas Hertl · Victor Olofsson
L4
Marc Gatcomb · Nic Dowd · Braeden Bowman
D1
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
D2
Parker Wotherspoon · Rasmus Andersson
D3
Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PP1
Mark Stone · Tomas Hertl · Mitch Marner · Jack Eichel · Shea Theodore
PP2
Braeden Bowman · William Karlsson · Trevor Connelly · Rasmus Andersson · Victor Olofsson
PK1
William Karlsson · Mitch Marner · Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore
PK2
Jack Eichel · Mark Stone · Jeremy Lauzon · Noah Hanifin
PenguinsProjected lines
L1
Nicholas Robertson · Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell
L2
Egor Chinakhov · Tommy Novak · Evgeni Malkin
L3
Andrei Kuzmenko · Ben Kindel · Hendrix Lapierre
L4
Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte · Filip Hallander
D1
Declan Carlile · Erik Karlsson
D2
Samuel Girard · Kaedan Korczak
D3
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Kris Letang
PP1
Ben Kindel · Tommy Novak · Rickard Rakell · Erik Karlsson · Sidney Crosby
PP2
Andrei Kuzmenko · Hendrix Lapierre · Egor Chinakhov · Kris Letang · Evgeni Malkin
PK1
Filip Hallander · Connor Dewar · Samuel Girard · Kris Letang
PK2
Ben Kindel · Rickard Rakell · Trevor van Riemsdyk · Erik Karlsson
Hannah Kirkell · as of Oct 2 Last Game (2026-10-03) · Oct 4 · 6:19 AM CT
Golden Knights
INJURY REPORT
Penguins
Raphael Lavoie
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Bryan Rust
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 5
Lukas Cormier
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Justin Brazeau
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 7
Ryan Graves
IR · Knee · Expected back Oct 24
Golden KnightsInjury report
Raphael Lavoie
DAY-TO-DAY · Undisclosed injury
Lukas Cormier
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
PenguinsInjury report
Bryan Rust
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 5
Justin Brazeau
IR · Lower body · Expected back Oct 7
Ryan Graves
IR · Knee · Expected back Oct 24
Hannah Kirkell · as of Oct 2 Last Game (2026-10-03) · Oct 4 · 6:19 AM CT
STORYLINE
The Golden Knights lost their last game and are 1-1-0 in their first 2 games. The Penguins have won 2 straight and are 2-0-0 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Carter Hart has not had an answer for Sidney Crosby: 8 goals on 40 shots. But Arturs Silovs has had trouble with the Golden Knights, a .869 save percentage on 61 shots.

Nick Robertson is 2 goals shy of 100 career goals.

The numbers behind it
Matchup
Sidney Crosby has 8 goals on Carter Hart (40 shots).
(Pittsburgh)
8 goals on Carter Hart
Goaltending
Arturs Silovs has struggled against Vegas — a .869 save % on 61 shots.
.869 SV% vs VGK
Milestone
Nick Robertson is 2 goals shy of 100 career goals.
98 career goals