Toronto Maple Leafs at Vegas Golden KnightsOct 8, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Oct 8, 2026

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

Preview

Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

TORaway−1.0 pts

1 day rest · 3,141 km travel · -3 h

3 h time-zone change −1.0 pts

VGKhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,410 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: TOR (1 day rest) at VGK (1 day rest).

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Sergei Bobrovsky55%
Anthony Stolarz31%
Elvis Merzlikins15%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 2–1 vs NYI · Sep 30

L1Roslovic – Matthews – Marchenko
9:16
L2Tavares – Nylander – McKenna
9:10
L3Blueger – Duhaime – Groulx
6:35
L4Sissons – Paul – Cowan
5:54
D1Rielly – Raddysh
13:05
D2Tanev – McCabe
12:08
D3Ekman-Larsson – Stecher
8:31
PP1Tavares – Nylander – Raddysh – Matthews – Marchenko
4:26

Projected TOR lines →·TOR goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart64%
Adin Hill24%
Carl Lindbom13%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–4 vs ANA · Oct 2

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
6:34
L2Karlsson – Marner – Howden
5:19
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
4:54
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
4:24
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:59
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
14:19
D3Andersson – Wotherspoon
14:13
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:34

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Game day: all games on Oct 8.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.