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Vegas Golden Knights

Keegan Kolesar

#55Right Wing6'2"216 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
82
GP
6
G
11
A
17
P
67
SOG
9.0% SH
11:32
TOI/GP

RW · VGK · NHL id 8478434

Keegan Kolesar has played 82 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025-26, scoring 6 goals and 11 assists (17 points) on 67 shots while averaging 11:32 a night (10:47 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:35 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 86% of his 5v5 minutes with Nic Dowd and 85% with Cole Smith over the last 10 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Kolesar on the ice (23-42 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against CAR he was on L2 with Nic Dowd and Cole Smith and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 9.0% this season against 10.0% across the 516 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jun 11 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Line
L2
Nic DowdCole Smith
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 9:58 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 5 line changes.

PPLine31▲4▼443▲4▼4444444444443▲0m3m7m10m13m17mApr 21Apr 27May 1May 6May 10May 14May 22May 26Jun 4Jun 9
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 9:58 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed57th5722.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph80th80126
Hardest shot23rd2480.7 mph
Offensive-zone time41st4141.4%
Distance skated57th57153.5 mi
High-danger SOG46th4625
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 162 attempts, 80 on goal, 7 goals

Shot map, OPP at VGK: 162 attempts, 80 on goal, 7 goals, 9.45 expected goals; best chance Keegan Kolesar at 0.70 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 82 GP · 17 points vs 19.7 expected

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Buy low

Last 20 games: -56. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

9.0%
94.2
58.6%
G vs xG
6 / 7.2
Goals against expected goals
0246810-1.2goals below expected-0.4σ10/84/15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played82
  • Goals6408th
  • Assists11444th
  • Points17442nd
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points1111th
  • Shots on goal67459th
  • Hits2707th
  • Blocked shots43304th
  • Plus/minus−14622nd
  • Penalty minutes5591st
  • Faceoffs won12301st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 79 of 82 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.036
Season net
−0.52xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.157
Season
−0.05G
38.7%31 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 2-8 · NZ 7-7 · DZ 3-4

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.68
Attempts
10
0.022

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.63G
Per 60
−0.103
Drawn / taken
19.5 / 27.5minors

MethodLeaders
48.7%
49.7%
48.9%
Transition CF/60
3.5
Turnovers won/60
19.8
Turnovers lost/60
20.6

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
67 shots on goal, 6 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle4%13%0
Low Slot30%23%4
High Slot1%7%0
R Circle16%12%1
R Net Side1%3%0
Crease4%3%1
Outside L3%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

27 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
May 24, 2026 vs COLReboundcarry06.2rebound
Mar 14, 2026 vs CHIDeflection—017.6rebound
Jan 29, 2026 vs DALForecheck turnover—134.0—
Jan 23, 2026 @ TORReboundcarry120.42-on-1, rebound
Jan 17, 2026 vs NSHForecheck turnover—225.3—
Jan 15, 2026 vs TORCycle—35.0—
Jan 2, 2026 @ STLRushloose359.8—
Feb 27, 2025 vs CHICyclecarry08.83-on-2
Feb 27, 2025 vs CHIForecheck turnover—057.3—
Jan 12, 2025 vs MINRebound—07.2rebound
Dec 23, 2024 vs ANADeflectioncarry131.73-on-1, one-timer
Dec 21, 2024 vs SEAOdd-man rushpass253.41-on-0
Dec 12, 2024 @ WPGForecheck turnover—065.7—
Nov 23, 2024 @ MTLRebound—3*33.2rebound
Nov 17, 2024 vs WSHRebound—138.7rebound
Oct 28, 2024 vs CGYRushcarry041.3one-timer
Oct 28, 2024 vs CGYDeflection—112.9rebound
Oct 25, 2024 vs OTTRushcarry1*67.2—
Oct 19, 2024 @ FLADeflectioncarry034.73-on-2, deflection
Apr 12, 2024 vs MINRebound—038.4rebound
Apr 10, 2024 @ EDMOdd-man rushpass262.31-on-0
Mar 21, 2024 vs SEAReboundcarry09.23-on-2, rebound
Feb 19, 2024 @ SJSForecheck turnover—020.2—
Jan 26, 2024 @ NYROdd-man rushloose056.51-on-0
Jan 18, 2024 vs NYRDeflectioncarry158.2deflection
Dec 6, 2023 @ STLDeflection—4*15.5—
Nov 28, 2023 @ EDMDeflection—122.5—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kolesar

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Kolesar apartCF% mate apart
Kaedan KorczakD89351:0533%50.0%39% (11-17)48.3% 586:5552.7% 959:52
Noah HanifinD90338:4631%47.3%29% (7-17)51.3% 599:4151.8% 1372:53
Tomas HertlC45321:2630%51.9%32% (9-19)42.9% 174:1757.4% 204:04
Colton SissonsC42320:1930%44.5%39% (7-11)46.6% 118:1039.8% 109:40
Jeremy LauzonD79311:5329%46.4%24% (4-13)49.5% 542:0350.9% 859:21
Shea TheodoreD89276:5826%53.9%57% (8-6)46.9% 651:1253.1% 1406:31
Brayden McNabbD77241:0022%53.5%53% (8-7)44.7% 544:2952.3% 1109:03
Cole SmithLW34228:0021%51.8%63% (5-3)47.6% 106:0849.8% 120:46
Nic DowdC34226:2421%50.4%60% (6-4)50.7% 107:4251.5% 138:18
Cole ReinhardtLW31213:1320%45.3%36% (4-7)46.8% 106:1154.5% 84:35
Ben HuttonD60205:1819%46.0%38% (6-10)48.7% 445:4350.3% 644:06
Rasmus AnderssonD54187:0117%42.5%14% (2-12)55.2% 372:0549.6% 812:18
Zach WhitecloudD46176:2716%47.6%31% (4-9)47.8% 313:3050.5% 578:18
Brett HowdenC30162:0015%53.9%31% (5-11)43.8% 170:0552.4% 213:18

Game log

103 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jun 11PO@ CARL 2-400000000—9:549:54——
Jun 9POvs CARL 3-5000000410%6:176:17——
Jun 6POvs CARW 5-4000-100200%15:4915:49——
Jun 4PO@ CAROTL 3-400002041—9:079:07——
Jun 2PO@ CARW 5-4000+10020100%6:436:43——
May 26POvs COLW 2-1000+10010—7:437:43——
May 24POvs COLW 5-3101+110310%5:195:060:13—
May 22PO@ COLW 3-100000080—9:138:10——
May 20PO@ COLW 4-200001040—10:0210:02——
May 14PO@ ANAW 5-100000030100%10:548:39—1:57
May 12POvs ANAW 3-2000030300%12:0311:10—0:53
May 10PO@ ANAL 3-4000-10060—8:227:06—1:16
May 8PO@ ANAW 6-200001020—11:249:47—1:37
May 6POvs ANAL 1-3000002300%8:577:33—1:24
May 4POvs ANAW 3-1000012200%11:479:45—2:02
May 1PO@ UTAW 5-100000052—10:057:31—2:27
Apr 29POvs UTAW 5-400000042—13:1210:19—2:53
Apr 27PO@ UTAW 5-4000-11041—10:339:05—1:28
Apr 24PO@ UTAL 2-400001080—13:2213:22——
Apr 21POvs UTAL 2-3000-11050—10:088:490:061:07

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations82946:0311:3279585348.2%48.5%365367294539%35.636.438%
Even strength82884:2110:4777178649.5%49.6%353342234235%30.932.341%
5v582883:5210:4777178649.5%49.6%353342234235%30.932.340%
Power play165:590:221150.0%0.0%0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill4547:231:035548.5%12.5%4181233%0.73.40%
5v4165:590:221150.0%0.0%0000—0.00.0100%
4v54547:231:035548.5%12.5%4181233%0.73.40%
5v6, opponent net empty156:590:28101245.5%47.1%474180%3.60.70%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsVGK21101-26137.7%821210:15
2025-26VGK8261117-1455679.0%2704311:32
2024-25PlayoffsVGK11011-2670.0%53511:21
2024-25VGK82121830+3538813.6%2374913:12
2023-24PlayoffsVGK6000-1250.0%20311:07
2023-24VGK7981018-8497311.0%2774110:52
2022-23PlayoffsVGK22235+1501020.0%79129:49
2022-23VGK7481018+6686312.7%2793111:28
2021-22VGK7771724-668947.4%2464612:39
2020-21PlayoffsVGK17134-24147.1%64611:20
2020-21VGK4431013-430466.5%107159:33
2019-20VGK10000010.0%2012:06

Keegan Kolesar news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.