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Vegas Golden Knights

Kai Uchacz

#77Center23 years oldShoots R6'2"203 lb

0.0 in 3 days
2025-26 regular season
3
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
2
SOG
0.0% SH
12:11
TOI/GP

C · VGK · NHL id 8485251

Kai Uchacz has played 3 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 12:11 a night (11:31 at even strength, 0:24 on the power play and 0:16 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Cole Reinhardt and 81% with Braeden Bowman over the last 3 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Uchacz on the ice (1-2 in goals, 56% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against LAK he was on L3 with Cole Reinhardt and Braeden Bowman and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game.

Right now

From the Feb 25 game vs LAK, detected from shift data

Line
L3
Cole ReinhardtBraeden Bowman
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 3: L4 · L4/PP1 · L3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 3 games, 12:11 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine44▲3▲0m3m7m10m13mFeb 4Feb 5Feb 25
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 12:11 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

Only 3 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed5th620.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph6th63
Hardest shot12th1277.0 mph
Offensive-zone time71st7143.6%
Distance skated9th96.2 mi
High-danger SOG7th81
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 · 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at VGK: 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.16 expected goals; best chance Kai Uchacz at 0.15 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).

Puck luck

2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.2goals below expected-0.4σFeb 4Feb 25
  • 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

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 · 3 of 3 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.026
Season net
−0.02xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.033
Season
−0.01G
46.4%28 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 5-6 · NZ 5-6 · DZ 3-3

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
2.5 / 2.5minors

MethodLeaders
69.1%
66.7%
69.7%
Transition CF/60
1.7
Turnovers won/60
10.4
Turnovers lost/60
17.4

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

Linemates

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

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Uchacz apartCF% mate apart
Cole ReinhardtLW330:2488%41.3%50% (1-1)50.0% 4:0950.0% 4:31
Braeden BowmanRW327:4981%33.3%50% (1-1)80.0% 6:4450.0% 5:23
Rasmus AnderssonD312:1836%42.9%0% (0-1)42.1% 22:1539.4% 44:44
Noah HanifinD210:2130%45.5%0% (0-1)44.4% 11:3443.1% 29:24
Ben HuttonD310:0429%62.5%100% (1-0)33.3% 24:2957.1% 29:01
Jeremy LauzonD39:3828%47.1%— (0-0)40.0% 24:5552.4% 50:13
Kaedan KorczakD39:3828%26.3%50% (1-1)51.5% 24:5562.7% 36:02
Shea TheodoreD27:5723%50.0%— (0-0)42.1% 13:5855.6% 32:10
Dylan CoghlanD14:4814%66.7%— (0-0)21.4% 7:5059.3% 10:06
Brayden McNabbD14:4614%10.0%0% (0-1)61.5% 7:5264.5% 14:07
Alexander HoltzRW12:538%80.0%— (0-0)27.8% 9:4564.7% 9:35
Pavel DorofeyevRW11:365%33.3%— (0-0)54.5% 10:0172.7% 14:25

Game log

3 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Feb 25@ LAKW 6-4000-1101120%12:3812:38——
Feb 5vs LAKW 4-10000151264%12:0610:181:080:40
Feb 4vs VANW 5-20000005033%11:4911:370:050:07

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations336:3312:11233440.4%47.5%14171233%1.70.956%
Even strength334:3311:31223042.3%51.4%13131233%1.60.756%
5v5334:3311:31223042.3%51.4%13131233%1.60.756%
Power play21:130:371150.0%50.0%1100—0.10.0—
Penalty kill20:470:24030.0%0.0%0300—0.00.3—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26VGK3000-1520.0%7312:11

Kai Uchacz 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.