Vegas Golden Knights fantasy preview 2026-27.
13 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Jack Eichel leads at 2.48 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 4th in the league in blocks and 22nd in goals. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Vegas name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12of 400 | Jack Eichel | C | 29 | 2.44 | 2.49 | 2.48 | -0.38 | 27-63-90 in 74 | 28 | 260 | 35 | 40 | 68% | 21 | +9 | |
| 19of 400 | Mark Stone | RW | 34 | 2.57 | 2.06 | 2.36 | -0.37 | 28-45-73 in 60 | 27 | 130 | 31 | 47 | 72% | 118 | +99 | |
| 51of 400 | Mitch MarnerNEW · TOR | RW | 29 | 1.95 | 2.32 | 2.12 | +0.07 | 24-56-80 in 81 | 24 | 165 | 24 | 46 | 61% | 45 | -6 | |
| 66of 400 | Rasmus Andersson | D | 29 | 2.06 | 2.03 | 2.06 | -0.25 | 17-30-47 in 81 | 13 | 178 | 37 | 150 | 43% | 138 | +72 | |
| 87of 400 | Tomas Hertl | C | 32 | 1.81 | 2.19 | 1.93 | -0.21 | 24-34-58 in 82 | 25 | 202 | 114 | 45 | 51% | 143 | +56 | |
| 137of 400 | Shea Theodore | D | 31 | 1.55 | 1.91 | 1.73 | -0.55 | 10-29-39 in 70 | 5 | 130 | 2 | 87 | 49% | 150 | +13 | |
| 146of 400 | Brayden McNabb | D | 35 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 1.69 | +0.07 | 5-7-12 in 63 | 0 | 81 | 110 | 142 | 18% | — | n/r | |
| 173of 400 | Ivan Barbashev | LW | 30 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.60 | -0.05 | 23-38-61 in 82 | 6 | 133 | 137 | 37 | 55% | 223 | +50 | |
| 183of 400 | Noah Hanifin | D | 29 | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.58 | -0.34 | 3-25-28 in 71 | 7 | 135 | 36 | 116 | 32% | 205 | +22 | |
| 197of 400 | William Karlsson | C | 33 | 1.52 | 1.38 | 1.54 | — | 4-3-7 in 14 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 13 | — | 245 | +48 | |
| 273of 400 | Jeremy Lauzon | D | 29 | 1.40 | 1.19 | 1.35 | +0.07 | 1-12-13 in 68 | 0 | 73 | 251 | 97 | — | — | n/r | |
| 325of 400 | Parker WotherspoonNEW · PIT | D | 29 | 1.40 | 0.96 | 1.26 | -0.06 | 3-27-30 in 80 | 0 | 70 | 162 | 112 | — | — | n/r | |
| 386of 400 | Brett Howden | C | 28 | 1.06 | 1.44 | 1.16 | +0.33 | 12-10-22 in 58 | 3 | 66 | 100 | 19 | — | 230 | -156 |
- 12 Jack Eichel C · age 29 · mkt 21 2.48blend 2.4425-26 2.4924-25 -0.38H2−H1 28PPP 260SOG 35HIT 40BLK 68%PG% 27-63-90 in 74+9
- 19 Mark Stone RW · age 34 · mkt 118 2.36blend 2.5725-26 2.0624-25 -0.37H2−H1 27PPP 130SOG 31HIT 47BLK 72%PG% 28-45-73 in 60+99
- 51 Mitch Marner RW · age 29 · mkt 45 2.12blend 1.9525-26 2.3224-25 +0.07H2−H1 24PPP 165SOG 24HIT 46BLK 61%PG% 24-56-80 in 81-6
- 66 Rasmus Andersson D · age 29 · mkt 138 2.06blend 2.0625-26 2.0324-25 -0.25H2−H1 13PPP 178SOG 37HIT 150BLK 43%PG% 17-30-47 in 81+72
- 87 Tomas Hertl C · age 32 · mkt 143 1.93blend 1.8125-26 2.1924-25 -0.21H2−H1 25PPP 202SOG 114HIT 45BLK 51%PG% 24-34-58 in 82+56
- 137 Shea Theodore D · age 31 · mkt 150 1.73blend 1.5525-26 1.9124-25 -0.55H2−H1 5PPP 130SOG 2HIT 87BLK 49%PG% 10-29-39 in 70+13
- 146 Brayden McNabb D · age 35 · mkt n/r 1.69blend 1.7025-26 1.6024-25 +0.07H2−H1 0PPP 81SOG 110HIT 142BLK 18%PG% 5-7-12 in 63n/r
- 173 Ivan Barbashev LW · age 30 · mkt 223 1.60blend 1.6225-26 1.6224-25 -0.05H2−H1 6PPP 133SOG 137HIT 37BLK 55%PG% 23-38-61 in 82+50
- 183 Noah Hanifin D · age 29 · mkt 205 1.58blend 1.5425-26 1.5724-25 -0.34H2−H1 7PPP 135SOG 36HIT 116BLK 32%PG% 3-25-28 in 71+22
- 197 William Karlsson C · age 33 · mkt 245 1.54blend 1.5225-26 1.3824-25 —H2−H1 1PPP 30SOG 3HIT 13BLK —PG% 4-3-7 in 14+48
- 273 Jeremy Lauzon D · age 29 · mkt n/r 1.35blend 1.4025-26 1.1924-25 +0.07H2−H1 0PPP 73SOG 251HIT 97BLK —PG% 1-12-13 in 68n/r
- 325 Parker Wotherspoon D · age 29 · mkt n/r 1.26blend 1.4025-26 0.9624-25 -0.06H2−H1 0PPP 70SOG 162HIT 112BLK —PG% 3-27-30 in 80n/r
- 386 Brett Howden C · age 28 · mkt 230 1.16blend 1.0625-26 1.4424-25 +0.33H2−H1 3PPP 66SOG 100HIT 19BLK —PG% 12-10-22 in 58-156
Vegas are 4th in blocks
Six categories, summed across every Vegas skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
- G 181 lg avg 194 22nd
- A 379 lg avg 329 6th
- PPP 139 lg avg 130 12th
- SOG 1653 lg avg 1644 15th
- HIT 1042 lg avg 909 12th
- BLK 951 lg avg 789 4th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at left wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Defence 6
6 deep · 2nd of 32
Andersson2.06 +72 Theodore1.73 +13 McNabb1.69 Hanifin1.58 +22 Lauzon1.35 Wotherspoon1.26Vegas against the other 31
Draftable stock
5 Vegas skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 6th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
57.6% held by the top three — 10th-most concentrated
Above the league median of 55.2%. The names outside the top three are even-strength assets.
A split Vegas crease
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 8 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Hill sits at 60.0%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hillage 30 · mkt n/r | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3.04 | 0.871 | 1.06 | Tandem |
| Carter Hartage 28 · mkt 123 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2.71 | 0.891 | 1.71 | Depth |
Power-play points are normally split in Vegas
- 1 Jack Eichel C 28 PPP · 20.1% · 31.1% of his own points
- 2 Mark Stone RW 27 PPP · 19.4% · 37.0% of his own points
- 3 Tomas Hertl C 25 PPP · 18.0% · 43.1% of his own points
57.6% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
1 in, 1 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Mitch Marner 8yr/$96M, June 30 2025 (prior offseason); with Eichel; 102 pts last season
Departures
- Pavel Dorofeyev top line with Zibanejad + PP1 with Fox; 70-point potential
The Vegas schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-29. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Mitch Marner put up 3-2-5 with 6 shots on 2026-04-02 for VGK, worth 9.1 ESPN points. It is the 43rd-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Mitch Marner owns the 20th-best RW season in the ten-year file: 2022-23, 80 games, 30-69-99, 2.43 ESPN points per game.
1 Vegas name to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Trevor Connelly Henderson Silver Knights AHL 46 GP · 49 P · 1.07 P/GP no NHL games yet
Reading the Vegas board
2 inside the desk top 50, 5 inside the top 100. Jack Eichel is the ceiling at 2.48, 12th overall. Mark Stone (2.36) sits 0.12 back. A shared top, not an anchor.
Shape: 4th in blocks, 22nd in goals. The value is in the peripheral columns, not the scoring ones.
Mark Stone is the widest gap: desk 19, market 118. 99 slots in your favour. Brett Howden runs the other way, 386 here against 230. You pay 156 slots over. 6 names carry a 20-slot edge.
Three players hold 57.6% of the club's 139 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
31 off-nights of 84, 18th in the league. 8 back-to-backs, 1st-fewest. Neutral at the bottom of your roster.
Adin Hill started 27 at 3.04 and 0.871. Tandem volume caps the ceiling whatever the rates say.
1 in, 1 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Mitch Marner. Average pool age 30.5. 2 trending up, 7 down. Next in line: Trevor Connelly.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.