The Vegas Golden Knights are in first place in the Pacific Division. A main reason why they have had great success to date is because their offense is flying on all cylinders. Six games into the season, the Golden Knights have 26 total goals, which leads the National Hockey League. That is an average of over four goals per game. Let’s take a look at the three most notable offensive playmakers.
Jack Eichel
Fresh off his extension where he is going to be making $13.5 million per season, the native of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts is actually leading the entire NHL at the moment with 15 points. Eichel has five goals and 10 assists, with a +4. He has eight power-play points, one game-winning goal, 30 shots on goal (which also leads the NHL), 55 faceoff wins, four blocked shots, four hits, five takeaways, and 13 giveaways. The game-winning goal came on October 14 in a 4-2 Golden Knights win over the Calgary Flames. Eichel scored at 6:38 of the third period from Ivan Barbashev of Moscow, Russia and defenseman Jeremy Lauzon of Val D’Or, Quebec. At the time he broke a 2-2 deadlock and put the Golden Knights up 3-2.
Eichel actually completely feasted on the Flames this past week. He scored twice against the Flames on October 14, and then had four assists in a 6-1 Golden Knights over the Flames in Nevada this past Saturday.
Pavel Dorofeyev
Dorofeyev of Nizhny Tagil, Russia, was the NHL’s first star of the week in the opening week of the 2025-26 NHL season. He is second in the NHL in goals with six. Dorofeyev has one less goal than Ottawa Senators centre Shane Pinto of Franklin Square, New York, who shockingly leads the NHL with seven goals. Four of Dorofeyev’s power-play goals are tied for the most in the NHL. The other player with four power-play goals is Kirill Kaprizov of the Minnesota Wild. Dorofeyev also has one assist for seven points, five power-play points, 17 shots on goal, four blocked shots, two hits, and five giveaways. Dorofeyev had one hit in each Golden Knights win over the Flames. Dorofeyev’s assist set up Tomas Hertl of Prague, Czech Republic in a 6-5 Vegas win over the Boston Bruins on October 16.
Mark Stone
Stone of Winnipeg, Manitoba, leads the NHL with 11 assists. In six games, he has two goals and 13 points. He is a +2 with eight power-play points, one shorthanded point, 19 shots on goal, five blocked shots, three hits, one takeaway, and six giveaways. Stone’s shorthanded point set up William Karlsson in the Golden Knights win over the Bruins, his takeaway came in the 4-2 Golden Knights win in Calgary, and his best game of the season came on Saturday in the 6-2 Vegas win over the Flames as he had two goals and two assists for four points.
