No modern expansion team has matched Vegas's debut: the Golden Knights reached the 2018 Stanley Cup Final in their very first season in the league. A championship followed in 2023, giving Las Vegas a title within six years of the franchise's founding. T-Mobile Arena's pregame production, complete with a knight rising through the ice, has become one of hockey's signature entrances.
As of Nov 3, 2026, here are the most recently projected forward lines, defense pairings and power-play units for the Vegas Golden Knights. On the top line, the Vegas Golden Knights are currently projected to run left wing Ivan Barbashev, center Jack Eichel and right wing Mark Stone together, a trio expected to log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the roster, though without last change on the road it does not always draw the other team's top shutdown pairing. On the blue line, the top pairing is Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore, who typically log the heaviest 5-on-5 minutes on the back end and face the toughest zone starts, though the team's primary penalty-kill pairing is not always the same duo. On the power play, the PP1 unit runs Mark Stone, Tomas Hertl, Trevor Connelly, Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner, the unit most teams send out first on a power play, though a delayed-penalty scramble already in progress or a late matchup change can put a different five over the boards. These combinations reflect pre-game reporting rather than real-time tracking, and can change between games and even between periods, so check the today's lines tool for the most current deployment before puck drop.
| # | Player | Off | Def | PP | PK | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Eichel | 74 | 56 | 67 | 51 | 96 |
| 2 | Mark Stone | 63 | 71 | 98 | 57 | 96 |
| 3 | Pavel Dorofeyev | 62 | 75 | 93 | 0 | 93 |
| 4 | Shea Theodore | 70 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 90 |
| 5 | Ivan Barbashev | 67 | 49 | 39 | 0 | 86 |
As of Nov 3, 2026, the most recently projected lineup for the Vegas Golden Knights includes 4 forward lines, 3 defense pairings and 2 power-play units, updated whenever a new pre-game lineup is reported.
As of Nov 3, 2026, the top line projected for the Vegas Golden Knights is left wing Ivan Barbashev, center Jack Eichel and right wing Mark Stone.
These projected lines are drawn from Daily Faceoff's pre-game reporting, typically beat writers covering morning skates and warmups before puck drop. They reflect the coaching staff's intended deployment rather than shift-by-shift tracking collected once a game is already underway, and can still shift between a morning skate and the opening faceoff.
Lines can change from game to game, and sometimes within a single game, as a coaching staff reacts to matchups, injuries, scoring droughts or chemistry. Check back before each Vegas Golden Knights game for the latest projected combinations, or browse the historical lines archive to see how often this team's lines have shifted recently.
