🎰 Away Golden Knights 5-1-2
1–2
Final / OT
⚡ Home Lightning 2-4-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🎰 VGK 10001
⚡ TBL 10012

Golden Knights at Lightning

Lightning beat Golden Knights 2–1 in overtime at AMALIE Arena on October 26, 2025.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2025-26 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Brandon Hagel
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:24 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
1 G
2 shots · 22:07 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Jake Guentzel
1 A
5 shots · 23:08 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Brandon Hagel Go-ahead 1st · 04:53
Assists: Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel · beat Carl Lindbom
0–1
🎰 William Karlsson Tying 1st · 18:25
Assists: Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–1
Overtime
⚡ Nikita Kucherov Go-ahead OT · 00:32
Assists: Brandon Hagel · beat Carl Lindbom
1–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Eichel · Karlsson · Marner 20:21
L2 Dorofeyev · Hertl · Barbashev 15:58
L3 Saad · Howden · Smith 14:19
L4 Sissons · Holtz · Kolesar 9:20
D1 Theodore · McNabb 26:10
D2 Lauzon · Whitecloud 17:22
D3 Korczak · Hutton 14:10
⚡Lightning
L1 Hagel · Guentzel · Kucherov 22:07
L2 Cirelli · Point · Girgensons 17:12
L3 Gourde · Goncalves · Bjorkstrand 15:18
L4 James · Holmberg 11:42
D1 Moser · Hedman 21:53
D2 McDonagh · Cernak 18:09
D3 Martinsen Lilleberg · D'Astous 11:38
D4 Raddysh 8:41

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK TBL⚡
19 Shots on goal 28
27 Hits 19
24 Blocked shots 14
3 Takeaways 2
15 Giveaways 17
15 Penalty minutes 11
VGK shooting 5.3% (1/19) TBL shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Carl Lindbom
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:32 TOI
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:32 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Brandon Hagel · 1st 04:53 · 0–1 William Karlsson · 1st 18:25 · 1–1 Nikita Kucherov · OT 00:32 · 1–2
VGK TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — tied after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — tied after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Mar 232025 ⚡TBL @ 🎰VGK 2–4 Oct 172024 🎰VGK @ ⚡TBL 3–4 Mar 192024 ⚡TBL @ 🎰VGK 5–3 Dec 212023 🎰VGK @ ⚡TBL 4–5 Mar 92023 🎰VGK @ ⚡TBL 4–3 OT
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❓ VGK vs TBL, answered

Who won Golden Knights vs Lightning on October 26, 2025?

Lightning won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Golden Knights 1, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

William Karlsson.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Carl Lindbom made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeOct 25 🎰VGK @ 🐆FLA 0–3 AfterOct 28 🎰VGK @ 🌪️CAR 6–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 25 🦆ANA @ ⚡TBL 3–4 AfterOct 28 ⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH 5–2
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