Golden Knights 4, Senators 1: Lavoie's First Goal, Hill's Broken Stick

October 27, 2026 - Las Vegas - Raphael Lavoie thought he was a healthy scratch. Carter Hart got hurt at the morning skate. Jonas Rondbjerg went to Henderson. Lavoie stayed. At 8:01 of the third, on a 3-on-2, he finished Ville Heinola's rebound for his first NHL goal. T-Mobile Arena had a 2-1 lead it would not give back.

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1. Vegas is 9-4-1 after three straight losses (0-2-1). Ottawa is 8-5-0, the start of a five-game trip after a 7-4 win over the Rangers on Saturday. Shots were 29-26 Vegas. Lavoie, Heinola, Jonas Johansson, Trevor Connelly, and Cameron Whitehead are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Braeden Bowman scored on the power play. Lavoie scored. William Karlsson and Jack Eichel scored into empty nets. Adin Hill stopped 25 of 26, starting in Hart's place. Shane Pinto scored. Johansson stopped 25 of 27.

A flying butterfly, then 34 seconds of 1-1

The first period stayed 0-0. Hill ended the second by leaving his crease. Ridly Greig had a short-handed look. Hill darted to the face-off dot, poked it, and broke his stick on the collision. Vegas went the other way. Ivan Barbashev's shot died short of the line. Bowman was parked there at 19:49, power play. Shea Theodore had the other assist. 1-0.

Bowman told NHL.com that was the flying butterfly, great awareness, a hit to make a play.

Pinto tied it 34 seconds into the third on the power play. Drake Batherson recovered an errant pass near the blue line, skated up the wall, and found Pinto down the middle. 1-1. The Associated Press recap said it was the sixth straight game Vegas has allowed a power-play goal. Pinto told NHL.com they had chances and did not convert.

Lavoie broke it at 8:01. Heinola from Nic Dowd, rebound, tap-in. Lavoie, in his 27th NHL game, told NHL.com he was more worried about doing the things that create chances than thinking he had to score every shift. He also said he was not thinking of playing, then they told him just before he left the rink.

Two empty-netters, Marner back, Hart out

Karlsson scored at 18:00 into the empty net from Connelly and Mitch Marner. Eichel scored at 19:53 from Mark Stone. 4-1. Ottawa coach Travis Green told NHL.com you are not going to dominate in this building, and that it was a 2-1 game with two empty-netters. Pretty good.

Marner returned after two games out for the birth of his son. He had an assist in 21:40. The NHL recap said Batherson's point streak is five games, eight points (four goals, four assists). Ryan Craig told NHL.com Hill looked solid and prepared, and that Lavoie took advantage of an opportunity.

Hart's injury was undisclosed. Whitehead was recalled from Henderson to back up Hill.

AthX Engine on a 4-1 that was 2-1 until the extra attacker

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Pinto at 6.90 (one goal, one power-play bonus, four shots). Bowman is 6.30. Karlsson is 6.10. Stone is 4.80. Eichel and Lavoie are 4.60. Hill's win, 25 saves, and one goal against land at 11.80. Johansson is 7.60 on 25 saves. Empty-net goals still count as goals. They do not add a bonus.

Vegas's team line is 19.80. Ottawa is 0.00.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a first NHL goal from a scratch, and for a Senators trip that opened 2-1 before the extra attacker. They are not the same number.

Track Hill, Eichel, Pinto, and both clubs on the marketplace. Ottawa visits Los Angeles on Thursday. New Jersey visits Vegas on Friday.

*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard, ESPN NHL scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020196. Information only; not financial advice.*