VGK @ TOR Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-01-23 Posted by kaylee on 2026-01-23 05:00:33

VGK @ TOR

Venue: Scotiabank Arena

Puck drop: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:00pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

VGK (last 10)
  • Record 7-2-1
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 4.2 · 2.8
  • Power play 10/29 (34.5%)
  • Last game L vs BOS (3–4)
TOR (last 10)
  • Record 5-2-3
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 3.2
  • Power play 4/23 (17.4%)
  • Last game OTL vs DET (1–2)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-01-15 TOR 5 @ VGK 6 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

VGK
  • Jack Eichel 11 pts · 2 G · 22 SOG
  • Mark Stone 8 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
  • Mitchell Marner 6 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Tomas Hertl 5 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
TOR
  • Auston Matthews 5 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson 4 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG
  • John Tavares 3 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Morgan Rielly 3 pts · 1 G · 13 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: VGK 3.75 · TOR 3.17 · Win odds: VGK 58.7% · TOR 41.3% · OT/SO chance: 14.6%

  • 4-3 34.7%
  • 3-3 34.4%
  • 3-2 30.9%

Box Score

VGK 6 Final TOR 3

2026-01-23

Stat VGK TOR
Goals63
Shots3121
Power Play 0/1 (0.0%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM22
Faceoffs21 / 2929 / 21
Blocks158
Saves1825
VGK Scorers
GAPTS
Mark Stone 2 1 3
Jack Eichel 1 1 2
Braeden Bowman 1 0 1
Keegan Kolesar 1 0 1
Pavel Dorofeyev 1 0 1
Ivan Barbashev 0 2 2
Alexander Holtz 0 1 1
Jonas Rondbjerg 0 1 1
Rasmus Andersson 0 1 1
Reilly Smith 0 1 1
Tanner Laczynski 0 1 1
TOR Scorers
GAPTS
Bobby McMann 1 0 1
John Tavares 1 0 1
Scott Laughton 1 0 1
Matthew Knies 0 2 2
Matias Maccelli 0 1 1
Max Domi 0 1 1
Morgan Rielly 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-01-23 11:53PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

VGK Away

Forwards

Line 1
Ivan Barbashev
#49 · LW
TOI 17:47xGF/60 2.69xGA/60 4.96CF/60 38.1SC±/60 -38.08G±/60 +4.23CF% 25.0xGF% 35.2
Jack Eichel
#9 · C
TOI 19:16xGF/60 5.68xGA/60 5.10CF/60 88.4SC±/60 -12.63G±/60 +12.63CF% 42.4xGF% 52.7
Mark Stone
#61 · RW
TOI 18:19xGF/60 3.88xGA/60 5.53CF/60 56.9SC±/60 -36.21G±/60 +10.34CF% 31.4xGF% 41.3
Line 2
Reilly Smith
#19 · LW
TOI 14:24xGF/60 3.94xGA/60 1.94CF/60 68.1SC±/60 +10.48G±/60 +5.24CF% 61.9xGF% 67.0
Mitch Marner
#93 · C
TOI 17:25xGF/60 2.10xGA/60 3.43CF/60 47.2SC±/60 -18.89G±/60 0.00CF% 41.7xGF% 38.0
Pavel Dorofeyev
#16 · RW
TOI 17:05xGF/60 4.18xGA/60 6.48CF/60 90.0SC±/60 -16.37G±/60 0.00CF% 44.0xGF% 39.2
Line 3
Braeden Bowman
#42 · LW
TOI 10:18xGF/60 3.42xGA/60 1.99CF/60 67.8SC±/60 +27.12G±/60 -6.78CF% 71.4xGF% 63.3
Tomas Hertl
#48 · C
TOI 17:25xGF/60 2.06xGA/60 3.95CF/60 41.8SC±/60 -37.11G±/60 -4.64CF% 34.6xGF% 34.3
Keegan Kolesar
#55 · RW
TOI 14:51xGF/60 8.14xGA/60 4.05CF/60 143.7SC±/60 +23.94G±/60 +7.98CF% 58.1xGF% 66.8
Line 4
Cole Reinhardt
#23 · LW
Tanner Laczynski
#28 · C
TOI 9:31xGF/60 3.73xGA/60 2.90CF/60 71.7SC±/60 +19.56G±/60 0.00CF% 61.1xGF% 56.3
Alexander Holtz
#26 · RW
TOI 9:45xGF/60 3.44xGA/60 2.47CF/60 54.8SC±/60 +13.69G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 58.2

Defense

Pair 1
Jeremy Lauzon
#5 · LD
TOI 21:27xGF/60 3.74xGA/60 3.97CF/60 59.2SC±/60 -19.72G±/60 +3.94CF% 40.5xGF% 48.5
Shea Theodore
#27 · RD
TOI 22:09xGF/60 3.20xGA/60 4.36CF/60 51.4SC±/60 -25.71G±/60 +4.29CF% 34.3xGF% 42.3
Pair 2
Noah Hanifin
#15 · LD
TOI 22:27xGF/60 3.11xGA/60 3.66CF/60 57.0SC±/60 -3.35G±/60 0.00CF% 42.5xGF% 45.9
Rasmus Andersson
RD
TOI 21:33xGF/60 3.35xGA/60 5.22CF/60 57.2SC±/60 -22.00G±/60 0.00CF% 35.1xGF% 39.1
Pair 3
Ben Hutton
#17 · LD
TOI 14:27xGF/60 3.40xGA/60 2.69CF/60 62.7SC±/60 -6.97G±/60 +6.96CF% 60.0xGF% 55.8
Kaedan Korczak
#6 · RD
TOI 15:11xGF/60 4.38xGA/60 1.71CF/60 86.1SC±/60 +22.96G±/60 +5.74CF% 75.0xGF% 71.9

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Adin Hill [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 37]
G2 Akira Schmid

TOR Home

Forwards

Line 1
Bobby McMann
#74 · LW
TOI 17:19xGF/60 3.30xGA/60 2.12CF/60 84.3SC±/60 +32.10G±/60 -4.02CF% 75.0xGF% 60.8
Auston Matthews
#34 · C
TOI 23:30xGF/60 3.76xGA/60 1.74CF/60 83.2SC±/60 +26.75G±/60 0.00CF% 75.7xGF% 68.4
Max Domi
#11 · RW
TOI 18:48xGF/60 3.53xGA/60 2.62CF/60 88.5SC±/60 +24.59G±/60 -4.92CF% 69.2xGF% 57.4
Line 2
Matias Maccelli
#63 · LW
TOI 19:58xGF/60 3.45xGA/60 3.64CF/60 63.4SC±/60 +3.33G±/60 +3.33CF% 51.4xGF% 48.7
John Tavares
#91 · C
TOI 19:08xGF/60 5.87xGA/60 5.60CF/60 117.2SC±/60 +9.77G±/60 0.00CF% 53.3xGF% 51.2
Matthew Knies
#23 · RW
TOI 20:09xGF/60 3.07xGA/60 2.42CF/60 65.2SC±/60 +19.17G±/60 +3.84CF% 60.7xGF% 55.9
Line 3
Easton Cowan
#53 · LW
TOI 10:51xGF/60 1.18xGA/60 2.75CF/60 13.2SC±/60 -19.82G±/60 -6.61CF% 22.2xGF% 30.0
Nicolas Roy
#55 · C
TOI 13:50xGF/60 1.38xGA/60 4.75CF/60 16.2SC±/60 -43.24G±/60 -10.81CF% 16.7xGF% 22.6
Nicholas Robertson
#89 · RW
TOI 12:39xGF/60 1.28xGA/60 4.48CF/60 15.0SC±/60 -50.14G±/60 -5.01CF% 15.0xGF% 22.3
Line 4
Steven Lorentz
#18 · LW
TOI 9:33xGF/60 2.82xGA/60 4.95CF/60 60.0SC±/60 -30.00G±/60 -15.00CF% 33.3xGF% 36.3
Scott Laughton
#24 · C
TOI 9:28xGF/60 15.71xGA/60 5.05CF/60 271.1SC±/60 +150.62G±/60 0.00CF% 72.0xGF% 75.7
Calle Jarnkrok
#19 · RW
TOI 8:42xGF/60 1.31xGA/60 2.67CF/60 40.6SC±/60 +10.14G±/60 -10.14CF% 44.4

Defense

Pair 1
Jake McCabe
#22 · LD
TOI 22:23xGF/60 3.05xGA/60 2.08CF/60 72.7SC±/60 +18.17G±/60 -6.06CF% 68.6xGF% 59.5
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
#95 · RD
TOI 24:11xGF/60 2.70xGA/60 2.07CF/60 58.0SC±/60 +14.49G±/60 0.00CF% 64.5xGF% 56.6
Pair 2
Morgan Rielly
#44 · LD
TOI 21:03xGF/60 4.51xGA/60 3.96CF/60 93.5SC±/60 +8.90G±/60 0.00CF% 52.5xGF% 53.2
Brandon Carlo
#25 · RD
TOI 15:51xGF/60 3.26xGA/60 2.94CF/60 65.4SC±/60 +13.07G±/60 0.00CF% 53.6xGF% 52.6
Pair 3
Simon Benoit
#2 · LD
TOI 15:26xGF/60 2.48xGA/60 3.28CF/60 38.9SC±/60 -3.89G±/60 -3.89CF% 41.7xGF% 43.1
Troy Stecher
#28 · RD
TOI 16:51xGF/60 2.39xGA/60 4.09CF/60 48.6SC±/60 -11.20G±/60 -3.74CF% 41.9xGF% 36.9

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Anthony Stolarz [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 43]
G2 Joseph Woll

Injuries

As of 2026-01-23 11:53PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

VGK

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Pietrangelo NA 7 IR IR
Brett Howden NA 21 IR IR
Brandon Saad NA 20 IR IR
Brayden McNabb NA 3 IR IR
William Karlsson NA 71 IR IR
Carter Hart NA 79 IR IR
Colton Sissons NA 10 OUT OUT

TOR

Player Pos # Description Status
Anthony Stolarz NA 41 IR IR
Dakota Mermis NA 36 IR IR
William Nylander NA 88 IR IR
Dakota Joshua NA 81 IR IR
Chris Tanev NA 8 IR IR
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