Golden Knights 5, Predators 2: Karlsson Puts Vegas Ahead

October 13, 2026 - Nashville - Jack Drury had a penalty shot at 13:09 of the first. Adin Hill stopped the wrist shot. Bridgestone Arena still had a 2-1 Vegas lead, and it would need that save after Adam Edstrom tied it short-handed.

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 5-2. Vegas is 6-2-0, 3-1-0 on the road, a night after a 4-2 loss in Minnesota ended a four-game winning streak. Nashville is 2-2-2, three of four (1-1-2). Shots were 27-25 Nashville. Trevor Connelly, Edstrom, Noah Hanifin, Raphael Lavoie, Dylan Coghlan, and Jack Drury are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Brett Howden had a goal and an assist. Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, William Karlsson, and Connelly scored. Rasmus Andersson had two assists. Hill stopped 25 of 27. Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist. Edstrom scored his first career short-handed goal. Juuse Saros stopped 20 of 25. Forsberg led all skaters with seven shots. Hanifin blocked five for Vegas.

O'Reilly, Hertl, Eichel, then a penalty shot

O'Reilly backhanded a rebound at 3:55. Filip Forsberg from the left circle, open net in front. 1-0. Hertl answered at 6:46, wrist over Saros's blocker from the left circle just after a Nashville power play ended. Lavoie and Howden. 1-1.

Eichel tipped Brayden McNabb driving the net at 12:48. 2-1. Then Nic Dowd was called for holding on a breakaway, the AP recap said. Hill stopped Drury.

Vegas coach Ryan Craig told NHL.com everybody was ready, especially the goaltender, and the early kills and the penalty-shot save let them get their legs.

Edstrom's first short-handed, Karlsson's roof job

Edstrom tied it 2-2 at 8:45 of the second. Short-handed breakaway, Eichel in pursuit, lost it, got it off the end boards, slipped it around an out-of-position Hill. First career short-handed goal. Nicolas Hague and O'Reilly on the play. Nashville coach Andrew Brunette told NHL.com Edstrom hounds pucks with size, reach, and speed.

Karlsson roofed a snap from the right circle at 17:44, Mitch Marner and Andersson. 3-2. Second straight game with a goal after his first of the season Monday. Craig: good to see him score, two good shots, he's starting to shoot.

Connelly finished Hanifin's cross-ice pass at 4:49 of the third, Coghlan the other assist. 4-2. Howden tipped Andersson between his legs off the left post at 6:24, Mark Stone the second helper. 5-2.

Howden told NHL.com they talk about depth and can count on anyone. Hanifin said in tight games you tend not to want to give anything up, and they stayed on their toes in a good third.

Marner's point streak is four games (one goal, four assists). Steven Stamkos (three goals, four assists) and Roman Josi (one goal, five assists) both had five-game streaks end, the NHL recap said. The AP recap called it Nashville's first regulation loss since the opener against Minnesota.

Vegas hosts Calgary on Thursday. Nashville hosts San Jose that night.

AthX Engine on a 21.00 road night

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Hill at 10.60 (win, 25 saves, two goals against). Howden and Andersson sit at 7.20. O'Reilly is 7.70. Forsberg is 7.20 on seven shots. Eichel is 6.40. Karlsson is 5.70. Edstrom is 6.60 once the short-handed bonus from the landing is applied. Saros is 2.00.

Vegas's team line is 21.00. Nashville's 2-5 floors at 0.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a Golden Knights group that answered a short-handed tie with three straight. They are not the same number.

Track Hill, Eichel, Karlsson, and both clubs on the marketplace. Vegas hosts Calgary on Thursday.

*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 2026020101. Information only; not financial advice.*