{"id":706662,"date":"2026-05-31T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706662\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:16:10","slug":"nhl-edge-stats-for-2026-stanley-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706662\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL EDGE stats for 2026 Stanley Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2. Golden Knights\u2019 high-danger goals<\/p>\n<p>Vegas leads the NHL in high-danger goals this postseason (34). Howden and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/skaters\/pavel-dorofeyev-8481604\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a> are tied for the most goals in the 2026 playoffs (10 each) and also tied for the most high-danger goals (six each; tied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/skaters\/cole-caufield-8481540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Caufield<\/a>\u00a0of Montreal Canadiens), while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/skaters\/mitch-marner-8478483\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Marner<\/a> (five; tied for fourth) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/skaters\/mark-stone-8475913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Stone<\/a> (four; tied for sixth) also rank in the top 10 of the category. It\u2019s also worth noting\u00a0defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/skaters\/shea-theodore-8477447\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shea Theodore<\/a>, who is tied for the NHL lead at his position in goals this postseason (four), has the most 80-plus mph shot attempts in the entire League (27).<\/p>\n<p>Vegas goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl-edge\/goalies\/carter-hart-8479394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hart<\/a>, who joined the team Dec. 2, leads NHL goalies who advanced past the first round in high-danger save percentage (.873 in 16 games), while Andersen ranks fourth on that list (.857 in 13 games). Hart, who has been arguably the biggest beneficiary of new coach John Tortorella (reunion from 2022-23 with Philadelphia Flyers), ranks second in the playoffs in overall save percentage (.924; behind Andersen\u2019s .931). Hart, who\u2019s now 18-4 under Tortorella (regular season and playoffs combined), has stabilized the position for Vegas, which was tied for fifth worst in team save percentage during the regular season (.879).<\/p>\n<p>NHL EDGE IQ insights: The Golden Knights have the lowest \u201cProjected Goal Rate\u201d (PGR) Against this postseason (4.78 percent), meaning they are allowing the lowest-quality scoring chances compared to other teams this postseason. Vegas also has the highest PGR For during the playoffs (6.62) and, as a result, has the most goals (58) and comeback wins (six) and is 8-0 when leading after two periods.<\/p>\n<p>In each playoff round, Vegas has held its opponent to a below-average PGR:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First round: UTA had PGR of 4.86 (NHL avg: 5.39)<br \/>\u2022 Second round: ANA had PGR of 4.67 (NHL avg: 5.89)<br \/>\u2022 Conference finals: COL had PGR of 4.74 (NHL avg: 5.96)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2. Golden Knights\u2019 high-danger goals Vegas leads the NHL in high-danger goals this postseason (34). Howden and Pavel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-706662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}