Nick Cousins · P1 00:28 · shot-on-goal · xG 0.06

Sun, Dec 30, 2018 · Gila River Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

5 – 1

Final

Arizona Coyotes

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	3	5	37
ARI	0	1	0	1	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:35	VGK	EV	Paul Stastny (5) · backhand	Brandon Pirri (2), Alex Tuch (17)	1–0
2nd	16:03	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (9) · snap	Brad Hunt (4), Jonathan Marchessault (17)	2–0
2nd	16:57	ARI	PP	Alex Galchenyuk (6) · wrist	Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17), Clayton Keller (21)	2–1
3rd	04:21	VGK	EV	Cody Eakin (12) · wrist	Unassisted	3–1
3rd	06:58	VGK	EV	Brandon Pirri (5) · wrist	Brayden McNabb (8), Paul Stastny (4)	4–1
3rd	11:44	VGK	SH	Ryan Carpenter (2) · wrist	Nick Holden (10)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:31	ARI	Alex Galchenyuk	high sticking	2
2nd	04:11	ARI	Darcy Kuemper	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	08:25	VGK	William Carrier	roughing	2
2nd	11:29	ARI	Josh Archibald	high sticking	2
2nd	16:15	VGK	Alex Tuch	illegal check to head	2
2nd	16:48	VGK	Paul Stastny	slashing	2
2nd	19:15	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	high sticking	2
3rd	10:18	VGK	Brandon Pirri	cross checking	2
3rd	16:51	VGK	Ryan Reaves	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VGK 2.87 · ARI 2.54 · xG% VGK 53.1

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Paul Stastny	C	1	1	2	+2	2	3	0	0	77.8	17:58	21
73	Brandon Pirri	C	1	1	2	+2	2	3	1	0		12:53	17
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	2		22:42	25
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		17:03	20
22	Nick Holden	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	2		16:24	22
77	Brad Hunt	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	2		16:10	20
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	1		16:01	17
21	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	+3	0	6	0	1	25.0	15:40	20
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	1		14:12	15
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	1	83.3	13:45	16
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2		23:14	25
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0	2		21:07	26
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	69.2	18:39	21
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		18:07	20
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	45.5	13:07	19
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		11:10	13
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	100.0	11:07	13
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	6	1		9:59	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0		23:59	24
9	Clayton Keller	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		19:53	23
17	Alex Galchenyuk	C	1	0	1	-4	2	1	1	0	40.0	14:04	19
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	2	1		21:42	23
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	2		21:36	21
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	43.3	21:03	25
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		20:07	23
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		18:26	21
8	Nick Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	55.6	16:39	20
44	Kevin Connauton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		15:09	19
83	Conor Garland	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		14:41	18
29	Mario Kempe	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	20.0	14:12	19
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		13:40	19
13	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		12:52	17
45	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		11:53	19
25	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	42.9	11:37	18
36	Christian Fischer	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		11:23	15
67	Lawson Crouse	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0		11:09	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	L	37	32	5	.865	59:55

VGK 5 @ ARI 1 · Sun, Dec 30, 2018 · PuckRecord