Vegas Golden Knights at New York Rangers

Tue, Oct 31, 2017 · Madison Square Garden · 2017–18 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

4 – 6

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6–4 on Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at Madison Square Garden. Reilly Smith scored twice. Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	2	2	0	4	34
NYR	1	1	4	6	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:45	NYR	EV	Jimmy Vesey (2) · wrist	David Desharnais (5), Ryan McDonagh (6)	0–1
1st	05:22	VGK	EV	Oscar Lindberg (5) · snap	Alex Tuch (3), Deryk Engelland (4)	1–1
1st	19:21	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (3) · slap	Jonathan Marchessault (2), Colin Miller (6)	2–1
2nd	01:29	NYR	EV	Mats Zuccarello (3) · snap	Rick Nash (2), Kevin Hayes (3)	2–2
2nd	07:06	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (4) · backhand	Jonathan Marchessault (3), William Karlsson (4)	3–2
2nd	18:59	VGK	PP	David Perron (4) · snap	Unassisted	4–2
3rd	05:31	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (3) · tip-in	Mika Zibanejad (4), Mats Zuccarello (7)	4–3
3rd	09:26	NYR	EV	Pavel Buchnevich (5) · backhand	Mika Zibanejad (5)	4–4
3rd	14:11	NYR	PP	Mika Zibanejad (8) · wrist	Kevin Shattenkirk (8), Pavel Buchnevich (5)	4–5
3rd	18:46	NYR	SH EN	Michael Grabner (4) · wrist	Jesper Fast (2)	4–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:43	VGK	Alex Tuch	hooking	2
2nd	08:27	NYR	Brady Skjei	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:23	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	hooking	2
2nd	14:20	NYR	Boo Nieves	high sticking	2
2nd	18:59	NYR	Kevin Hayes	ps hooking on breakaway	0
3rd	02:21	NYR	Michael Grabner	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	04:51	VGK	David Perron	tripping	2
3rd	04:51	VGK	David Perron	tripping	2
3rd	13:17	VGK	Colin Miller	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 4.10 · NYR 4.94 · xG% VGK 45.3

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	2	2	+1	2	6	0	0	33.3	18:29	20
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0		17:16	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1		19:57	29
57	David Perron	L	1	0	1	-2	4	3	0	0		18:35	19
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	33.3	18:23	23
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0		16:18	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2		14:45	17
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	37.5	13:47	18
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		25:04	31
47	Luca Sbisa	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		21:41	25
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	1		17:33	18
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		17:32	24
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		16:06	23
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40.0	15:21	21
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	1	57.1	15:12	21
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30.8	10:33	15
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	9:17	12
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		7:09	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Maxime Lagace	L	37	32	5	.865	59:28

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	1	2	3	+1	0	4	1	0	66.7	19:50	24
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	50.0	21:29	23
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0		16:57	20
22	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	+3	0	4	1	1		25:07	27
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4		22:31	28
61	Rick Nash	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		17:42	23
20	Chris Kreider	L	1	0	1	0	0	7	2	0		16:59	20
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50.0	16:52	22
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5	2	0		13:43	15
17	Jesper Fast	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	1		13:18	20
51	David Desharnais	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	80.0	12:38	15
40	Michael Grabner	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1		11:44	19
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	1		22:57	24
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		17:21	22
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	37.5	12:10	16
42	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		12:06	17
47	Steven Kampfer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		12:06	16
24	Boo Nieves	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	9:13	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	34	30	4	.882	59:17