Vegas Golden Knights at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tue, Feb 6, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

4 – 5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 on Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 points. Matt Murray made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	2	4	25
PIT	0	3	2	5	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:09	VGK	PP	William Karlsson (28) · snap	Jonathan Marchessault (33), Reilly Smith (26)	1–0
2nd	06:34	VGK	EV	James Neal (23) · backhand	Nate Schmidt (20), David Perron (34)	2–0
2nd	11:08	PIT	EV	Ryan Reaves (3) · snap	Riley Sheahan (15)	2–1
2nd	17:24	PIT	EV	Ian Cole (3) · snap	Bryan Rust (17), Sidney Crosby (42)	2–2
2nd	18:40	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (16) · slap	Sidney Crosby (43), Brian Dumoulin (4)	2–3
3rd	03:09	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (30) · snap	Phil Kessel (41)	2–4
3rd	06:20	PIT	EV	Phil Kessel (24) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (32), Carl Hagelin (12)	2–5
3rd	06:38	VGK	EV	Ryan Carpenter (2) · wrist	Alex Tuch (15), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (6)	3–5
3rd	12:01	VGK	EV	Jonathan Marchessault (19) · wrist	Reilly Smith (27)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:07	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	slashing	2
1st	12:38	VGK	Reilly Smith	interference	2
2nd	00:53	PIT	Dominik Simon	tripping	2
2nd	07:56	VGK	Nate Schmidt	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:35	PIT	Dominik Simon	slashing	2
2nd	13:59	VGK	Nate Schmidt	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	07:45	VGK	Erik Haula	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:43	VGK	Colin Miller	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.76 · PIT 3.81 · xG% VGK 42.0

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	0		20:11	24
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	50.0	16:11	20
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	2		22:06	26
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	53.8	20:56	24
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	0	14.3	18:00	21
18	James Neal	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0		16:32	21
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	1		13:04	17
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	28.6	13:01	17
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	71.4	12:28	17
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2		21:52	24
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	2		21:14	26
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0		20:27	22
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1		19:46	25
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	44.4	16:46	20
77	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		13:22	19
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	66.7	10:25	12
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		9:50	12
13	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		6:38	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	38	33	5	.868	58:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	5	0	55.2	25:22	30
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	1	2	0	2	5	2	1	50.0	21:01	26
81	Phil Kessel	R	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0		20:17	23
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	5	2		21:39	32
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	66.7	19:19	26
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		18:34	28
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	50.0	17:52	27
28	Ian Cole	D	1	0	1	+3	0	2	2	4		17:17	24
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	55.6	16:18	27
75	Ryan Reaves	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	7	0		10:15	15
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	3		23:18	29
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		20:50	26
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		17:50	25
6	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	6	2		17:27	23
12	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0		12:03	19
46	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	100.0	10:47	18
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	3:01	5
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:48	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	W	25	21	4	.840	60:00