Vegas Golden Knights at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, Oct 11, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 4

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. Phil Kessel scored a hat trick. Casey DeSmith made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	0	1	2	37
PIT	1	3	0	4	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:28	VGK	EV	Tomas Nosek (1) · backhand	Jonathan Marchessault (3), William Karlsson (4)	1–0
1st	08:03	PIT	EV	Phil Kessel (1) · wrist	Evgeni Malkin (3)	1–1
2nd	09:37	PIT	EV	Phil Kessel (2) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (4), Justin Schultz (3)	1–2
2nd	15:43	PIT	EV	Phil Kessel (3) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (1), Evgeni Malkin (5)	1–3
2nd	16:40	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (3) · snap	Sidney Crosby (3), Justin Schultz (4)	1–4
3rd	13:35	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (2) · wrist	Jonathan Marchessault (4)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:40	PIT	Dominik Simon	high sticking	2
1st	17:34	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	slashing	2
3rd	14:56	PIT	Derick Brassard	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 2.90 · PIT 1.77 · xG% VGK 62.1

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	2	2	+1	2	3	0	0	25.0	19:27	20
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	50.0	18:34	19
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:18	19
92	Tomas Nosek	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0		16:18	18
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1		22:44	26
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		20:00	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:37	23
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2		18:32	25
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		17:09	21
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		16:54	21
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	42.9	16:50	17
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	1		16:40	16
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	33.3	14:04	17
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	66.7	13:54	14
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	28.6	13:00	13
38	Tomas Hyka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		12:42	16
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		12:42	12
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	57.1	12:42	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Malcolm Subban	L	22	18	4	.818	58:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	0	64.3	15:33	17
81	Phil Kessel	R	3	0	3	+3	0	4	0	3		15:20	17
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0		17:56	24
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	64.7	16:44	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+3	0	2	2	1		15:55	20
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2		15:38	19
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	3		24:07	28
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		22:48	28
6	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		18:15	23
50	Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2		18:08	22
73	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	8	3		17:40	25
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		16:36	20
19	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	58.3	16:02	17
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		15:18	19
12	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1		13:28	15
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38.5	13:07	17
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:34	17
41	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		10:51	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00