Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings

Sat, Dec 29, 2018 · STAPLES Center · 2018–19 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

4 – 1

Final

Los Angeles Kings

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 on Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at STAPLES Center. Nate Schmidt led the way with 2 points. Malcolm Subban made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	2	4	32
LAK	1	0	0	1	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:55	VGK	EV	William Carrier (8) · tip-in	Cody Eakin (10), Nick Holden (9)	1–0
1st	19:55	LAK	EV	Anze Kopitar (9) · wrist	Sean Walker (2), Alex Iafallo (12)	1–1
2nd	12:26	VGK	EV	Alex Tuch (13) · slap	Paul Stastny (3)	2–1
3rd	03:20	VGK	EV	William Karlsson (15) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (9)	3–1
3rd	17:28	VGK	SH EN	Paul Stastny (4) · wrist	Alex Tuch (16), Nate Schmidt (10)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	00:54	VGK	Alex Tuch	holding	2
2nd	08:36	VGK	Jon Merrill	hooking	2
3rd	19:08	LAK	Brendan Leipsic	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 3.13 · LAK 2.41 · xG% VGK 56.5

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	3		21:19	24
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	+2	2	4	0	0		14:11	16
26	Paul Stastny	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	0	63.6	12:50	17
22	Nick Holden	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		18:32	24
71	William Karlsson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	0	54.5	18:07	17
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	69.2	14:55	16
28	William Carrier	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	1		12:09	16
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		23:14	27
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		21:39	25
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		17:49	24
15	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	+2	2	3	0	2		17:33	24
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:12	18
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	100.0	16:47	19
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		15:42	16
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	14:50	16
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	13:51	16
73	Brandon Pirri	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		12:57	16
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	50.0	12:23	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Malcolm Subban	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	Anze Kopitar	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0	25.0	22:02	23
19	Alex Iafallo	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		20:09	22
61	Sean Walker	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	3		18:44	22
8	Drew Doughty	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	4		27:30	27
6	Jake Muzzin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	4	1		23:30	26
23	Dustin Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		22:11	23
24	Derek Forbort	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		18:57	21
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0		17:25	21
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	38.5	17:14	19
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		16:53	20
14	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	50.0	15:29	19
44	Nate Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	64.3	15:27	20
7	Oscar Fantenberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:54	18
9	Adrian Kempe	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:36	21
2	Paul LaDue	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		12:15	15
64	Matt Luff	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		7:42	11
10	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	50.0	7:35	11
13	Kyle Clifford	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		6:43	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Jonathan Quick	L	31	28	3	.903	59:52