Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights

Thu, Dec 14, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

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Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 on Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	0	0	1	25
VGK	1	0	1	2	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:41	VGK	EV	James Neal (15) · wrist	Colin Miller (13), David Perron (17)	0–1
1st	12:04	PIT	EV	Ian Cole (2) · snap	Carl Hagelin (4), Riley Sheahan (7)	1–1
3rd	08:17	VGK	EV	Jon Merrill (1) · slap	Erik Haula (10)	1–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:08	VGK	Jon Merrill	interference	2
1st	14:43	VGK	Tomas Nosek	holding	2
2nd	05:18	PIT	Ian Cole	interference	2
2nd	15:05	VGK	Jon Merrill	delaying game smothering puck	2
3rd	17:58	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 1.81 · VGK 2.28 · xG% PIT 44.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Ian Cole	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	1		16:44	24
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	71.4	13:32	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	13:13	20
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5		25:14	28
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	70.0	23:18	24
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		21:32	28
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1		20:59	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	66.7	20:56	23
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		20:49	23
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		20:26	22
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:12	26
49	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		17:03	22
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2		17:01	23
22	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		15:17	25
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:39	19
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:09	12
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	6:35	10
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		5:10	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	L	26	24	2	.923	58:11

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	2		18:06	19
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	1		17:59	25
18	James Neal	L	1	0	1	+2	0	5	0	0		16:48	18
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	3	28.6	15:19	18
15	Jon Merrill	D	1	0	1	+2	4	2	1	0		15:02	20
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	6		23:42	29
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5		22:50	30
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:57	27
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	66.7	19:19	24
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		18:46	23
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		17:39	21
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	40.0	16:10	20
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	14:09	17
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	37.5	13:02	17
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:55	14
13	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:43	12
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:52	12
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	100.0	9:42	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00