Vegas Golden Knights vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 31, 2017 · Madison Square Garden
SN1 · ATTSN-RM · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-4 on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Golden Knights 38-34.
Reilly Smith scored twice. Jimmy Vesey, Oscar Lindberg, Mats Zuccarello, David Perron, Chris Kreider, Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad and Michael Grabner also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Maxime Lagace stopped 32 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jimmy Vesey (2)David Desharnais (5), Ryan McDonagh (6)0–102:45 NYR
Oscar Lindberg (5)Alex Tuch (3), Deryk Engelland (4)1–105:22 VGK
Reilly Smith (3)Jonathan Marchessault (2), Colin Miller (6)2–119:21 VGK
2nd period
Mats Zuccarello (3)Rick Nash (2), Kevin Hayes (3)2–201:29 NYR- Reilly Smith (4)Jonathan Marchessault (3), William Karlsson (4)3–207:06 VGK
David Perron (4)Unassisted4–218:59 VGK
3rd period
Chris Kreider (3)Mika Zibanejad (4), Mats Zuccarello (7)4–305:31 NYR · PPG
Pavel Buchnevich (5)Mika Zibanejad (5)4–409:26 NYR
Mika Zibanejad (8)Kevin Shattenkirk (8), Pavel Buchnevich (5)4–514:11 NYR · PPG
Michael Grabner (4)Jesper Fast (2)4–618:46 NYR · EN
Team stats
VGKNYR
34Shots on goal38
42%Faceoff %58%
0/3Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes6
13Hits16
14Blocked shots13
12Giveaways18
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 16:43
Alex Tuch · hooking2 min - 2nd 08:27
Brady Skjei · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 11:23Jonathan Marchessault · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:20Boo Nieves · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:59Kevin Hayes · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 3rd 02:21Michael Grabner · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 04:51David Perron · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:51David Perron · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:17Colin Miller · slashing2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 57David PerronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:09 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:17 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dylan FergusonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Maxime LagaceG | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 59:28 |
New York Rangers
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:18 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16:59 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 13:43 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:44 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 25:07 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 24Boo NievesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 47Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 59:17 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |