Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, December 14, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Penguins 26–25.

Goals came from James Neal, Ian Cole and Jon Merrill.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 24 of 26.

Goals
PIT	1	0	0	1	25
VGK	1	0	1	2	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

James Neal (15)Colin Miller (13), David Perron (17)0–101:41 VGK
Ian Cole (2)Carl Hagelin (4), Riley Sheahan (7)1–112:04 PIT

3rd period

Jon Merrill (1)Erik Haula (10)1–208:17 VGK

Team stats

PITVGK

2526

65%35%

0/30/2

1128

1622

714

Penalties

2:08 into the first periodJon Merrill · interference2 min
14:43 into the first periodTomas Nosek · holding2 min
5:18 into the second periodIan Cole · interference2 min
15:05 into the second periodJon Merrill · delaying game smothering puck2 min
17:58 into the third periodChad Ruhwedel · hooking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

15Riley SheahanC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	20	13:32
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	50	0	0	20	13:13
28Ian ColeD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	0	1	24	16:44
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	12	08:09
37Carter RowneyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	10	06:35
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	19	12:39
49Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	22	17:03
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	–	0	2	26	20:59
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	67	0	2	23	20:56
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	20:26
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	7	05:10
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	23	20:49
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	70	1	1	24	23:18
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	2	2	–	0	0	23	17:01
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	26	19:12
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	28	21:32
22Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	0	0	25	15:17
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	5	0	–	0	1	28	25:14

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Matt MurrayG	L	26	24	2	.923	58:11
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

18James NealL	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	16:48
56Erik HaulaL	0	1	1	+1	3	3	3	0	29	0	2	18	15:19
57David PerronL	0	1	1	+1	1	4	2	0	–	0	3	19	18:06
6Colin MillerD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	1	0	–	0	0	25	17:59
15Jon MerrillD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	4	–	0	0	20	15:02
13Brendan LeipsicL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	1	0	12	10:43
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	0	1	23	18:46
21Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	1	17	14:09
24Oscar LindbergC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	1	12	09:52
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	38	0	2	17	13:02
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	67	0	1	24	19:19
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	40	0	0	20	16:10
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	14	12:55
92Tomas NosekL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	100	1	0	12	09:42
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	–	0	0	30	22:50
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	6	0	–	0	0	29	23:42
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	1	0	21	17:39
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	2	2	27	21:57

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00
30Malcolm SubbanG		0	0	0	–	00:00