Florida Panthers vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Sunday, December 17, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena
ATTSN-RM · FS-F
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Panthers 40-18.
Goals came from Radim Vrbata, Mike Matheson, Nate Schmidt, Colin Miller, Erik Haula, Jonathan Marchessault and James Neal.
Malcolm Subban made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Radim Vrbata (4)Denis Malgin (1), Nick Bjugstad (8)1–002:58 FLA · PPG
Mike Matheson (2)Evgenii Dadonov (12), Vincent Trocheck (20)2–005:13 FLA
Nate Schmidt (2)Reilly Smith (15), William Karlsson (12)2–106:39 VGK
Colin Miller (5)Jonathan Marchessault (17), James Neal (10)2–217:20 VGK
3rd period
Erik Haula (12)Jonathan Marchessault (18), Colin Miller (14)2–311:40 VGK
Jonathan Marchessault (11)Reilly Smith (16), Brayden McNabb (5)2–417:50 VGK · EN
James Neal (16)Shea Theodore (5)2–519:32 VGK · EN
Team stats
FLAVGK
18Shots on goal40
43%Faceoff %57%
1/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits12
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
14Takeaways18
Penalties
- 1st 01:35
David Perron · holding2 min - 1st 13:55Colin Miller · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:31
Micheal Haley · high sticking2 min - 2nd 15:13Aaron Ekblad · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:32Mike Matheson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:51Vincent Trocheck · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:54Colin Miller · holding2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14:58 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 71Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 13:55 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 23:10 |
| 17Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 18Micheal HaleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:00 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 90Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:10 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 6Alexander PetrovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 12Ian McCoshenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Harri SateriG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34James ReimerG | L | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 59:23 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 6 | 19:33 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:48 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 13Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:42 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:05 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 60:00 |