Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena
SN · TVAS · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Maple Leafs 31-23.
William Karlsson scored a hat trick and Auston Matthews scored twice. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Erik Haula, Patrick Marleau and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.
Malcolm Subban made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4)Alex Tuch (10)0–102:24 VGK
William Karlsson (18)Reilly Smith (20), Deryk Engelland (9)0–204:17 VGK
Erik Haula (14)David Perron (21), Colin Miller (16)0–313:24 VGK
2nd period
Patrick Marleau (15)Connor Brown (6), Leo Komarov (6)1–305:07 TOR- William Karlsson (19)Jonathan Marchessault (22)1–408:26 VGK
Auston Matthews (16)Zach Hyman (14)2–419:12 TOR
3rd period
- Auston Matthews (17)Morgan Rielly (24), William Nylander (20)3–400:27 TOR
Jonathan Marchessault (14)William Karlsson (13), Shea Theodore (9)3–506:11 VGK- William Karlsson (20)Reilly Smith (21), Brayden McNabb (6)3–618:24 VGK · EN
Team stats
TORVGK
23Shots on goal31
54%Faceoff %46%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits20
15Blocked shots18
5Giveaways11
10Takeaways19
Penalties
- 1st 05:26
Brayden McNabb · holding2 min - 1st 08:51
Roman Polak · slashing2 min - 1st 14:44Martin Marincin · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:33Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 08:49Nate Schmidt · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:41Jake Gardiner · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 16:49 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:58 |
| 15Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:24 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 20Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 32Josh LeivoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 55Andreas BorgmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Calvin PickardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Frederik AndersenG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 59:07 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 71William KarlssonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 15:19 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:08 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 13Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:29 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:50 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:54 |