Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

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0–3

Final

SOG 29–31

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Predators 31-29.

Goals came from Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore and Jonathan Marchessault.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 28 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	0	0	0	29
VGK	0	2	1	3	31

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Reilly Smith (10)Nate Schmidt (15), Alex Tuch (11)0–112:10 VGK · PPG
Shea Theodore (4)Deryk Engelland (10), Alex Tuch (12)0–213:41 VGK

3rd period

Jonathan Marchessault (15)David Perron (22), Erik Haula (13)0–317:37 VGK · EN

Team stats

NSHVGK

29Shots on goal31

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes4

23Hits18

13Blocked shots16

6Giveaways15

8Takeaways22

Penalties

2nd 10:29Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 15:22Jonathan Marchessault · slashing2 min
3rd 14:31David Perron · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

8Kyle TurrisC	0	1	0	1	30	18:18
10Colton SissonsC	-1	4	2	1	38	15:31
13Nick BoninoC	-1	1	0	0	55	15:34
15Craig SmithC	0	3	1	1	100	18:39
17Scott HartnellL	0	5	2	0	–	14:08
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	1	0	0	100	20:02
20Miikka SalomakiR	0	0	3	1	100	06:01
22Kevin FialaL	-2	0	0	1	–	20:36
33Viktor ArvidssonL	-1	4	1	1	–	20:08
51Austin WatsonL	0	1	0	0	67	06:34
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	3	0	–	05:27
92Ryan JohansenC	-2	0	2	0	58	21:04
2Anthony BitettoD	-1	1	3	1	–	16:23
4Ryan EllisD	-1	2	1	2	–	18:28
14Mattias EkholmD	-1	0	0	1	–	20:23
25Alexei EmelinD	0	0	1	2	100	18:18
59Roman JosiD	-1	3	1	1	–	22:49
76P.K. SubbanD	0	3	3	0	–	21:52

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Pekka RinneG	L	30	28	2	.933	58:04
74Juuse SarosG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

89Alex TuchR	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	11:45
19Reilly SmithR	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	16:58
56Erik HaulaL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	25	16:34
57David PerronL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	25	17:26
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	50	16:20
5Deryk EngellandD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	20:02
27Shea TheodoreD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	18:20
88Nate SchmidtD	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	–	21:34
13Brendan LeipsicL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:16
18James NealL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:56
21Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	72	14:35
24Oscar LindbergC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	25	11:36
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	40	13:52
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	16:14
92Tomas NosekL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:30
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	3	4	2	0	–	23:00
6Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	19:50
15Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	16:29

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	29	29	0	1.000	59:52
30Malcolm SubbanG		0	0	0	–	00:00