Vegas Golden Knights vs Los Angeles Kings
Playoffs · Sunday, April 15, 2018 · STAPLES Center
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Golden Knights 39–26.
Goals came from Alex Iafallo, Cody Eakin, James Neal, William Karlsson and Anze Kopitar.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Iafallo (1)Anze Kopitar (1), Dustin Brown (1)0–113:14 LAK
3rd period
Cody Eakin (1)Ryan Carpenter (1), David Perron (1)1–106:10 VGK
James Neal (1)Nate Schmidt (1), Alex Tuch (1)2–114:23 VGK
William Karlsson (1)Reilly Smith (2), Jonathan Marchessault (2)3–114:44 VGK
Anze Kopitar (1)Oscar Fantenberg (1)3–217:56 LAK
Team stats
VGKLAK
2639
44%56%
0/40/5
1210
4045
1819
714
23
Penalties
- 5:33 into the first period
Kyle Clifford · tripping2 min - 7:35 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 7:35 into the first periodKyle Clifford · roughing2 min
- 7:35 into the first periodWilliam Carrier · roughing2 min
- 7:41 into the first periodDustin Brown · tripping2 min
- 19:36 into the first periodCody Eakin · holding2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodJames Neal · slashing2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodOscar Fantenberg · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · high sticking2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodJake Muzzin · tripping2 min
- 14:57 into the third periodDavid Perron · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 24:07 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:17 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:32 |
| 19Alex IafalloC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 7Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 9Adrian KempeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:39 |
| 10Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 22Trevor LewisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:09 |
| 71Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:49 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:36 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:22 |
| 6Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:31 |
| 27Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 23:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jack CampbellG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |