Vegas Golden Knights vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, October 11, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

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37–22

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Penguins 37–22.

Phil Kessel scored a hat trick. Tomas Nosek, Jake Guentzel and Reilly Smith also scored.

Casey DeSmith made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Malcolm Subban stopped 18 of 22.

Goals
VGK	1	0	1	2	37
PIT	1	3	0	4	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Nosek (1)Jonathan Marchessault (3), William Karlsson (4)1–006:28 VGK
Phil Kessel (1)Evgeni Malkin (3)1–108:03 PIT

2nd period

Phil Kessel (2)Evgeni Malkin (4), Justin Schultz (3)1–209:37 PIT
Phil Kessel (3)Carl Hagelin (1), Evgeni Malkin (5)1–315:43 PIT
Jake Guentzel (3)Sidney Crosby (3), Justin Schultz (4)1–416:40 PIT

3rd period

Reilly Smith (2)Jonathan Marchessault (4)2–413:35 VGK

Team stats

VGKPIT

3722

47%53%

0/20/1

2633

1027

512

611

Penalties

1:40 into the first periodDominik Simon · high sticking2 min
17:34 into the first periodJonathan Marchessault · slashing2 min
14:56 into the third periodDerick Brassard · hooking2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	2	25	0	0	20	19:27
19Reilly SmithR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	19	18:18
71William KarlssonC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	50	1	0	19	18:34
92Tomas NosekL	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	0	0	18	16:18
21Cody EakinC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	57	1	1	14	12:42
28William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	0	0	12	12:42
38Tomas HykaR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	12:42
40Ryan CarpenterC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	33	0	0	17	14:04
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	67	0	0	14	13:54
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	43	0	2	17	16:50
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	−2	4	3	1	0	–	1	1	16	16:40
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	29	0	0	13	13:00
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	0	–	0	1	21	16:54
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	18:37
6Colin MillerD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	21	17:09
15Jon MerrillD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	1	0	23	20:00
22Nick HoldenD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	0	0	25	18:32
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	1	0	–	0	0	26	22:44

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Malcolm SubbanG	L	22	18	4	.818	58:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	0	3	3	+2	0	2	0	0	64	1	0	17	15:33
81Phil KesselC	3	0	3	+3	4	0	3	0	–	1	1	17	15:20
4Justin SchultzD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	–	3	0	24	17:56
59Jake GuentzelC	1	0	1	−1	2	1	2	0	–	0	0	19	15:38
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	+3	2	2	1	0	–	0	0	20	15:55
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	65	0	1	20	16:44
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	38	0	1	17	13:07
12Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	–	0	1	15	13:28
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	17	12:34
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	0	–	1	1	20	16:36
19Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	58	1	2	17	16:02
41Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	12	10:51
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	1	1	19	15:18
6Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	0	0	23	18:15
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	1	1	28	22:48
50Juuso RiikolaD	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	–	2	0	22	18:08
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	3	0	–	1	2	28	24:07
73Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	8	3	0	–	0	0	25	17:40

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Casey DeSmithG	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00