Vegas Golden Knights vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2018 · STAPLES Center
SN · SN1 · ATTSN-RM · FS-W
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at STAPLES Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Kings 32-31.
Goals came from William Carrier, Anze Kopitar, Alex Tuch, William Karlsson and Paul Stastny.
Malcolm Subban made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
William Carrier (8)Cody Eakin (10), Nick Holden (9)1–004:55 VGK
Anze Kopitar (9)Sean Walker (2), Alex Iafallo (12)1–119:55 LAK
2nd period
Alex Tuch (13)Paul Stastny (3)2–112:26 VGK
3rd period
William Karlsson (15)Nate Schmidt (9)3–103:20 VGK
Paul Stastny (4)Alex Tuch (16), Nate Schmidt (10)4–117:28 VGK · EN
Team stats
VGKLAK
32Shots on goal31
59%Faceoff %41%
0/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
14Hits16
10Blocked shots17
4Giveaways16
3Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 00:54
Alex Tuch · holding2 min - 2nd 08:36Jon Merrill · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:08
Brendan Leipsic · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 28William CarrierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:07 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:39 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 19Alex IafalloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 61Sean WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:44 |
| 9Adrian KempeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 10Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:35 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:43 |
| 14Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:11 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 64Matt LuffR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 2Paul LaDueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 6Jake MuzzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 23:30 |
| 7Oscar FantenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 27:30 |
| 24Derek ForbortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:52 |
| 40Cal PetersenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |