Vegas Golden Knights vs Arizona Coyotes
Regular season · Sunday, December 30, 2018 · Gila River Arena
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-1 on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Gila River Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Coyotes 37-30.
Goals came from Paul Stastny, Reilly Smith, Alex Galchenyuk, Cody Eakin, Brandon Pirri and Ryan Carpenter.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 of 37.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 VGK | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 37 |
 ARI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Paul Stastny (5)Brandon Pirri (2), Alex Tuch (17)1–003:35 VGK
2nd period
Reilly Smith (9)Brad Hunt (4), Jonathan Marchessault (17)2–016:03 VGK
Alex Galchenyuk (6)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17), Clayton Keller (21)2–116:57 ARI · PPG
3rd period
Cody Eakin (12)Unassisted3–104:21 VGK
Brandon Pirri (5)Brayden McNabb (8), Paul Stastny (4)4–106:58 VGK
Ryan Carpenter (2)Nick Holden (10)5–111:44 VGK · SHG
Team stats
VGKARI
37Shots on goal30
60%Faceoff %40%
0/3Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes6
28Hits22
18Blocked shots15
14Giveaways7
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 01:31Alex Galchenyuk · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 04:11Darcy Kuemper · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 08:25William Carrier · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:29Josh Archibald · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:15Alex Tuch · illegal check to head2 min
- 2nd 16:48Paul Stastny · slashing2 min
- 2nd 19:15Jonathan Marchessault · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:18Brandon Pirri · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 16:51Ryan Reaves · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:53 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 | 15:40 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:07 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:14 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 21:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Arizona Coyotes
| 9Clayton KellerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 17Alex GalchenyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 13Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 25Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:37 |
| 29Mario KempeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 36Christian FischerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 45Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 11:09 |
| 83Conor GarlandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 44Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 59:55 |