Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Saturday, February 16, 2019 · T-Mobile Arena
ESPN+ · ATTSN-RM · FS-TN
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Predators 50-30.
Max Pacioretty scored twice. Brandon Pirri, Shea Theodore, Kevin Fiala and Oscar Lindberg also scored.
Malcolm Subban made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 45 of 50.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Max Pacioretty (17)Cody Eakin (16), Oscar Lindberg (8)0–117:17 VGK
2nd period
Brandon Pirri (10)Reilly Smith (23), William Karlsson (20)0–210:53 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Shea Theodore (9)Paul Stastny (17), Alex Tuch (25)0–301:56 VGK
Kevin Fiala (10)Mattias Ekholm (34)1–304:17 NSH
Oscar Lindberg (4)Alex Tuch (26)1–413:48 VGK- Max Pacioretty (18)Unassisted1–515:17 VGK
Team stats
NSHVGK
30Shots on goal50
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits33
14Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
9Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 19:00
P.K. Subban · interference2 min - 1st 19:40
Jonathan Marchessault · illegal check to head2 min - 2nd 09:18Viktor Arvidsson · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:09Brayden McNabb · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:57Brayden McNabb · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 18:26Nick Bonino · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:24 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 25:47 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | L | 50 | 45 | 5 | .900 | 60:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 12:58 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 9 | 16:16 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 15:16 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:19 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:01 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 26:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 59:14 |