Vegas Golden Knights vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2020 · Scotiabank Saddledome
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Golden Knights outshot the Flames 32-22.
Goals came from Tomas Nosek, Nick Holden, Max Pacioretty, Milan Lucic, Dillon Dube, Matthew Tkachuk, Shea Theodore and Jonathan Marchessault.
Robin Lehner made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; David Rittich stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Nosek (8)Ryan Reaves (7), Nick Holden (8)1–005:24 VGK
Nick Holden (6)Nick Cousins (15), Brandon Pirri (2)2–011:49 VGK
2nd period
Max Pacioretty (32)William Karlsson (30), Paul Stastny (21)3–003:39 VGK · PPG
Milan Lucic (8)Unassisted3–108:23 CGY
Dillon Dube (6)Mikael Backlund (29), Milan Lucic (12)3–216:32 CGY · PPG
3rd period
Matthew Tkachuk (23)Andrew Mangiapane (15), Erik Gustafsson (23)3–317:00 CGY
Shea Theodore (12)Alec Martinez (12), Chandler Stephenson (15)4–318:50 VGK
Jonathan Marchessault (21)Reilly Smith (26), William Karlsson (31)5–319:42 VGK · EN
Team stats
VGKCGY
32Shots on goal22
51%Faceoff %49%
1/1Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes2
9Hits26
10Blocked shots26
7Giveaways8
7Takeaways11
Penalties
- 2nd 02:42
Mark Giordano · tripping2 min - 2nd 15:00
Alec Martinez · holding2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:17 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:47 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:05 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 60:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 29Dillon DubeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:32 |
| 10Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:45 |
| 77Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 25:48 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:59 |
| 20Derek ForbortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 55Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:29 |
| 39Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |