Vegas Golden Knights vs Dallas Stars
Playoffs · Saturday, September 12, 2020 · Rogers Place
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Rogers Place. The Golden Knights outshot the Stars 33–20.
Goals came from Alec Martinez, Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn.
Anton Khudobin made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 18 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alec Martinez (2)Nate Schmidt (7), Paul Stastny (5)1–007:44 VGK · 
Joe Pavelski (9)Andrew Cogliano (1)1–111:34 DAL
Jamie Benn (7)John Klingberg (11), Alexander Radulov (5)1–219:01 DAL ·
Team stats
VGKDAL
3320
50%50%
1/51/4
810
3143
1417
2221
715
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Zach Whitecloud · slashing2 min - 7:38 into the first periodNick Cousins · tripping2 min
- 13:47 into the first period
Tyler Seguin · tripping2 min - 16:50 into the first periodJoel Hanley · hooking2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodJamie Benn · high sticking2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · cross checking2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodBrayden McNabb · holding2 min
- 13:16 into the third periodJoe Pavelski · tripping2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodJason Dickinson · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:08 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:43 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:44 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:01 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:54 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | L | 20 | 2 | .900 |
Dallas Stars
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:53 |
| 16Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:42 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 15Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 18Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 24Roope HintzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:28 |
| 25Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 34Denis GurianovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 2Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:15 |
| 5Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:59 |
| 39Joel HanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jake OettingerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Anton KhudobinG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |