Los Angeles Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Kings 42-30.
Goals came from Andreas Athanasiou, Lias Andersson, William Karlsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Alex Iafallo and Shea Theodore.
Cal Petersen made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andreas Athanasiou (7)Sean Walker (6)1–001:58 LAK
Lias Andersson (2)Tobias Bjornfot (4)2–017:23 LAK
2nd period
William Karlsson (9)Jonathan Marchessault (17), Shea Theodore (22)2–109:41 VGK
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (4)Andreas Athanasiou (7)3–112:21 LAK
Alex Iafallo (9)Mikey Anderson (7), Anze Kopitar (30)4–116:12 LAK
3rd period
Shea Theodore (6)Alex Tuch (9), Keegan Kolesar (6)4–203:36 VGK
Team stats
LAKVGK
30Shots on goal42
49%Faceoff %51%
0/5Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes25
16Hits18
16Blocked shots15
1Giveaways5
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 06:14
Alex Tuch · interference2 min - 1st 06:14
Blake Lizotte · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:00Nicolas Hague · holding2 min
- 1st 17:53Max Pacioretty · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:53Andreas Athanasiou · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:07Drew Doughty · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:14Chandler Stephenson · elbowing5 min
- 2nd 18:14Chandler Stephenson · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 07:53Blake Lizotte · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:19Nicolas Hague · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:39Alex Pietrangelo · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 22Andreas AthanasiouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:34 |
| 19Alex IafalloL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 24Lias AnderssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:10 |
| 28Jaret Anderson-DolanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 33Tobias BjornfotD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 44Mikey AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 9Adrian KempeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 12Trevor MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 13Gabriel VilardiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 27Austin WagnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 11:01 |
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 30:10 |
| 71Austin StrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 08:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Cal PetersenG | W | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 60:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 22:01 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:37 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:33 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 22:49 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 58:12 |
| 90Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |