Pittsburgh Penguins vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Thursday, January 5, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena
ATTSN-PT · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Thursday, January 5, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena. The Penguins outshot the Golden Knights 40-31.
Goals came from Phil Kessel, Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone, Ty Smith, Paul Cotter and Sidney Crosby.
Adin Hill made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (7)Paul Cotter (3), William Karlsson (20)0–101:52 VGK
Jack Eichel (14)Nicolas Roy (9), Reilly Smith (11)0–205:17 VGK
Chandler Stephenson (11)Mark Stone (21), Jack Eichel (17)0–311:20 VGK · PPG
2nd period
Mark Stone (17)Brayden McNabb (12), Jack Eichel (18)0–419:49 VGK
3rd period
Ty Smith (1)Jake Guentzel (19), Sidney Crosby (25)1–404:04 PIT
Paul Cotter (5)Phil Kessel (9), William Karlsson (21)1–512:05 VGK
Sidney Crosby (20)Rickard Rakell (11), Jake Guentzel (20)2–518:30 PIT
Team stats
PITVGK
40Shots on goal31
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes6
34Hits24
12Blocked shots23
5Giveaways6
15Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 10:39
Jake Guentzel · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:23
Phil Kessel · tripping2 min - 3rd 07:49Jack Eichel · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:33Reilly Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:36 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:58 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:45 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:21 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 59:24 |
| 40Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:16 |
| 8Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 15Jake LeschyshynC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 22Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:41 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | W | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 60:00 |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |