Vegas Golden Knights vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2023 · Amerant Bank Arena
SN · BSFL · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Golden Knights 42-25.
Goals came from Mark Stone, Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling, Pavel Dorofeyev, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jiri Patera stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Stone (11)Ivan Barbashev (9)1–001:21 VGK
Sam Bennett (5)Carter Verhaeghe (12), Brandon Montour (4)1–108:58 FLA
Gustav Forsling (4)Aleksander Barkov (20)1–215:16 FLA
Pavel Dorofeyev (3)Ben Hutton (8), Keegan Kolesar (4)2–219:37 VGK
3rd period
Carter Verhaeghe (16)Brandon Montour (5), Matthew Tkachuk (18)2–306:10 FLA · PPG
Sam Reinhart (19)Aleksander Barkov (21), Matthew Tkachuk (19)2–408:09 FLA · PPG
Team stats
VGKFLA
25Shots on goal42
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play2/6
39Penalty minutes41
25Hits39
21Blocked shots11
6Giveaways11
4Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 07:32
Brayden McNabb · tripping2 min - 1st 11:55Keegan Kolesar · fighting5 min
- 1st 11:55
Ryan Lomberg · fighting5 min - 1st 12:10Nicolas Roy · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:25Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 04:28Evan Rodrigues · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:31Sam Bennett · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 05:53Ben Hutton · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:33Zach Whitecloud · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:09Paul Cotter · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Alex Pietrangelo · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Matthew Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Matthew Tkachuk · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00William Karlsson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Sam Bennett · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Aaron Ekblad · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Alex Pietrangelo · misconduct10 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 16Pavel DorofeyevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:39 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:07 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jiri PateraG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 56:47 |
| 31Isaiah SavilleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Florida Panthers
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:07 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:40 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:41 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:14 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 17Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 11:29 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 67William LockwoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 82Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 94Ryan LombergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:57 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:12 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 91Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Anthony StolarzG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |