Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights

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Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 7–3 on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at home.

Final score, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights
Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Calgary Flames 3 37-35-10
at Vegas Golden Knights 7 51-24-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Calgary Flames 1 2 0 3
Vegas Golden Knights 2 2 3 7

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Calgary Flames 6 14 11 31
Vegas Golden Knights 11 8 7 26

Three stars

  1. A. Tuch, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. D. Perron, Vegas Golden Knights (2 assists)
  3. L. Sbisa, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:28 Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Carpenter (6) Unassisted Even strength CGY 0, VGK 1
1st 16:45 Calgary Flames TJ Brodie (4) Travis Hamonic (8), Matt Stajan (4) Even strength CGY 1, VGK 1
1st 19:29 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (31) Reilly Smith (33), Nate Schmidt (25) Power play CGY 1, VGK 2
2nd 00:20 Calgary Flames Dougie Hamilton (14) Mikael Backlund (25), Mark Giordano (20) Even strength CGY 2, VGK 2
2nd 01:18 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (20) Colin Miller (26), Jonathan Marchessault (38) Even strength CGY 2, VGK 3
2nd 11:07 Calgary Flames Matthew Tkachuk (23) Dougie Hamilton (22), Johnny Gaudreau (51) Power play CGY 3, VGK 3
2nd 13:58 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch (11) David Perron (40), Erik Haula (21) Even strength CGY 3, VGK 4
3rd 03:17 Vegas Golden Knights Luca Sbisa (2) Alex Tuch (16) Even strength CGY 3, VGK 5
3rd 11:15 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Nosek (6) Luca Sbisa (11), David Perron (41) Even strength CGY 3, VGK 6
3rd 14:18 Vegas Golden Knights Cody Eakin (7) Ryan Carpenter (4) Even strength CGY 3, VGK 7

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights
Stat Calgary Flames Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 31 26
Power play 1 of 1 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 13 11
Hits 40 26
Blocked shots 12 19
Giveaways 11 6
Takeaways 9 8
Faceoffs won 35/73 (47.9%) 38/73 (52.1%)

Box score

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 M. Backlund C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 41.7% 16:35
Number 13 J. Gaudreau L 0 1 1 -3 0 0 1 0 0 18:32
Number 18 M. Stajan C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 57.1% 10:52
Number 19 M. Tkachuk L 1 0 1 0 4 5 3 0 1 17:54
Number 20 C. Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 0 0 12:03
Number 21 G. Hathaway R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 0 0 12:33
Number 23 S. Monahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 52.4% 18:31
Number 36 T. Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:26
Number 67 M. Frolik R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14:42
Number 77 M. Jankowski L 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 0 0 53.3% 13:34
Number 79 M. Ferland L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 0 0 100% 13:27
Number 93 S. Bennett C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 12:45
Number 5 M. Giordano D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 2 0 23:21
Number 7 T. Brodie D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 3 0 22:35
Number 24 T. Hamonic D 0 1 1 -2 5 2 1 2 0 21:47
Number 26 M. Stone D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 16:21
Number 27 D. Hamilton D 1 1 2 -1 0 4 1 1 0 21:52
Number 61 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 0 14:04
Calgary Flames goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 33 D. Rittich 26 19 7 .731 59:48 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 19 R. Smith R 1 1 2 +1 0 2 2 2 0 18:47
Number 21 C. Eakin C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 2 1 0 75% 15:57
Number 24 O. Lindberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 75% 05:05
Number 25 S. Matteau C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 04:21
Number 38 T. Hyka R 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 1 0 14:11
Number 40 R. Carpenter C 1 1 2 +2 0 4 0 1 0 71.4% 15:51
Number 56 E. Haula L 0 1 1 +2 2 0 2 1 0 38.9% 17:48
Number 57 D. Perron L 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 66.7% 18:43
Number 71 W. Karlsson C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 1 1 35.7% 20:32
Number 81 J. Marchessault R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 30% 18:59
Number 89 A. Tuch R 1 1 2 +1 5 1 1 1 0 100% 17:06
Number 92 T. Nosek L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 100% 08:21
Number 3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 3 0 18:00
Number 5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 20:08
Number 6 C. Miller D 0 1 1 +3 0 3 0 0 0 24:32
Number 15 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 19:41
Number 47 L. Sbisa D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 5 1 0 19:46
Number 88 N. Schmidt D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 4 0 16:41
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 19:11 Calgary Flames Michael Frolik Hooking 2
2nd 02:17 Vegas Golden Knights Marc-Andre Fleury Roughing 2
2nd 02:17 Calgary Flames Mark Jankowski Roughing 2
2nd 02:50 Calgary Flames Matthew Tkachuk Slashing 2
2nd 09:36 Vegas Golden Knights Erik Haula Hooking 2
2nd 19:15 Vegas Golden Knights Deryk Engelland Slashing 2
2nd 19:15 Calgary Flames Matthew Tkachuk Slashing 2
3rd 10:50 Calgary Flames Travis Hamonic Fighting (major) 5
3rd 10:50 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Calgary Flames head coach
Glen Gulutzan
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Gerard Gallant
Referees
Jean Hebert, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray
Calgary Flames scratches
Mike Smith, Matt Bartkowski, Ryan Lomberg
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
James Neal, Brad Hunt, Brendan Leipsic

2017-2018 season series

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Sources and further reading

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