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Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings

STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, December 28, 2017 on the road.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Vegas Golden Knights 3 51-24-7
at Los Angeles Kings 2 45-29-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 1 1 1 3
Los Angeles Kings 1 0 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 15 12 3 39
Los Angeles Kings 11 3 9 5 28

Three stars

  1. J. Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. J. Quick, Los Angeles Kings (goaltender)
  3. N. Schmidt, Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:13 Los Angeles Kings Marian Gaborik (6) Derek Forbort (7), Drew Doughty (22) Even strength VGK 0, LAK 1
2nd 18:34 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (13) Colin Miller (15), Reilly Smith (18) Even strength VGK 1, LAK 1
3rd 11:10 Vegas Golden Knights Brendan Leipsic (1) Alex Tuch (9), Cody Eakin (12) Even strength VGK 2, LAK 1
3rd 15:27 Los Angeles Kings Drew Doughty (6) Jake Muzzin (18) Even strength VGK 2, LAK 2
OT 03:30 Vegas Golden Knights David Perron (9) Reilly Smith (19) Even strength VGK 3, LAK 2

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Los Angeles Kings
Shots on goal 39 28
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 4 12
Hits 20 22
Blocked shots 20 12
Giveaways 6 15
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 25/51 (49%) 26/51 (51%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
13 B. Leipsic L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 12:07
18 J. Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 19:40
19 R. Smith R 0 2 2 +2 0 2 2 0 19:13
21 C. Eakin C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 88.9% 13:41
24 O. Lindberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 09:16
41 P. Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 66.7% 11:22
56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 30% 19:25
57 D. Perron L 1 0 1 +1 4 3 1 0 50% 17:45
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 16.7% 18:51
81 J. Marchessault R 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 12.5% 20:42
89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +1 0 5 3 2 80% 17:01
92 T. Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 10:12
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 4 19:15
5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 3 18:49
6 C. Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 21:04
15 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 13:09
27 S. Theodore D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 20:14
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26:44
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 28 26 2 .929 63:30 Win

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player
9 A. Kempe R 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 58.3% 14:22
11 A. Kopitar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 63.6% 24:18
12 M. Gaborik R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 15:12
13 K. Clifford L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:04
17 J. Brodzinski C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 08:30
19 A. Iafallo L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 08:57
21 N. Shore C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 37.5% 14:56
22 T. Lewis C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 2 0 50% 14:41
23 D. Brown R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 1 18:38
70 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 19:49
71 T. Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.3% 08:41
73 T. Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:32
6 J. Muzzin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 22:00
8 D. Doughty D 1 1 2 +2 2 5 1 1 27:30
24 D. Forbort D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 4 3 22:01
27 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 3 26:44
53 K. Gravel D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 2 12:05
56 K. MacDermid L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 13:30
Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
32 J. Quick 39 36 3 .923 63:30 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:02 Los Angeles Kings Kurtis MacDermid Interference 2
1st 04:46 Los Angeles Kings Dustin Brown High sticking 2
1st 04:46 Vegas Golden Knights David Perron Interference 2
2nd 09:21 Los Angeles Kings Trevor Lewis Tripping 2
2nd 20:00 Los Angeles Kings Jonathan Quick Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 00:40 Los Angeles Kings Drew Doughty Boarding 2
3rd 07:38 Los Angeles Kings Adrian Kempe Holding 2
3rd 12:50 Vegas Golden Knights David Perron Interference 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Gerard Gallant
Los Angeles Kings head coach
John Stevens
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, Mark Shewchyk
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Brad Hunt, Ryan Carpenter
Los Angeles Kings scratches
Jussi Jokinen, Andy Andreoff, Oscar Fantenberg

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final/OT Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final/2OT Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Los Angeles Kings 0 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 28

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/SO Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 at Arizona Coyotes 4 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Vancouver Canucks 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final/SO Game page

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