Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights
Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 44-26-12
at Vegas Golden Knights 7 43-32-7

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 15 10 37
Vegas Golden Knights 15 11 9 35

Three stars

  1. J. Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights (3 goals)
  2. W. Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. M. Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:51 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (20) Olli Maatta (11), Evgeni Malkin (38) Even strength PIT 1, VGK 0
1st 06:09 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore (6) Nate Schmidt (13), Paul Stastny (9) Power play PIT 1, VGK 1
1st 15:20 Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty (13) Paul Stastny (10), Alex Tuch (23) Even strength PIT 1, VGK 2
1st 16:03 Vegas Golden Knights Oscar Lindberg (2) Ryan Carpenter (9), Cody Eakin (13) Even strength PIT 1, VGK 3
2nd 00:16 Pittsburgh Penguins Dominik Simon (7) Jake Guentzel (22), Brian Dumoulin (14) Even strength PIT 2, VGK 3
2nd 05:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (21) Jake Guentzel (23), Kris Letang (29) Even strength PIT 3, VGK 3
2nd 12:26 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (15) Unassisted Even strength PIT 3, VGK 4
2nd 16:16 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (16) William Karlsson (16), Colin Miller (16) Even strength PIT 3, VGK 5
3rd 13:45 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (16) Colin Miller (17) Even strength PIT 3, VGK 6
3rd 19:39 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (17) Max Pacioretty (13), Marc-Andre Fleury (2) Even strength, Empty net PIT 3, VGK 7

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 37 35
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 37 33
Blocked shots 20 10
Giveaways 7 9
Takeaways 11 10
Faceoffs won 35/67 (52.2%) 32/67 (47.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 60% 09:53
Number 10 G. Wilson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 07:50
Number 12 D. Simon C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 6 1 0 17:27
Number 14 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 0 11:33
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 08:24
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14:05
Number 19 D. Brassard C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 33.3% 14:35
Number 59 J. Guentzel C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 2 0 0 20:49
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 -3 0 3 4 1 0 66.7% 20:05
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 0 0 16:59
Number 81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 -3 0 4 1 0 0 20:03
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 1 1 0 63% 20:41
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 4 0 17:27
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 3 1 0 18:53
Number 28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 4 0 18:12
Number 50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 2 0 18:22
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 25:54
Number 73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 3 3 0 18:14
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 C. DeSmith 34 28 6 .824 57:02 Loss

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 21 C. Eakin C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 1 0 63.2% 14:53
Number 24 O. Lindberg L 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 12:00
Number 26 P. Stastny C 0 2 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 17.6% 21:12
Number 40 R. Carpenter C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 14:44
Number 41 P. Bellemare L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 10:37
Number 67 M. Pacioretty L 1 1 2 +2 0 4 2 1 0 19:47
Number 71 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 0 0 0 62.5% 15:46
Number 73 B. Pirri C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 100% 14:37
Number 75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 100% 09:00
Number 81 J. Marchessault R 3 0 3 +2 0 4 2 0 0 17:28
Number 89 A. Tuch R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 0 0 16:57
Number 92 T. Nosek L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10:28
Number 3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 19:23
Number 5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 0 20:43
Number 6 C. Miller D 0 2 2 +3 0 1 2 1 0 18:58
Number 22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 2 2 0 19:08
Number 27 S. Theodore D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 18:25
Number 88 N. Schmidt D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 2 0 21:54
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 37 34 3 .919 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin Tripping 2
2nd 01:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Olli Maatta Hooking 2
2nd 10:00 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson Holding 2
3rd 09:10 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Hooking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Gerard Gallant
Referees
Trevor Hanson, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Mark Shewchyk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Jamie Oleksiak, Joseph Blandisi, Chad Ruhwedel
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Jon Merrill, Brad Hunt, Valentin Zykov

2018-2019 season series

Other NHL games on Jan 19

Sources and further reading

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