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Vegas Golden Knights at New Jersey Devils

Prudential Center, Newark Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Thursday, December 16, 2021 on the road.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Vegas Golden Knights 5 43-31-8
at New Jersey Devils 3 27-46-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 3 5
New Jersey Devils 1 0 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 13 7 10 30
New Jersey Devils 6 15 5 26

Three stars

  1. D. Coghlan, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. T. Tatar, New Jersey Devils (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. N. Roy, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:41 New Jersey Devils Jack Hughes (5) Dougie Hamilton (10), Tomas Tatar (8) Even strength VGK 0, NJD 1
1st 10:27 Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Coghlan (2) Reilly Smith (12), Jonathan Marchessault (7) Power play VGK 1, NJD 1
2nd 03:47 Vegas Golden Knights William Carrier (4) Keegan Kolesar (8), Brett Howden (4) Even strength VGK 2, NJD 1
3rd 07:37 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson (3) Reilly Smith (13), Dylan Coghlan (6) Even strength VGK 3, NJD 1
3rd 08:10 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy (5) Mattias Janmark (7), Alex Pietrangelo (16) Even strength VGK 4, NJD 1
3rd 10:03 New Jersey Devils Tomas Tatar (6) Damon Severson (5), Ty Smith (6) Power play VGK 4, NJD 2
3rd 12:29 New Jersey Devils Jimmy Vesey (5) Jonas Siegenthaler (7), Michael McLeod (6) Shorthanded VGK 4, NJD 3
3rd 18:53 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (13) William Karlsson (4), Brayden McNabb (5) Even strength, Empty net VGK 5, NJD 3

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights New Jersey Devils
Shots on goal 30 26
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 26 18
Hits 6 15
Blocked shots 16 9
Giveaways 3 11
Takeaways 3 8
Faceoffs won 29/60 (48.3%) 31/60 (51.7%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 64.3% 14:21
19 R. Smith R 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:03
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 42.9% 19:40
21 B. Howden C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 58.3% 11:29
26 M. Janmark C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 13:15
28 W. Carrier L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 11:55
55 K. Kolesar R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 50% 13:27
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 100% 19:02
63 E. Dadonov L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 14:19
67 M. Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:28
71 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 28.6% 16:21
81 J. Marchessault R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 14:16
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 19:11
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 5 0 23:27
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 1 1 +1 10 2 0 3 0 28:37
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0 1 0 18:58
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 11:40
52 D. Coghlan D 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 12:11
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
39 L. Brossoit 0 0 0 00:15
90 R. Lehner 26 23 3 .885 59:32 Win

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player
11 A. Johnsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 11:32
14 N. Bastian R 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 100% 12:13
16 J. Vesey L 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 50% 15:54
17 Y. Sharangovich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 14:32
18 D. Mercer C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 50% 14:08
20 M. McLeod C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 1 0 57.9% 15:33
37 P. Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 37.5% 16:34
59 J. Kuokkanen C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11:51
63 J. Bratt L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 16:24
67 M. Studenic R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:48
86 J. Hughes C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 0 0 66.7% 18:38
90 T. Tatar L 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 0 1 100% 13:41
7 D. Hamilton D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 2 0 24:37
24 T. Smith D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 22:16
28 D. Severson D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 0 1 0 28:18
55 M. Geertsen L 0 0 0 -2 10 0 3 1 0 08:01
71 J. Siegenthaler D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 26:32
88 K. Bahl D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 09:54
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
29 M. Blackwood 29 25 4 .862 58:55 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:33 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 07:42 New Jersey Devils Damon Severson Roughing 2
1st 08:48 New Jersey Devils Janne Kuokkanen Tripping 2
2nd 05:48 Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Coghlan Tripping 2
3rd 03:03 New Jersey Devils Dougie Hamilton High sticking 2
3rd 08:30 Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Coghlan High sticking 2
3rd 10:42 New Jersey Devils Nathan Bastian Tripping 2
3rd 19:45 Vegas Golden Knights Robin Lehner Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 19:45 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Pietrangelo Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 19:45 New Jersey Devils Mason Geertsen Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
New Jersey Devils head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Chris Rooney, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Ryan Daisy
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Shea Theodore, Michael Amadio, Adam Brooks
New Jersey Devils scratches
P.K. Subban, Jesper Boqvist, Akira Schmid

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 16

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/SO Game page
Ottawa Senators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at New York Islanders 3 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Edmonton Oilers 5 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 5 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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