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Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at home.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 45-29-8
at Florida Panthers 4 52-24-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 2 0 2
Florida Panthers 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 3 13 9 25
Florida Panthers 20 14 8 42

Three stars

  1. C. Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. G. Forsling, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
  3. M. Tkachuk, Florida Panthers (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 01:21 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (11) Ivan Barbashev (9) Even strength VGK 1, FLA 0
2nd 08:58 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett (5) Carter Verhaeghe (12), Brandon Montour (4) Even strength VGK 1, FLA 1
2nd 15:16 Florida Panthers Gustav Forsling (4) Aleksander Barkov (20) Even strength VGK 1, FLA 2
2nd 19:37 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (3) Ben Hutton (8), Keegan Kolesar (4) Even strength VGK 2, FLA 2
3rd 06:10 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe (16) Brandon Montour (5), Matthew Tkachuk (18) Power play VGK 2, FLA 3
3rd 08:09 Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart (19) Aleksander Barkov (21), Matthew Tkachuk (19) Power play VGK 2, FLA 4

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 25 42
Power play 0 of 2 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 39 41
Hits 25 39
Blocked shots 21 11
Giveaways 6 11
Takeaways 4 9
Faceoffs won 31/65 (47.7%) 34/65 (52.3%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 36.8% 21:57
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 62.5% 13:46
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:49
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 55.6% 17:32
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 25% 12:34
22 M. Amadio R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10:59
43 P. Cotter L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 07:39
49 I. Barbashev L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:11
55 K. Kolesar R 0 1 1 +1 5 0 3 1 0 06:54
61 M. Stone R 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 21:16
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 2 0 53.3% 18:33
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 17:53
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 18:27
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 0 0 16:38
7 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 +1 12 2 1 4 0 26:07
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 3 3 0 18:50
17 B. Hutton D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 2 0 0 18:25
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 17:50
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
30 J. Patera 42 38 4 .905 56:47 Loss

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
9 S. Bennett C 1 0 1 +1 12 3 6 0 0 47.1% 16:28
13 S. Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 58.3% 22:41
15 A. Lundell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 22.2% 12:02
16 A. Barkov C 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 76.9% 22:07
17 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 100% 16:51
19 M. Tkachuk L 0 2 2 +1 12 5 5 2 0 20:40
21 N. Cousins C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 1 0 11:29
23 C. Verhaeghe C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 0 1 50% 17:51
27 E. Luostarinen C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 2 0 18:19
67 W. Lockwood R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:56
82 K. Stenlund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62.5% 10:24
94 R. Lomberg L 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 05:57
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 -1 10 1 2 0 0 22:12
7 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 16:53
42 G. Forsling D 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 3 0 19:14
62 B. Montour D 0 2 2 +1 0 3 3 0 0 20:33
77 N. Mikkola D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 20:18
91 O. Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:05
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 25 23 2 .920 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:32 Vegas Golden Knights Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
1st 11:55 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:55 Florida Panthers Ryan Lomberg Fighting (major) 5
1st 12:10 Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy High sticking 2
2nd 02:25 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 04:28 Florida Panthers Evan Rodrigues Holding 2
3rd 03:31 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Holding the stick 2
3rd 05:53 Vegas Golden Knights Ben Hutton Interference 2
3rd 07:33 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud Cross checking 2
3rd 10:09 Vegas Golden Knights Paul Cotter Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Pietrangelo Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 20:00 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 20:00 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 20:00 Florida Panthers Aaron Ekblad Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10
3rd 20:00 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Pietrangelo Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Brian Pochmara, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Jonny Murray
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
William Carrier, Logan Thompson, Brayden Pachal
Florida Panthers scratches
Steven Lorentz, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
Dallas Stars 3 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Ottawa Senators 5 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Washington Capitals 1 Final/SO Game page
New York Islanders 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at New York Rangers 4 Final/OT Game page
Seattle Kraken 3 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 5 at St. Louis Blues 7 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Vancouver Canucks 7 Final Game page

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