Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 7:00 PM ET Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at home.

Final score, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Vegas Golden Knights	3	50-22-10
at Tampa Bay Lightning	4	47-27-8

News about this game

Lightning Set to Face Off Against Golden Knights in Interconference Matchup

Wed, Oct 16, 2024

The Tampa Bay Lightning (2-0) face the Vegas Golden Knights (3-1) at home on Thursday at 7 p.m. EDT. Both teams won their last games before this non-conference clash.
Lightning Make a Comeback to Defeat Golden Knights with Kucherov's Heroics Leading Tampa Bay

Thu, Oct 17, 2024

Nikita Kucherov's late goal secured a 4-3 win for the Lightning over the Golden Knights. He scored with 55 seconds left, and Janis Moser added a goal and two assists.

Goals by period

Goals by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vegas Golden Knights	2	1	0	3
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	0	2	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vegas Golden Knights	10	10	5	25
Tampa Bay Lightning	9	9	7	25

Three stars

N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
J. Moser, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:26	Vegas Golden Knights	Brayden McNabb (1)	Mark Stone (7), Jack Eichel (7)	Even strength	VGK 1, TBL 0
1st	10:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	J.J. Moser (1)	Cam Atkinson (1), Emil Lilleberg (1)	Even strength	VGK 1, TBL 1
1st	15:20	Vegas Golden Knights	Pavel Dorofeyev (2)	Shea Theodore (5), Jack Eichel (8)	Power play	VGK 2, TBL 1
1st	19:47	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Kucherov (5)	Jake Guentzel (4)	Even strength	VGK 2, TBL 2
2nd	01:59	Vegas Golden Knights	Ivan Barbashev (4)	Shea Theodore (6)	Even strength	VGK 3, TBL 2
3rd	17:38	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Hagel (2)	Mitchell Chaffee (1), J.J. Moser (1)	Even strength	VGK 3, TBL 3
3rd	19:05	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Kucherov (6)	Victor Hedman (4), J.J. Moser (2)	Even strength	VGK 3, TBL 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat	Vegas Golden Knights	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal	25	25
Power play	1 of 3	0 of 2
Penalty minutes	4	6
Hits	16	22
Blocked shots	20	9
Giveaways	13	13
Takeaways	4	2
Faceoffs won	26/46 (56.5%)	20/46 (43.5%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 J. Eichel	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	2	0	47.1%	22:36
Number 10 N. Roy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	50%	13:16
Number 16 P. Dorofeyev	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	1		18:03
Number 19 B. Brisson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		09:05
Number 21 B. Howden	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	60%	13:42
Number 22 C. Schwindt	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100%	08:46
Number 26 A. Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	0		11:31
Number 48 T. Hertl	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	0	53.8%	19:39
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	1	0		16:16
Number 55 K. Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	1	0		13:14
Number 61 M. Stone	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		21:13
Number 70 T. Pearson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	0		14:11
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	1	0		19:12
Number 3 B. McNabb	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	0		20:01
Number 7 A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2	0		20:54
Number 14 N. Hague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		15:03
Number 15 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2	0		17:22
Number 27 S. Theodore	D	0	2	2	-1	0	3	0	3	0		23:13

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 A. Hill	25	21	4	.840	58:43	Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	33.3%	11:51
Number 13 C. Atkinson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		09:11
Number 14 C. Geekie	C	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	20%	11:31
Number 20 N. Paul	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	33.3%	14:52
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0	35.7%	21:00
Number 23 M. Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	0		10:49
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:00
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		16:15
Number 41 M. Chaffee	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		09:08
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100%	20:43
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	72.7%	15:12
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	2	0	2	+2	0	6	0	0		23:06
Number 27 R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4		22:53
Number 43 D. Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:20
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		24:35
Number 78 E. Lilleberg	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	5	1		12:49
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		21:04
Number 90 J. Moser	D	1	2	3	+3	0	3	1	1		20:27

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	25	22	3	.880	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	14:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Roughing	2
2nd	09:16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Michael Eyssimont	Slashing	2
2nd	17:47	Vegas Golden Knights	Zach Whitecloud	Slashing	2
2nd	18:37	Vegas Golden Knights	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	01:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Hooking	2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Wes McCauley, Francis Charron
Linesmen: James Tobias, Brad Kovachik
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Ben Hutton, Victor Olofsson, Kaedan Korczak
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Conor Sheary, Nick Perbix

2024-2025 season series

Every Vegas Golden Knights and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2024-2025 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4	Final	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Oct 17, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 4	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Vegas Golden Knights, Sun, Mar 23, 2025

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