Vegas (3-2) faces Florida (3-2-1) at 6 p.m. EDT Saturday. It's their first clash this season. Bennett leads Panthers with 5 points; Olofsson tops Knights with 3 goals.
Gustav Forsling scored with 16.2 seconds left in OT, leading the Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Golden Knights. Sam Reinhart added a goal and two assists.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
OTOvertime
Total
Vegas Golden Knights
1
1
1
0
3
Florida Panthers
0
2
1
1
4
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
OTOvertime
Total
Vegas Golden Knights
7
13
5
1
26
Florida Panthers
13
15
15
6
49
Three stars
G. Forsling, Florida Panthers (1 goal)
S. Reinhart, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 2 assists)
S. Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers (goaltender)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period
Time
Team
Goal
Assists
Type
Score
1st
19:27
Vegas Golden Knights
Tanner Pearson (1)
Nicolas Roy (1)
Even strength
VGK 1, FLA 0
2nd
01:09
Florida Panthers
Sam Reinhart (5)
Anton Lundell (3), Aaron Ekblad (2)
Even strength
VGK 1, FLA 1
2nd
14:15
Vegas Golden Knights
Keegan Kolesar (1)
Tanner Pearson (2), Nicolas Roy (2)
Even strength
VGK 2, FLA 1
2nd
19:20
Florida Panthers
Sam Bennett (4)
Carter Verhaeghe (3), Anton Lundell (4)
Power play
VGK 2, FLA 2
3rd
07:30
Vegas Golden Knights
Brett Howden (3)
Unassisted
Even strength
VGK 3, FLA 2
3rd
12:43
Florida Panthers
Eetu Luostarinen (3)
Sam Reinhart (6), Aaron Ekblad (3)
Even strength
VGK 3, FLA 3
OT
04:43
Florida Panthers
Gustav Forsling (2)
Sam Bennett (3), Sam Reinhart (7)
Even strength
VGK 3, FLA 4
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
Stat
Vegas Golden Knights
Florida Panthers
Shots on goal
26
49
Power play
0 of 1
1 of 2
Penalty minutes
4
2
Hits
25
17
Blocked shots
28
17
Giveaways
27
23
Takeaways
3
5
Faceoffs won
38/67 (56.7%)
29/67 (43.3%)
Box score
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
PPGPower-play goals
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 9 J. Eichel
C
0
0
0
-1
0
2
1
2
0
44.4%
20:21
Number 10 N. Roy
C
0
2
2
+2
2
2
0
0
0
64.3%
18:11
Number 16 P. Dorofeyev
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
16:10
Number 19 B. Brisson
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
09:09
Number 21 B. Howden
C
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
100%
17:15
Number 22 C. Schwindt
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
77.8%
09:06
Number 26 A. Holtz
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
10:14
Number 48 T. Hertl
C
0
0
0
-1
0
1
4
2
0
52.2%
18:51
Number 49 I. Barbashev
L
0
0
0
-1
0
0
2
0
0
17:05
Number 55 K. Kolesar
R
1
0
1
+1
0
1
4
1
0
16:36
Number 61 M. Stone
R
0
0
0
-1
0
1
1
0
0
19:28
Number 70 T. Pearson
L
1
1
2
+2
0
2
2
0
0
15:16
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud
D
0
0
0
+1
0
0
1
6
0
19:16
Number 3 B. McNabb
D
0
0
0
0
2
5
4
1
0
18:11
Number 7 A. Pietrangelo
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
22:51
Number 14 N. Hague
D
0
0
0
+1
0
1
0
2
0
19:13
Number 15 N. Hanifin
D
0
0
0
+1
0
4
2
4
0
22:13
Number 27 S. Theodore
D
0
0
0
-2
0
1
0
0
0
21:37
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 35 I. Samsonov
49
45
4
.918
64:43
OT loss
Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
PPGPower-play goals
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 9 S. Bennett
C
1
1
2
+1
0
5
3
0
1
23.1%
21:42
Number 10 A. Greer
L
0
0
0
-1
2
5
0
2
0
16:40
Number 13 S. Reinhart
C
1
2
3
+2
0
5
1
1
0
57.1%
23:55
Number 15 A. Lundell
C
0
2
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
60%
21:17
Number 17 E. Rodrigues
C
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
44.4%
19:31
Number 23 C. Verhaeghe
C
0
1
1
0
0
6
1
0
0
23:04
Number 25 M. Samoskevich
R
0
0
0
-2
0
2
0
1
0
14:28
Number 27 E. Luostarinen
C
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
21:47
Number 36 P. Giles
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
40%
06:30
Number 70 J. Boqvist
C
0
0
0
-1
0
0
1
1
0
50%
16:35
Number 5 A. Ekblad
D
0
2
2
+1
0
2
2
7
0
26:37
Number 7 D. Kulikov
D
0
0
0
-1
0
0
2
0
0
19:58
Number 26 U. Balinskis
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
08:16
Number 34 A. Boqvist
D
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
0
11:35
Number 42 G. Forsling
D
1
0
1
+2
0
6
0
1
0
28:07
Number 77 N. Mikkola
D
0
0
0
-1
0
6
1
1
0
20:49
Number 88 N. Schmidt
D
0
0
0
-1
0
3
1
0
0
11:18
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 72 S. Bobrovsky
26
23
3
.885
64:43
Win
Penalties
Penalties, Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
Period
Time
Team
Player
Infraction
Minutes
2nd
07:49
Florida Panthers
A.J. Greer
Hooking
2
2nd
18:14
Vegas Golden Knights
Nicolas Roy
Slashing
2
3rd
02:09
Vegas Golden Knights
Brayden McNabb
Delaying game puck over glass
2
Game information
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Francis Charron, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Ben O'Quinn
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Victor Olofsson, Kaedan Korczak
Florida Panthers scratches
Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Jonah Gadjovich
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