Vegas Golden Knights @ Tampa Bay Lightning

30-11-3, 12-9-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Golden Knights VGK	2	1	1	4
Lightning TB	0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

31-11-3, 17-5-1 Home

Vegas Golden Knights


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Ryan CarpenterR. Carpenter#40
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Cody EakinC. Eakin#21
Erik HaulaE. Haula#56
Brad HuntB. Hunt#77
William KarlssonW. Karlsson#71
Oscar LindbergO. Lindberg#24
Jonathan MarchessaultJ. Marchessault#81
James NealJ. Neal#18
David PerronD. Perron#57
Reilly SmithR. Smith#19
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Deryk EngellandD. Engelland#5
Brayden McNabbB. McNabb#3
Colin MillerC. Miller#6
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88
Shea TheodoreS. Theodore#27

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	17	13:29	0:00	2:22	11:07	1	5	16.7
0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:29	0:00	1:47	9:42	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	13	10:14	0:00	0:00	10:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	15:18	0:00	1:32	13:46	6	11	35.3
0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	17:10	1:57	0:24	14:49	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	21:17	1:57	0:00	19:20	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	19	16:56	2:03	0:42	14:11	3	5	37.5
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	15	13:16	0:00	1:24	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	15:01	2:03	0:00	12:58	5	7	41.7
1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:19	1:57	0:00	13:22	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	15:26	1:57	0:00	13:29	5	2	71.4
0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	19	16:02	2:03	1:20	12:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	16	17:13	2:03	0:00	15:10	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	17:58	0:00	3:41	14:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	27	22:11	0:00	3:58	18:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	21:09	1:57	0:41	18:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	26	19:40	0:00	1:30	18:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	24	15:38	2:03	0:00	13:35	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	1	28	.966	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Ryan CallahanR. Callahan#24
Cory ConacherC. Conacher#89
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Tyler JohnsonT. Johnson#9
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
Vladislav NamestnikovV. Namestnikov#90
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Cedric PaquetteC. Paquette#13
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Braydon CoburnB. Coburn#55
Jake DotchinJ. Dotchin#59
Dan GirardiD. Girardi#5
Slater KoekkoekS. Koekkoek#29
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:34	0:24	1:45	11:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:12	0:00	0:00	12:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	20	15:03	1:44	0:35	12:44	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	17:21	1:01	1:39	14:41	2	3	40.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	14:31	1:44	1:20	11:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	16:55	3:30	0:00	13:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	17	11:19	0:24	0:00	10:55	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	12:04	1:44	0:00	10:20	6	4	60.0
1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	24	19:42	2:47	0:36	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	17	11:36	0:24	0:19	10:53	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	19:38	2:47	1:46	15:05	12	5	70.6
0	1	-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	16:30	2:47	0:00	13:43	8	5	61.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:19	0:00	2:11	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	5	0	1	23	20:24	0:24	0:00	20:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:53	0:00	2:03	13:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	23	18:31	0:24	1:49	16:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	3	24	21:06	3:05	0:00	18:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	24	20:22	1:26	1:57	16:59	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	4	26	.867	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Golden Knights	2	1	1	4
	Lightning	0	1	0	1

1st Period			VGK	TB
0:56		James Neal (19) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Deryk Engelland (11), David Perron (26)	1	0
16:03		Nate Schmidt (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden McNabb (7), Erik Haula (14)	2	0

2nd Period			VGK	TB
10:18		Ondrej Palat (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Steven Stamkos (36), Nikita Kucherov (34)	2	1
17:43		David Perron (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Deryk Engelland (12), Shea Theodore (10)	3	1

3rd Period			VGK	TB
0:18		William Karlsson (24) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jonathan Marchessault (26)	4	1

Regular Season Series

VGK wins 2-0

Lightning
3
Golden Knights
4

Game 1

20/12

Golden Knights
4
Lightning
1

Game 2

19/1

Benchmark International Arena

8:30 AM, 19 January 2018

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Ian Walsh
Justin St. Pierre

Linesmen:
Kory Nagy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Vegas Golden Knights @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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VGK wins 2-0

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