Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL
Benchmark International Arena
TV: Sportsnet+
On the ice
VGK shoots leftTB shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 |
| TB | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
In net
Jiri Patera31/36 SV, .861
Andrei Vasilevskiy30/34 SV, .882| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| TB | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Who won: Lightning 5-4
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 1-0. The Lightning outscored the Golden Knights 4-0 in the 2nd period. Brayden Point led the Lightning in goals (2). Jonathan Marchessault led the Golden Knights in goals (2).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael AmadioRW | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan BarbashevLW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| William CarrierLW | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul CotterLW | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:50 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel DorofeyevRW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 10:55 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 | 4:02 | 1:23 | 16:43 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett HowdenC | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 11:08 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 | 3:04 | 1:43 | 12:30 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan MarchessaultRW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:11 | 0:17 | 0:51 | 12:03 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 | 1:15 | 1:32 | 12:30 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark StoneRW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 | 4:02 | 2:08 | 15:19 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas HagueD | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 19:13 | 0:02 | 1:12 | 17:59 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben HuttonD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:24 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 18:07 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec MartinezD | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:52 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 14:47 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabbD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:28 | 0:17 | 2:51 | 17:20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex PietrangeloD | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 22:44 | 4:01 | 2:38 | 16:05 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach WhitecloudD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:02 | 0:01 | 1:24 | 17:37 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiri PateraG | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .861 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 59:07 | 0 | 0 |
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