Tampa Bay Lightning @ Vegas Golden Knights

24-7-2, 11-5-1 Away

Final

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

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsVGK

22-9-2, 14-2-1 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
J.T. BrownJ.T. Brown#23
Cory ConacherC. Conacher#89
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
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
Dan GirardiD. Girardi#5
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Slater KoekkoekS. Koekkoek#29
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6
Andrej SustrA. Sustr#62

											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	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	9:10	0:00	0:00	9:10	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:13	0:50	0:00	11:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	27	21:33	0:53	2:23	18:17	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	17:57	4:27	1:39	11:51	0	1	0.0
0	2	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	26	23:31	6:08	0:00	17:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	13	8:22	0:00	0:00	8:22	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:21	4:58	0:00	15:23	9	2	81.8
0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	21	15:49	0:17	0:54	14:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:59	0:00	0:45	10:14	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	28	20:56	1:41	2:23	16:52	10	12	45.5
1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	25	21:02	4:58	0:00	16:04	5	8	38.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	26	16:50	0:00	0:56	15:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	17:06	0:00	2:37	14:29	0	0	0.0
1	2	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	31	27:44	5:18	3:06	19:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	17	8:50	0:00	0:00	8:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	1	0	2	18	14:11	0:50	0:00	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	27	19:19	0:20	1:25	17:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	10:05	0:00	0:00	10:05	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	4	32	.889	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Vegas Golden Knights


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Cody EakinC. Eakin#21
Erik HaulaE. Haula#56
William KarlssonW. Karlsson#71
Brendan LeipsicB. Leipsic#13
Oscar LindbergO. Lindberg#24
Jonathan MarchessaultJ. Marchessault#81
James NealJ. Neal#18
Tomas NosekT. Nosek#92
David PerronD. Perron#57
Reilly SmithR. Smith#19
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Deryk EngellandD. Engelland#5
Brayden McNabbB. McNabb#3
Jon MerrillJ. Merrill#15
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20	13:13	0:34	3:25	9:14	7	6	53.8
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	19	13:58	0:00	2:09	11:49	6	5	54.5
1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	19	18:37	2:02	0:25	16:10	8	8	50.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	23	16:54	1:26	2:18	13:10	6	6	50.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	10:44	0:00	0:00	10:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	9:53	0:00	0:00	9:53	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	16:12	2:36	0:00	13:36	6	4	60.0
1	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	21	19:44	2:36	0:45	16:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	15	11:00	0:00	1:41	9:19	0	0	0.0
0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	19:03	2:36	0:00	16:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:47	1:26	2:18	11:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	18	13:51	1:26	0:00	12:25	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	1	0	1	27	19:32	0:00	2:16	17:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	6	0	0	25	20:07	0:00	4:08	15:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:40	0:00	0:00	14:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	23	19:23	1:26	1:08	16:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	26	22:20	1:26	3:44	17:10	0	0	0.0
1	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	25	20:39	2:36	1:00	17:03	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
38	3	35	.921	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
	Lightning	2	0	1	3
	Golden Knights	0	2	2	4

1st Period			TB	VGK
7:43		Steven Stamkos (13) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Victor Hedman (19), Nikita Kucherov (24)	1	0
19:13		Vladislav Namestnikov (14) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (25), Victor Hedman (20)	2	0

2nd Period			TB	VGK
10:07		James Neal (17) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: David Perron (18), Shea Theodore (6)	2	1
18:21		Jonathan Marchessault (12) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: David Perron (19), Shea Theodore (7)	2	2

3rd Period		TB	VGK
4:42	Erik Haula (13) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Shea Theodore (8), David Perron (20)	2	3
16:08	Victor Hedman (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Steven Stamkos (32)	3	3
19:57	Shea Theodore (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Jonathan Marchessault (19), Erik Haula (11)	3	4

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 1-0

Lightning
3
Golden Knights
4

Game 1

20/12

Golden Knights
4
Lightning
1

Game 2

19/1

T-Mobile Arena

8:30 AM, 20 December 2017

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 17,813

Referees:
Brad Watson

Linesmen:
Mark Wheler

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

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

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Vegas Golden Knights

Regular Season Series

VGK leads 1-0

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