Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
· National Hockey LeagueForsling scores in overtime, Panthers top Golden Knights 4-3
Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar. Nicolas Roy had two assists for Vegas, which wasted three separate one-goal leads.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 45 shots for Vegas.
Panthers: Florida extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1), all the while missing star forwards Aleksander Barkov (lower-body injury) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness). They had to play down one skater on Saturday due to an injury to Jonah Gadjovich and salary cap constraints.
FLA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 19:27 | Tanner Pearson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicolas Roy (1) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 1:09 | Sam Reinhart Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (3), Aaron Ekblad (2) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 14:15 | Keegan Kolesar Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Tanner Pearson (2), Nicolas Roy (2) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 19:20 | Sam Bennett Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (3), Anton Lundell (4) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 7:30 | Brett Howden Goal (3) Backhand, assists: none | |
Goal | 3rd Period 12:43 | Eetu Luostarinen Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (6), Aaron Ekblad (3) | |
Goal | 4th Period 4:43 | Gustav Forsling Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (3), Sam Reinhart (7) |
Statistics
VGK | FLA | |
---|---|---|
28 | Blocked Shots | 17 |
25 | Hits | 17 |
3 | Takeaways | 5 |
26 | Shots | 49 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
1 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
38 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
56.7 | Faceoff Win Percent | 43.3 |
27 | Giveaways | 23 |
2 | Total Penalties | 1 |
4 | Penalty Minutes | 2 |
Game Information
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,572 | Capacity:
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,572 | Capacity:
2024-25 Pacific Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vegas | 10 | 4 | 22 | 2 |
Los Angeles | 9 | 6 | 21 | 3 |
Vancouver | 8 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
Calgary | 8 | 6 | 19 | 3 |
Edmonton | 8 | 7 | 17 | 1 |
Seattle | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
San Jose | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
Anaheim | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
---|---|---|---|---|
Florida | 11 | 4 | 23 | 1 |
Toronto | 10 | 6 | 22 | 2 |
Boston | 8 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
Ottawa | 8 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
Tampa Bay | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
Detroit | 7 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
Buffalo | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
Montreal | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 |