VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
37-26-17 · W1 · L10: 6-1-3
L
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
OT
W
Final
2—4
2023-12-23 · Amerant Bank Arena
FLA
Florida Panthers
38-38-4 · W1 · L10: 3-6-1
L
L
W
L
L
W
W
W
L
W
FLA dominated expected goals 4.5 to 3.2 · FLA controlled 64.8% of 5v5 shot attempts
xG Flow
CUMULATIVEVGK xG
3.22
ACTUAL
2 — 4
FLA xG
4.54
Scoring Timeline
0.75
HIGH xG
61
Mark Stone(11)
R · VGK · #61
Ivan Barbashev (9)VGK 1 - 0 FLA
0.51
HIGH xG
9
Sam Bennett(5)
C · FLA · #9
Carter Verhaeghe (12), Brandon Montour (4)VGK 1 - 1 FLA
0.43
HIGH xG
42
Gustav Forsling(4)
D · FLA · #42
Aleksander Barkov (20)VGK 1 - 2 FLA
0.80
HIGH xG
16
Pavel Dorofeyev(3)
L · VGK · #16
Ben Hutton (8), Keegan Kolesar (4)VGK 2 - 2 FLA
0.72
HIGH xG
23
Carter Verhaeghe(16)
C · FLA · #23
Brandon Montour (5), Matthew Tkachuk (18)VGK 2 - 3 FLA
0.80
HIGH xG
13
Sam Reinhart(19)
C · FLA · #13
Aleksander Barkov (21), Matthew Tkachuk (19)VGK 2 - 4 FLA
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
30
Jiri Patera
G · VGK · #30
38/42 saves, .904 SV%, +0.6 GSAx
★2
72
Sergei Bobrovsky
G · FLA · #72
23/25 saves, .920 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★3
19
Matthew Tkachuk
L · FLA · #19
2A, 5 SOG, 5 HIT
Team Stats
VGKFLA
25Shots42
3.22xGF4.54
35.2CF%64.8
47.7FO%52.3
0/2PP2/6
25Hits39
21Blocks11
6Giveaways11
4Takeaways9
39PIM41
Period Breakdown
| Period | VGK SOG | FLA SOG | VGK xG | FLA xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | 20 | 0.06 | 0.99 |
| 2nd | 11 | 12 | 2.14 | 1.62 |
| 3rd | 9 | 6 | 1.02 | 1.92 |
| Total | 23 | 38 | 3.22 | 4.53 |
Penalties
17 TOTAL1P 07:32
Brayden McNabbtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Sam Reinhart1P 11:55
Ryan Lombergfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Keegan Kolesar1P 11:55
Keegan Kolesarfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Ryan Lomberg1P 12:10
Nicolas Royhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Kevin Stenlund2P 02:25
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
2P 04:28
Evan Rodriguesholding (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Whitecloud3P 03:31
Sam Bennettholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Whitecloud3P 05:53
Ben Huttoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Matthew Tkachuk3P 07:33
Zach Whitecloudcross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Evan Rodrigues3P 10:09
Paul Cotterroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Matthew Tkachuk3P 20:00
Alex Pietrangelomisconduct (10 min)
3P 20:00
Matthew Tkachukroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Pietrangelo3P 20:00
Matthew Tkachukmisconduct (10 min)
3P 20:00
Aaron Ekbladgame-misconduct (10 min)
3P 20:00
William Karlssonmisconduct (10 min)
3P 20:00
Sam Bennettmisconduct (10 min)
3P 20:00
Alex Pietrangeloroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Matthew Tkachuk