Vegas Golden Knights Game Notes Fri, Feb 28, 2020 NHL Game #997 Vegas Golden Knights 35 - 22 - 8 (78 pts) Buffalo Sabres 29 - 26 - 8 (66 pts) Team Game: 66 20 - 10 - 4 (Home) Team Game: 64 19 - 10 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 35 15 - 12 - 4 (Road) Road Game: 31 10 - 16 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 46 26 14 5 2.73 .908 34 Jonas Johansson 4 1 1 1 2.28 .910 90 Robin Lehner 33 16 10 5 3.01 .918 40 Carter Hutton 28 12 11 4 3.18 .898 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Zach Whitecloud 10 0 0 0 3 4 9 C Jack Eichel 62 35 42 77 13 34 3 D Brayden McNabb 65 2 7 9 -3 40 10 D Henri Jokiharju 63 4 11 15 -2 32 5 D Deryk Engelland 49 1 5 6 6 37 13 L Jimmy Vesey 59 9 10 19 12 15 10 C Nicolas Roy 22 3 4 7 3 8 17 R Wayne Simmonds 62 8 16 24 -17 64 15 D Jon Merrill 48 2 5 7 9 32 19 D Jake McCabe 60 2 8 10 -10 41 19 R Reilly Smith 65 25 25 50 15 20 21 R Kyle Okposo 46 9 9 18 1 28 20 C Chandler Stephenson 60 11 13 24 24 16 22 C Johan Larsson 56 6 11 17 9 22 21 C Nick Cousins 59 10 13 23 1 33 23 C Sam Reinhart 63 22 28 50 -7 20 22 D Nick Holden 55 5 6 11 0 13 24 D Lawrence Pilut 11 0 0 0 -4 2 23 D Alec Martinez 45 3 11 14 -3 19 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 53 4 33 37 -3 36 26 C Paul Stastny 65 17 19 36 4 24 27 C Curtis Lazar 32 5 5 10 1 9 27 D Shea Theodore 65 10 33 43 12 25 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 63 12 7 19 2 10 28 L William Carrier 65 7 11 18 0 37 33 D Colin Miller 47 1 10 11 -8 20 61 R Mark Stone 65 21 42 63 15 27 53 L Jeff Skinner 53 12 9 21 -16 18 67 L Max Pacioretty 65 30 32 62 16 40 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 63 5 26 31 3 42 71 C William Karlsson 57 13 28 41 8 16 62 D Brandon Montour 48 5 12 17 16 26 72 C Gage Quinney 2 0 1 1 0 0 67 R Michael Frolik 56 6 8 14 -12 28 75 R Ryan Reaves 65 7 6 13 -4 47 68 L Victor Olofsson 48 19 21 40 0 4 81 C Jonathan Marchessault 60 20 23 43 2 24 90 L Marcus Johansson 54 7 18 25 -14 20 88 D Nate Schmidt 53 7 23 30 8 10 95 C Dominik Kahun 50 10 17 27 6 8 92 L Tomas Nosek 61 7 6 13 -1 20 Chairman, CEO and Governor Bill Foley Owner/CEO Terry Pegula President of Hockey Operations George McPhee Owner/President Kim Pegula General Manager Kelly McCrimmon General Manager Jason Botterill Head Coach Pete DeBoer Head Coach Ralph Krueger Coaching Staff Assistants - Steve Spott, Ryan Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), McGill, Ryan Craig Don Granato (Assistant Goaltending - David Prior, Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Mike Rosati Coach), Myles Fee (Video Video - Tommy Cruz Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator) Tonight's Officials Referees Brad Meier (34), Marc Joannette (25) Linesmen Tyson Baker (88), Kiel Murchison (79) Supervisor Video Judge Tony Haughey Ntl. Anthem Brooke Hairston VGK Communications Eric Tosi, Sage Sammons, Alyssa Girardi * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule PIT @ ANA : 7:00 COL @ CAR : 7:00 MIN @ CBJ : 7:00 NYR @ PHI : 7:00 BUF @ VGK : 7:00 Vegas Golden Knights: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Zach Whitecloud D 6' 2" 209 Nov 28, 1996 Brandon, MB, CAN 3 Brayden McNabb D 6' 4" 213 Jan 21, 1991 Davidson, SK, CAN 5 Deryk Engelland D 6' 2" 212 Apr 3, 1982 Edmonton, AB, CAN 10 Nicolas Roy C 6' 4" 200 Feb 5, 1997 Amos, QC, CAN 15 Jon Merrill D 6' 3" 195 Feb 3, 1992 Oklahoma City, OK, USA 19 Reilly Smith R 6' 1" 183 Apr 1, 1991 Mimico, ON, CAN 20 Chandler Stephenson C 6' 0" 208 Apr 22, 1994 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 21 Nick Cousins C 5' 11" 183 Jul 20, 1993 Belleville, ON, CAN 22 Nick Holden D 6' 4" 212 May 15, 1987 St. Albert, AB, CAN 23 Alec Martinez D 6' 1" 209 Jul 26, 1987 Rochester Hills, MI, USA 26 Paul Stastny C 6' 0" 193 Dec 27, 1985 Quebec City, QC, CAN 27 Shea Theodore D 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1995 Langley, BC, CAN 28 William Carrier L 6' 2" 218 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN 29 Marc-Andre Fleury G 6' 2" 185 Nov 28, 1984 Sorel, QC, CAN 61 Mark Stone R 6' 3" 202 May 13, 1992 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 67 Max Pacioretty L 6' 2" 215 Nov 20, 1988 New Canaan, CT, USA 71 William Karlsson C 6' 0" 195 Jan 8, 1993 Marsta, SWE 72 Gage Quinney C 5' 11" 200 Jul 29, 1995 Las Vegas, NV, USA 75 Ryan Reaves R 6' 2" 225 Jan 20, 1987 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 81 Jonathan Marchessault C 5' 9" 180 Dec 27, 1990 Cap-Rouge, QC, CAN 88 Nate Schmidt D 6' 0" 194 Jul 16, 1991 St. Cloud, MN, USA 90 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 92 Tomas Nosek L 6' 2" 205 Sep 1, 1992 Pardubice, CZE 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 203 Age: 28.9 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 89 Alex Tuch R 6' 4" 220 May 10, 1996 Syracuse, NY, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks SHEA THEODORE (2 / 2 Games) ALEC MARTINEZ (3 / 2 Games) ALEC MARTINEZ (1-3-4 / 2 Games) SHEA THEODORE (2-2-4 / 4 Games) WILLIAM KARLSSON (3-1-4 / 2 Games) MAX PACIORETTY (4-3-7 / 5 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 203 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 195 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 13 Jimmy Vesey L 6' 3" 202 May 26, 1993 Boston, MA, USA 17 Wayne Simmonds R 6' 2" 185 Aug 26, 1988 Scarborough, ON, CAN 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 216 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 204 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 194 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 24 Lawrence Pilut D 5' 11" 194 Dec 30, 1995 Tingsryd, SWE 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 193 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 27 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 211 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 211 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 193 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 34 Jonas Johansson G 6' 5" 219 Sep 19, 1995 Gävle, SWE 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 202 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 195 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 189 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 67 Michael Frolik R 6' 1" 190 Feb 17, 1988 Kladno, CZE 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 183 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 205 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 95 Dominik Kahun C 5' 11" 175 Jul 2, 1995 Plana, CZE 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 199 Age: 26.5 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 48 Matt Hunwick D 5' 11" 194 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 6" 215 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA Vladimir Sobotka C 5' 11" 191 Jul 2, 1987 Trebic, CZE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks KYLE OKPOSO (4-2-6 / 5 Games) ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS (2-2-4 / 3 Games) Vegas Golden Knights: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 61 Mark Stone 65 21 42 63 15 27 6 0 3 168 12.5 19:24 34.78 56 51 L 67 Max Pacioretty 65 30 32 62 16 40 7 0 4 286 10.5 17:52 53.76 84 31 R 19 Reilly Smith 65 25 25 50 15 20 3 2 5 158 15.8 17:59 25.00 48 29 C 81 Jonathan Marchessault 60 20 23 43 2 24 6 0 3 214 9.3 17:13 43.18 96 11 D 27 Shea Theodore 65 10 33 43 12 25 0 1 2 195 5.1 22:08 0.00 20 59 C 71 William Karlsson 57 13 28 41 8 16 2 2 1 119 10.9 18:52 50.96 36 36 C 26 Paul Stastny 65 17 19 36 4 24 5 0 3 125 13.6 17:06 55.07 62 30 D 88 Nate Schmidt 53 7 23 30 8 10 1 0 0 102 6.9 21:44 0.00 24 84 C 20 Chandler Stephenson 60 11 13 24 24 16 1 2 5 64 17.2 14:11 45.49 50 30 C 21 Nick Cousins 59 10 13 23 1 33 3 0 0 108 9.3 13:26 42.85 78 30 L 28 William Carrier 65 7 11 18 0 37 0 0 1 92 7.6 09:44 63.63 199 11 R 89 Alex Tuch 42 8 9 17 -10 8 3 0 2 98 8.2 14:37 28.57 58 20 D 23 Alec Martinez 45 3 11 14 -3 19 0 0 0 67 4.5 21:22 0.00 38 98 R 75 Ryan Reaves 65 7 6 13 -4 47 0 0 1 55 12.7 09:55 48.88 283 21 L 92 Tomas Nosek 61 7 6 13 -1 20 0 1 1 83 8.4 11:37 51.20 87 34 D 22 Nick Holden 55 5 6 11 0 13 1 0 0 93 5.4 19:10 0.00 117 66 D 3 Brayden McNabb 65 2 7 9 -3 40 0 1 0 59 3.4 19:59 0.00 189 125 C 10 Nicolas Roy 22 3 4 7 3 8 0 0 1 24 12.5 10:11 45.63 34 4 D 15 Jon Merrill 48 2 5 7 9 32 0 0 0 37 5.4 18:25 0.00 50 71 D 5 Deryk Engelland 49 1 5 6 6 37 0 0 1 59 1.7 17:33 0.00 114 86 C 72 Gage Quinney 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 08:46 45.45 1 0 D 2 Zach Whitecloud 10 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 6 0.0 13:49 0.00 6 9 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 46 2701 2.73 26 14 5 5 123 1211 .908 0 0 8 90 Robin Lehner 33 1875 3.01 16 10 5 0 94 1058 .918 0 0 4 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Jack Eichel 62 35 42 77 13 34 10 1 9 212 16.5 22:01 47.01 37 41 C 23 Sam Reinhart 63 22 28 50 -7 20 5 0 2 130 16.9 20:37 37.11 34 25 L 68 Victor Olofsson 48 19 21 40 0 4 11 0 4 118 16.1 18:43 100.00 9 16 D 26 Rasmus Dahlin 53 4 33 37 -3 36 2 0 1 81 4.9 19:02 0.00 64 44 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 63 5 26 31 3 42 2 0 0 112 4.5 22:43 0.00 186 78 L 90 Marcus Johansson 54 7 18 25 -14 20 1 0 1 78 9.0 17:24 39.95 37 19 R 17 Wayne Simmonds 62 8 16 24 -17 64 5 0 1 111 7.2 15:08 39.72 131 26 L 53 Jeff Skinner 53 12 9 21 -16 18 0 0 1 157 7.6 16:23 38.02 23 11 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 63 12 7 19 2 10 0 1 1 78 15.4 13:40 41.66 99 17 L 13 Jimmy Vesey 59 9 10 19 12 15 0 1 2 88 10.2 13:59 0.00 38 16 R 21 Kyle Okposo 46 9 9 18 1 28 1 0 2 69 13.0 12:31 52.54 43 12 C 22 Johan Larsson 56 6 11 17 9 22 0 0 0 54 11.1 14:59 47.48 81 29 D 62 Brandon Montour 48 5 12 17 16 26 0 0 0 81 6.2 19:08 0.00 55 46 D 10 Henri Jokiharju 63 4 11 15 -2 32 1 0 0 68 5.9 17:12 0.00 68 57 R 67 Michael Frolik 56 6 8 14 -12 28 0 2 1 69 8.7 12:28 28.57 32 22 D 33 Colin Miller 47 1 10 11 -8 20 0 0 1 75 1.3 17:08 0.00 76 35 C 27 Curtis Lazar 32 5 5 10 1 9 0 0 0 27 18.5 11:57 51.47 61 23 D 19 Jake McCabe 60 2 8 10 -10 41 0 0 1 65 3.1 18:42 0.00 82 82 C Vladimir