MatchWiz

Vegas Golden Knights vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Every goal, both box scores, and each skater against our projection.

Vegas Golden Knights logoGolden Knights3Pittsburgh Penguins logoPenguins2FinalSOG VGK 23 – PIT 25PPG Paints Arena

Scoring

Final
  1. 1st16:36Vegas Golden Knights logoTomas Hertl (6)PPG · deflection · from Marner and EichelVGK 1 – PIT 0
  2. 3rd01:09Pittsburgh Penguins logoTommy Novak (5)wrist shot · from Korczak and StastneyVGK 1 – PIT 1
  3. 09:58Pittsburgh Penguins logoRickard Rakell (5)wrist shot · from Novak and KorczakVGK 1 – PIT 2
  4. 11:19Vegas Golden Knights logoTrevor Connelly (6)wrist shot · from LauzonVGK 2 – PIT 2
  5. 19:25Vegas Golden Knights logoTomas Hertl (7)PPG · wrist shot · from Stone and EichelVGK 3 – PIT 2

By period

Goals, shots under
Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden Knights logoVGK1100924323
Pittsburgh Penguins logoPIT0707211225

Three stars

  1. ★T. HertlVGK · C · 2 G
  2. ★★T. ConnellyVGK · L · 1 G
  3. ★★★R. RakellPIT · R · 1 G

Against our projection

Gold = at or past his number
SkaterSOG projSOGPTS projPTS
Jack EichelVGK2.811.042
Mark StoneVGK2.031.001
Mitch MarnerVGK2.130.971
Sidney CrosbyPIT2.010.940
Erik KarlssonPIT1.920.890
Rickard RakellPIT2.420.761
Ivan BarbashevVGK1.610.690
Tommy NovakPIT1.650.622
Egor ChinakhovPIT1.830.610
Trevor ConnellyVGK1.840.601
Tomas HertlVGK2.130.592
Ben KindelPIT2.100.570
Justin BrazeauPIT1.410.490
William KarlssonVGK1.820.490
Brett HowdenVGK1.400.450
Shea TheodoreVGK1.800.450

Box score

Final

Vegas Golden Knights logoVegas Golden Knights

SkaterGAP+/-SOGHITBLKPIMTOI
T. HertlC202+1350015:11
J. EichelC022-1101021:16
T. ConnellyL101+1410214:26
M. MarnerR011-1301021:34
M. StoneR011-1311020:40
J. LauzonD011+1061616:33
B. McNabbD0000044221:58
S. TheodoreD000-1002021:24
N. HanifinD000-1102020:31
R. AnderssonD000+1303019:36
W. KarlssonC000-1210018:10
B. HowdenC000-1013014:31
B. BowmanR0000000012:58
D. CoghlanD000-1200012:09
I. BarbashevL000-1100011:16
N. DowdC0000040209:20
R. LavoieC0000020008:37
M. GatcombC0000040007:52
GoalieSASVGASV%TOIDEC
A. Hill25232.92059:58W

Pittsburgh Penguins logoPittsburgh Penguins

SkaterGAP+/-SOGHITBLKPIMTOI
T. NovakC112+2500219:13
K. KorczakD022+2101016:47
R. RakellR101+2201021:14
S. StastneyD011+2100014:48
E. KarlssonD0000200224:44
S. CrosbyC000+2100220:30
K. LetangD000-1210019:13
S. GirardD0000001018:54
V. KoivunenR0000000018:50
B. LizotteC0000332017:06
N. RobertsonL0000302016:04
D. CarlileD000-1001015:21
B. KindelC000-1010014:32
C. DewarC0000020014:08
A. KuzmenkoL000-1000012:41
E. ChinakhovR000-1310011:19
H. LapierreC0000100210:55
J. BrazeauR0000110008:14
GoalieSASVGASV%TOIDEC
A. Silovs23203.87059:36L

Team stats

Final
VGKPIT
23Shots on goal25
28/56Faceoffs28/56
2/4Power play0/6
12Penalty minutes8
29Hits9
18Blocked shots8
14Giveaways19
7Takeaways3

What the model said

Before puck drop
Projected scoreVGK 3.1 – PIT 3.2
Win chancePIT 52%
Total 6.5Under 53%

These are projections, not picks. We post our number beside the market's and grade it in the open.