Game Thread: Vegas Golden Knights (21-8-5) at Florida Panthers (18-12-2) – 23 Dec 2023 – 12:00PM PST

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# Vegas [](/r/goldenknights) Golden Knights (21-8-5) at Florida [](/r/floridapanthers) Panthers (18-12-2)

#Amerant Bank Arena

##In-Game Updates

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|3rd – 14:07|

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|0|2|0|2|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|0|2|0|2|

##Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|20|17|19|49.0%|5|4|0/2|11|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|35|17|9|51.0%|7|7|0/3|9|

##Goals

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|01:21|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Mark Stone (11) wrist shot, assist(s): Ivan Barbashev (9)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343791090112)|
|2nd|08:58|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Even|[Sam Bennett (5) snap shot, assist(s): Carter Verhaeghe (12), Brandon Montour (4)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343795375112)|
|2nd|15:16|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Even|[Gustav Forsling (4) slap shot, assist(s): Aleksander Barkov (20)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343794990112)|
|2nd|19:37|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Even|[Pavel Dorofeyev (3) wrist shot, assist(s): Ben Hutton (8), Keegan Kolesar (4)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343796070112)|

##Penalties

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|07:32|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|MIN|2|Brayden McNabb tripping against Sam Reinhart|
|1st|11:55|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|MAJ|5|Keegan Kolesar fighting against Ryan Lomberg|
|1st|11:55|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|MAJ|5|Ryan Lomberg fighting against Keegan Kolesar|
|1st|12:10|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|MIN|2|Nicolas Roy high-sticking against Kevin Stenlund|
|2nd|02:25|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|BEN|2|too-many-men-on-the-ice served by Michael Amadio|
|2nd|04:28|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|MIN|2|Evan Rodrigues holding against Zach Whitecloud|
|3rd|03:31|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|MIN|2|Sam Bennett holding-the-stick against Zach Whitecloud|

**Officials**

* Referees: Brian Pochmara, Thomas John Luxmore
* Linesmen: CJ Murray, Jonny Murray

***

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|12:00PM|1:00PM|2:00PM|3:00PM|4:00PM|8:00PM|[](/r/hockeymod)

##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Evan Rodrigues|Aleksander Barkov|Sam Reinhart|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|Jack Eichel|Mark Stone|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Carter Verhaeghe|Sam Bennett|Matthew Tkachuk|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Pavel Dorofeyev|Chandler Stephenson|Jonathan Marchessault|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Eetu Luostarinen|Anton Lundell|Nick Cousins|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter|William Karlsson|Nicolas Roy|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Will Lockwood|Kevin Stenlund|Ryan Lomberg|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|William Carrier|Brett Howden|Michael Amadio|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|Aaron Ekblad|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|Alex Pietrangelo|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Niko Mikkola|Brandon Montour|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ben Hutton|Brayden McNabb|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Dmitry Kulikov|Oliver Ekman-Larsson|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Hague|Zach Whitecloud|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jiri Patera|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Isaiah Saville|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations/)

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##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|32|18|12|2|38|0.594|2.88|2.62|18.00|82.52|34.03|27.12|50.24|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|34|21|8|5|47|0.691|3.41|2.68|22.83|81.82|32.56|29.71|49.67|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|18|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jonathan Marchessault|17|
|A|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|21|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jack Eichel, Mark Stone|24|
|P|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sam Reinhart|39|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Jack Eichel|39|
|+/-|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Gustav Forsling|18|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|12|
|PIM|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Jonah Gadjovich|43|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter, Keegan Kolesar|29|
|TOI|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Brandon Montour|23:35|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alex Pietrangelo|24:03|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Sergei Bobrovsky|24|24|14|9|1|2|2.52|0.909|
|[FLA](/r/floridapanthers)|Anthony Stolarz|9|8|4|3|1|0|2.18|0.915|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|19|17|10|5|3|0|2.71|0.905|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|15|15|10|2|2|2|1.93|0.933|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=13 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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