Golden Knights 1–5 Kings — Final Score & Stats (Dec 8, 2018)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 👑 LAK

Derek Forbort

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 22:42 TOI

2nd star 👑 LAK

Jake Muzzin

2 A

20:55 TOI

3rd star 👑 LAK

Michael Amadio

2 A

13:04 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🎰 Oscar Lindberg Go-ahead 1st · 04:23

Assists: Tomas Nosek, Ryan Carpenter · beat Jonathan Quick

1–0

👑 Nikita Scherbak Tying 1st · 08:12

Assists: Jake Muzzin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–1

2nd period

👑 Matt Luff PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:30

Assists: Brendan Leipsic, Adrian Kempe · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–2

👑 Jeff Carter 2nd · 16:46

Assists: Drew Doughty, Derek Forbort · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–3

3rd period

👑 Derek Forbort 3rd · 02:48

Assists: Tyler Toffoli, Michael Amadio · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–4

👑 Nate Thompson 3rd · 18:33

Assists: Jake Muzzin, Michael Amadio · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🎰Golden Knights

L1 Pacioretty · Tuch · Marchessault 20:10

L2 Karlsson · Eakin · Smith 17:03

L3 Nosek · Lindberg · Reaves 12:29

L4 Bellemare · Carrier · Carpenter 11:11

D1 Miller · Schmidt 22:43

D2 Holden · Theodore 19:39

D3 Engelland · McNabb 15:43

👑Kings

L1 Iafallo · Kopitar · Brown 19:32

L2 Toffoli · Carter · Kempe 14:29

L3 Leipsic · Luff · Scherbak 13:44

L4 Clifford · Thompson · Amadio 12:26

D1 Doughty · Forbort 23:48

D2 Muzzin · Fantenberg 19:09

D3 Phaneuf · Martinez 16:42

Team stats

Away left · home right

🎰VGK LAK👑

30 Shots on goal 25

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

28 Hits 23

5 Blocked shots 12

1 Takeaways 1

3 Giveaways 14

2 Penalty minutes 6

VGK shooting 3.3% (1/30) LAK shooting 20.0% (5/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🎰Golden Knights

Marc-Andre Fleury

20/25

.800 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

👑Kings

Jonathan Quick

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

VGK LAK

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — tied after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Kings

Kings — tied after 1st: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Golden Knights

Golden Knights — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Kings

Kings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Kings lead the season series 1–0

Apr 172018 🎰VGK @ 👑LAK 1–0 Apr 152018 🎰VGK @ 👑LAK 3–2 Apr 132018 👑LAK @ 🎰VGK 1–2 OT Apr 112018 👑LAK @ 🎰VGK 0–1 Feb 272018 👑LAK @ 🎰VGK 4–1

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VGK vs LAK, answered

Who won Golden Knights vs Kings on December 8, 2018?

Kings won 5–1. The final score was Golden Knights 1, Kings 5.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Oscar Lindberg.

Who scored for Kings?

Derek Forbort, Jeff Carter, Matt Luff, Nate Thompson, Nikita Scherbak.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jonathan Quick made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Kings season series?

Kings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🎰 Golden Knights

BeforeDec 6 🪶CHI @ 🎰VGK 3–4 AfterDec 9 ⭐DAL @ 🎰VGK 2–4

👑 Kings

BeforeDec 6 😈NJD @ 👑LAK 6–3 AfterDec 10 👑LAK @ 🐙DET 1–3

Also on December 8

🔔PHI 6–2 ⚔️BUF 🍁TOR 3–6 🐻BOS 🐧PIT 1–2 🏛️OTT 🏝️NYI 3–2 🐙DET 🏔️COL 1–7 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 5–4 🐆FLA 🦅WSH 4–0 🧥CBJ 🦈SJS 5–3 🌵ARI

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