Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers
· National Hockey League3 - 4
Forsling scores in overtime, Panthers top Golden Knights 4-3
Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar. Nicolas Roy had two assists for Vegas, which wasted three separate one-goal leads.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 45 shots for Vegas.
Panthers: Florida extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1), all the while missing star forwards Aleksander Barkov (lower-body injury) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness). They had to play down one skater on Saturday due to an injury to Jonah Gadjovich and salary cap constraints.
FLA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 19:27 | Tanner Pearson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicolas Roy (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 1:09 | Sam Reinhart Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (3), Aaron Ekblad (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 14:15 | Keegan Kolesar Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Tanner Pearson (2), Nicolas Roy (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 19:20 | Sam Bennett Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (3), Anton Lundell (4) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 7:30 | Brett Howden Goal (3) Backhand, assists: none |
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Goal | 3rd Period 12:43 | Eetu Luostarinen Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (6), Aaron Ekblad (3) |
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Goal | 4th Period 4:43 | Gustav Forsling Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (3), Sam Reinhart (7) |
Statistics
VGK |
FLA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Blocked Shots | 17 |
| 25 | Hits | 17 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 5 |
| 26 | Shots | 49 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 1 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 38 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
| 56.7 | Faceoff Win Percent | 43.3 |
| 27 | Giveaways | 23 |
| 2 | Total Penalties | 1 |
| 4 | Penalty Minutes | 2 |
Florida Panthers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Carter Verhaeghe, C | Out | Apr 15 |
| Sam Bennett, C | Out | Apr 15 |
| Gustav Forsling, D | Out | Apr 15 |
| Tomas Nosek, LW | Out | Apr 15 |
| Seth Jones, D | Out | Apr 9 |
Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|
Game Information
Amerant Bank Arena
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,572 | Capacity:
Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,572 | Capacity:
2025-26 Pacific Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vegas | 39 | 26 | 95 | 17 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Edmonton | 41 | 30 | 93 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ana.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Anaheim | 43 | 33 | 92 | 6 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Los Angeles | 35 | 27 | 90 | 20 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">San Jose | 39 | 35 | 86 | 8 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Seattle | 34 | 37 | 79 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Calgary | 34 | 39 | 77 | 9 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vancouver | 25 | 49 | 58 | 8 |
2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/buf.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Buffalo | 50 | 23 | 109 | 9 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Tampa Bay | 50 | 26 | 106 | 6 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Montreal | 48 | 24 | 106 | 10 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Boston | 45 | 27 | 100 | 10 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ott.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Ottawa | 44 | 27 | 99 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/det.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Detroit | 41 | 31 | 92 | 10 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Florida | 40 | 38 | 84 | 4 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Toronto | 32 | 36 | 78 | 14 |




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