NHL Recaps: Sunday, Dec 30, 2018

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

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Vegas Golden Knights

Arizona Coyotes

Vegas Golden Knights rout Arizona Coyotes 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Arizona Coyotes 5–1 at ARI. Paul Stastny (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:24 together.

•Brandon Pirri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:53.
•Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:58.
•ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:24 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brandon Pirri VGK	at ARI	1	1	2	3	1	0	12:53	—
Paul Stastny VGK	at ARI	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:58	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Reaves–Lindberg–Bellemare skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs VGK	L	37	5	.865
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at ARI	W	30	1	.967

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