Pittsburgh Penguins hold off Vegas Golden Knights in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Shots were even at 9 apiece Vegas Golden Knights controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Eetu Luostarinen opened the scoring for Pittsburgh Penguins at 5:57, then Emmitt Finnie tied it for Vegas Golden Knights at 14:27.

Ville Husso was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Pittsburgh Penguins edged the shot clock 13-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Darren Raddysh put Pittsburgh Penguins in front at 6:03.

Ville Husso was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Pittsburgh Penguins went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-2.

Pittsburgh Penguins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Pittsburgh Penguins edged the shot clock 16-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Ville Husso was under siege with 16 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Pittsburgh Penguins went 0-for-2.

Pittsburgh Penguins owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.