One-goal night: Vegas Golden Knights slip past Tampa Bay Lightning

That brings us to the end of a first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 12-10, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Anthony Cirelli opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning at 8:05, then Anthony Cirelli extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 18:47.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 7-6, while Vegas Golden Knights still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ilya Lyubushkin cut the deficit for Vegas Golden Knights at 5:23.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning 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 wild third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 12-10, while Tampa Bay Lightning still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Kasperi Kapanen tied it for Vegas Golden Knights at 0:13, Ilya Lyubushkin put Vegas Golden Knights in front at 1:44, Sam Dickinson tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 10:14, and Kasperi Kapanen put Vegas Golden Knights in front on the power play at 13:53.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.