National Hockey League
Vegas 3, Nashville 0
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 1, 2020
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 17664

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 19 shots for his third shutout of the season and also hit the 20-win mark for the 12th time in his career while leading the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.

It was the 59th career shutout for Fleury, breaking a tie with Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne for 19th place on the NHL's all-time list and moving into a tie with Evgeni Nabokov for 18th place.

It also was the 459th career victory for the first pick of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft which kept him in a tie for fifth place with Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, who shut out the Detroit Red Wings, 1-0, earlier Saturday.

Chandler Stephenson, Nicolas Roy and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas which won both ends of a back-to-back that started with a 4-3 victory at Carolina on Friday.

Rinne finished with 36 saves for Nashville, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Vegas dominated a scoreless first period, holding Nashville without a shot for a stretch of 16:37 while finishing with a 14-2 edge in shots on goal, with the Predators blocking 11 more shots.

The Golden Knights finally broke through early in the second period to take a 1-0 lead on Stephenson's 10th goal of the season.

Mark Stone won a battle for the puck by the boards and then found Stephenson breaking in alone behind a pair of Nashville defenders. Stephenson then beat Rinne with a wrist shot on his blocker side.

Roy then made it 2-0 midway through the third period when he roofed a rebound of a Ryan Reaves shot from the right side of the net for his third goal of the season.

Nashville pulled Rinne for an extra attacker with 1:15 to go and Smith then sealed the win with an empty-netter, his 21st goal of the season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Vegas   Nashville
Nicolas Roy 1 Points N/A
Nicolas Roy 1 Goals N/A
Jonathan Marchessault 1 Assists N/A
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Marc-Andre Fleury 1.000 Save Percentage Pekka Rinne .947
Marc-Andre Fleury 19 Saves Pekka Rinne 36
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Vegas 39 3 0-4 5-5 10 28
Nashville 19 0 0-5 4-4 8 26
Upcoming Games
  • Nashville will play their next game on the road against Winnipeg. The Predators have a W/L % of .440 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Vegas will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .519 after a win and .481 after a loss.