Golden Knights Gameday
Stephenson Nets Pair; Vegas Beats Kings 4-3
Despite giving up the first goal of the game just 36 seconds into the game and allowing goals against on the first two shots, the Vegas Golden Knights rode a pair of Chandler Stephenson goals to a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Golden Knights improve to 6-0-1 on home ice and 7-1-1 on the season.
Robin Lehner struggled once again, allowing goals on the first two shots against before turning aside all but one of the remaining shots against to finish with 29 saves. The win was his third of the season.
Chandler Stephenson scored twice while Zach Whitecloud and Reilly Smith added singles. Alex Tuch had two assists in the win. In all ten different Vegas Golden Knights found the scoresheet as Vegas registered the two-game sweep.
Tom’s Takeaways:
- Shea Theodore now has assists in three straight games.
- Mark Stone has a three-game point scoring streak (1-5-6).
- Max Pacioretty has a three-game point streak (3-4-7).
- Vegas improves to 3-0 in the gold jerseys.