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Vegas Golden Knights Stone Minnesota Wild in OT 5-4

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Mark Stone set up every single goal of the game including the game winner for Max Pacioretty in overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights came from behind to top the Minnesota Wild 5-4 at T-Mobile Arena on Monday night.

Stone broke in on the right wing as Pacioretty wove behind him to the left side. After waiting out the sprawling defensive effort from Jared Spurgeon before completing the pas to Pacioretty at the goalmouth. He converted it for his second goal of the game to give the Golden Knights the victory.

Alex Tuch tied the game with a late six-on-five goal to force overtime with just 42 seconds remaining in regulation. He tipped in a pass off the shaft of his stick, beating Alex Staylock over the left shoulder.

Vegas entered the second period trailing 4-2 after a six-goal second period. The Golden Knights scored twice on the power play from Cody Glass and Max Pacioretty. But the Wild capitalized four times on a pair of goals from Marcus Foligno and singled from Jordan Greenway and Nick Bonino to grab the 4-2 lead after 40 minutes.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves to record his 10th win of the season.

Tom’s Takeaways:

  • The 2,600 fans at T-Mobile Arena for the game were not disappointed as the VGK rallied from a two goal deficit to win in OT. You could definitely feel the energy change in the building, even at only 15% capacity. When Nicolas Hauge scored to make it 4-3 in the third period, something just clicked. It’s good to have people back in the building.
  • For the second time this season, Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four goals. And for the second time this season, Vegas won when he did. While not his best outing of the season, Fleury still made several key stops along the way to the win. It will be good when Robin Lehner can give him a bit of rest when he’s back in the lineup.
  • Every one of the five assists Mark Stone recorded were primary assists, meaning he made the direct pass to set up the goal each time. The five helpers in the game is a career high for Stone as well.
  • Vegas is now 9-0-1 when scoring first.
  • The Golden Knights scored multiple power play goals in a game for just the second time this season, going 2-for-3 with the man advantage.
  • Minnesota extends its unbeaten in regulation streak to seven games at 6-0-1.