The Golden Knights were looking to bounce back from their difficult road trip with win at home against the Los Angeles Kings. Less than five minutes into the contest Tomas Hertl opened the scoring with a power play goal. A few shifts later Mark Stone doubled the lead with a power play goal of his own. Pavel Dorofeyev notched his third of the season to send Vegas into the first intermission with a 3-0 edge.
Vegas was forced to kill off six minutes in penalties in the middle period. Alex Pietrangelo got called for holding and Nic Hague committed a four-minute high-sticking penalty. The Golden Knights penalty kill unit stepped up and held the Kings scoreless on the power play. With time winding down LA scored to get within two.
Leading 3-1, the Golden Knights quickly pushed to extend their lead. Alex Holtz buried a feed in front of the Kings net to regain VGK’s three-goal advantage. Midway through the final frame, Vegas took a commanding 5-1 lead with Hertl’s second tally of the night. Ivan Barbashev stretched Vegas’ edge even wider before time expired.
The Golden Knights record improves to 4-2-1 defeating the Kings 6-1 Vegas will have a couple of days off before they face the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Puck drop for VGK’s traditional Nevada Day game is scheduled for 3 PM.