In Las Vegas, Alex Pietrangelo scored the game-winner on Thursday night with 46 seconds gone in extra time for a 2-1 win to the Golden Knights over the visiting Boston Bruins.
The goal came off a n odd man rush with Mark Stone.
“That’s a great pass by [Stone],” Pietrangelo said. “There’s not a whole lot of room if you watch the replay to thread that through there. It’s why he gets paid what he does. Unbelievable play. Easy for me to tap that in. Wide-open net.”
Logan Thompson made 32 saves in the win.
Vegas improved to 24-13-5.
“This is a good win against a really, really good hockey team,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “But I like the way we want we won. We gutted it out. It’s playoff style hockey out there, and we didn’t buckle. They deserve a lot of credit.”
The game entered the third period scoreless.
Jack Eichel broke the ice and staked the Knights to a 1-0 lead at 7:01 of the third.
“We had chances,” Eichel said. “Both sides throughout the game. It was a gutsy effort by our group and good to get two points.”
Eichel deflected a shot from the left side for the goal.
“We stayed pretty even-keeled tonight,” Eichel said. “Even early when we didn’t capitalize. We had some chances on the power play. We didn’t capitalize, but we stuck with it and found a way to get one late.”
Boston dropped to 24-8-9.
Matt Grzelcyk tied the game at 12:18, to orce the extra session.
“We know we can win games. We have a great group of guys that the leadership has done a great job,” Boston’s Morgan Geekie said. “We’re not satisfied with this at all. We have a lot more to give. When you look back at it, it’s good to get a point, but it still hurts nonetheless. At the end of the day, a loss is a loss.”
Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves in the loss.
“[Swayman] was terrific again,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “Unfortunately, our goaltender has got make several great saves for us to get a point right now. Right now, we just need to keep teaching our [defensive]-zone coverage. Keep teaching our tracking and demanding and holding player accountable to get on the right side of things.”
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