In Las Vegas, the Boston Bruins surrendered the first goal of the game to Mark Stone in the fist period.
Patrice Bergeron knotted it, 1-1, in the middle frame.
“A point of ours, we want to win every series against teams we played,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “It’s funny. Vegas is a really good team and well coached. They’re a real good first period team. We fell behind 1-0. That was a big point of emphasis for us, but we knew 1-1 in the third period, we knew we were the best team in the third period in the League.”
Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in the Boston win.
“I felt we defended really well and kept them to the outside,” Ullmark said. “It helped me see the shots. Whenever I didn’t see it, we blocked them. It was a really good team effort.”
In the third, Jake DeBrusk hit for the game-winner at 2:10, t make it 2-1.
“I knew ‘J.D.’ was coming, so I just made a pass to him and he scored,” Boston’s Pavel Zacha said. “(Vegas defenseman Alec Martinez) went down, and I think when I saw JD coming backdoor, he tried to slide down. I was able to make a play and find him there backdoor.”
Boston improved to 22-4-1.
“We were good. We were fine,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “They made the play when they had the opportunity, we didn’t, they get the two points. Our guys can feel good about their effort and compete against a good hockey club, but when you lose, there are no moral victories in that regard.”
Charlie Coyle scored near the midway point of the third period for the 3-1 final.
Stone scored off the power play in the fist period, Vegas had four chances with the extra skater.
“Our power play scores early, gets us the lead. There’s some room there. Good for them for executing the plan,” Cassidy said. “All in all, our power play was effective in terms of generating. We did score on one, but on a night like tonight when the margins are slim, you probably need two to get it.”
Vegas dropped to 20-9-1.
Logan Thompson made 24 saves in the Vegas loss.
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