In Las Vegas, Robin Lehner made 24 saves to help the Golden Knights in a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.
“Tonight, we were a little sloppy again, and [Lehner] was huge for us,” Jonathan Marchessault said. “He’s been really good since he’s been back. Obviously, we want to battle for him as well. He was great. He kept us in the game there in the first period.”
Vegas moved to 24-8-1.
“Could you imagine what our record would be like if we had a full house?” Vegas head coach Peter DeBoer said. “Guys love playing at home, and I think we’re still living off the energy of the memories of this building full, and hopefully we’re going to see that soon.”
Matt Roy scored to give the Kings a 1-0 lead in the first period.
“We need to find some consistency,” Kings head coach Todd McLellan said. “One line may give you a lot of offense, but they’re a disaster defensively. We’ve got to get a two-way game going with nine consistent players on a consistent basis.”
Reilly Smith potted the game-tying goal in the middle frame off the power play.
Tomas Nosek pushed the Knights ahead 2-1, and Nicolas Hague made it 3-1 late in the second period.
Alec Martinez made it 4-1 in the third period.
“It was nice,” Martinez said. “Obviously a good feeling, but I was more concerned with trying to close it out in the third. On a personal level, it’s cool, but more concerned on the team side of it, trying to put another nail in the coffin.”
Jonathan Quick made 20 saves in the loss.
“I thought we had a good start, and then they obviously started playing better and we didn’t quite match it,” LA’s Anze Kopitar said. “I thought our first period was good, and part of the second was not terrible. Not great, but not terrible, which just isn’t good enough.”
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