On The Strip, Chandler Stephenson scored with 42 seconds gone in the third period to snap a 1-1 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and help send the Golden Knights to a 3-1 win on Monday night.
“It’s five good periods of the six we played,” Stephenson said. “We gave ourselves a chance to win. It was just bearing down on our chances. It’s just kind of showing our resiliency and that ‘we’re not going to lose this one or let this one slip’ kind of mentality. It’s what we want to have and it’s what we had tonight.”
Logan Thompson made 22 saves in the Knights win.
William Nylander was the lone striker for the Leafs, his second period goal tied the game, 1-1.
“We just got beat by a team that was better than us tonight in all facets,” coach Sheldon Keefe said.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead in the first period off a goal from Nicolas Roy .
“Everybody did their part,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Everybody played really well. Whether it was the line combinations, or players 1 through 20 being on tonight. We’ll see how they do tomorrow and the rest of week.”
Midway through the third period, Michael Amadio scored to give the Golden Knights the 3-1 final score.
Ilya Samsonov made 30 saves in the Maple Leafs loss.
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