On The Strip, Mark Stone hit for a pair of shorthanded goals on Saturday night for the Golden Knights.
For good measure, Jack Eichel and William Karlsson added doubles of their own in a 7-0 shellacking of the Colorado Avalanche.
Adin Hill made 41 saves for the shutout win.
“It’s good to win,” Hill said. “We put the puck in the net quite a bit. You’ll never complain when your team is putting the puck in the net like we were tonight.”
Vegas moved to 11-0-1 on the season.
“We’re going to take the win and enjoy it,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Especially Jack, he hasn’t finished for a while, So I’m happy for him. Couple of good, solid goals. ‘Stoney’ [scored] short-handed. Obviously, a lot of positives. ‘Karly’ has been good all year, and I like that his wingers were able to help him out there and make some plays.”
Stone scored at 16:50 of the first with his first shortie of the night and a 1-0 lead to Vegas.
“I made a little eye contact, so once he wound up, I knew he wasn’t shooting,” Stone said. “I knew he was coming to me. I played against him in juniors. He was one of the better offensive defensemen in the league right at that time. He’s just accepted a role of being a big bruising defenseman. His ability and smarts are there.”
Eichel extended the advantage to 2-0 midway through the middle frame.
“I’ve been on a little bit of a drought,” Eichel said. “It’s good to get a couple on the board here. I’m just trying to keep going.”
The Avs dropped to 7-3-0.
“There wasn’t a lot to like,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “The difference between the two hockey teams right now for me is Vegas is going to force you to beat them. They’re not going to hand you easy goals. They’re not going to make a ton of mistakes.
“You have to earn everything you get. We’re the opposite. Easy goals on ice from lack of checking commitment to turnovers. Tonight’s a prime example, you get two short-handed goals.”
Vegas opened up the offense with a goal from William Carrier at 12:57 for a 3-0 lead, and Eichel adding a power play marker at 13:49 for a 4-0 lead.
“There’s that quote ‘Possession before position,’” Stone said. “We’ve done a pretty good job at taking what’s given to us. In the past, we were getting to our spots and being a little bit more stationary.
“Now that we’re moving the puck and moving bodies in and around, just playing, we’re a great 5-on-5 team, so if we can bleed a little bit of that into our power play, it just makes us better.”
Stone ballooned the lead with his second shorthanded marker at 3:22 of the third.
Karlsson added his double at 9:13 and 14:43 for the 7-0 final.
Alexandar Georgiev was left in for the entire game, and made 27 saves in the loss.
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