On The Strip, Connor Ingram made 34 saves, and the Arizona Coyotes shut out the Golden Knights, 2-0, on Saturday.
“I saw everything today, which is huge in this league,” Ingram said. “If you’re going to see it, most of the time you’re going to stop it. They did a good job at boxing guys out and blocking pucks I didn’t see.”
The Coyotes improved to 9-9-2.
“We were urgent and focused all night long,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. “That’s what we’re capable of. I’m not saying we’re going to play 82 like that. But with the mindset we have, we need to copy and paste.”
Vegas dropped to 14-5-2.
“We didn’t finish well obviously early on. We had some good looks,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Opportunities in power play, we were casual. Didn’t execute well enough where we could have helped ourselves offensively. Right now, we’re not scoring 5-on-5, so power play could help you build some momentum.”
It was the second shutout loss in the last three games for the Golden Knights.
The game was scoreless headed to the third period.
Clayton Keller put the Coyotes up, 1-0, midway through the final frame.
“We did a really good job on the forecheck there. It was nice to get a good bounce there,” Keller said. “I just had to stay ready on the back door. I was able to put it in.”
Lawson Crouse hit an empty-net goal at 18:43 for the 2-0 final.
“It felt great. We maybe didn’t play our best hockey for a couple of games there,” Keller said. “It was nice to get back in the win column and play the right way and back each other up. We can play with anyone we feel like and be in all the games.”
Logan Thompson made 16 saves in the loss.
“There wasn’t much to today’s game. There weren’t a ton of chances,” Vegas’ Mark Stone said. “They capitalized on the one they got. Weird game. These ones are tough. Tied going into the third, you got to mount something up.”
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