In Las Vegas, the Anaheim Ducks scored the first and last goals in their game with the Golden Knights.
The problem for the Ducks was the Knights posted five goals from five different skaters in a 5-2 decision for Vegas.
“We were [ticked] off the other night, and we were ready to play tonight,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said of a 6-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. “We won all those battles in the blue paint, we won our share of battles on the boards. We bought in, and that translates to our whole game.”
Marc-Andre Fleury made 13 saves in the win.
Ryan Getzlaf and Adam Henrique scored for the Ducks.
Mark Stone, Nicolas Roy (first NHL goal) and William Karlsson cored for the Knights.
“I was pretty nervous before the game,” Roy said. “I was ready to go, you know?”
Ryan Reaves and Paul Stastny also scored for the Knights.
“They have three lines of high skill and high speed, then their fourth line is about as heavy as it gets,” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. “That’s why they are a top team in this league.”
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John Gibson made 44 saves in the loss.
“We’ll take the good and the bad. It’s a great contrast between things in our game in Colorado (a 5-2 win on Saturday) compared to things that we did here 24 hours later, and it’ll be telling,” Eakins said. “We’ll reinforce that we’ve had a number of nights that we’ve played very well, and for whatever reason, we didn’t have it tonight. Again, you don’t want to go through these games like this, but you learn and you move on.”
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