With time winding down in the extra session, James Neal netted the game-winner for the Las Vegas Golden Knights to beat the Arizona Coyotes, 2-1.
The win gives the Knights a 2-0-0 record so far.
“Yesterday was honestly one of the best feelings I’ve had in hockey, and we said we wanted to follow it up again today and get a big win and go home a happy team,” Neal said. “We were pushing. We were right there, I thought. From the second period on, I thought we were taking the play to them.”
Tobias Rieder scored for the Coyotes to give them a 1-0 lead.
“I think the third period was way better than the third period in Anaheim, but we’ve still got to find a way to play like that for 60 minutes,” Rieder said.
But Nate Schmidt tied the game late in the third with Marc-Andre Fleury on the bench in favor of the extra attacker.
Fleury had 27 saves to get the win.
“We found a way again. I thought we played a [heck] of a game tonight. We had a lot of shots and we competed and we battled hard and now we get rewarded at the end of it,” Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant after the win.
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Antti Raanta made 42 saves in the loss.
“He was great,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “He kept us in the game for some stretches in the second. I don’t think they had a ton of [Grade A chances], but I know when they did, Antti was superb.”
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