In Las Vegas, Robin Lehner proved to be the find of the trade deadline as he made 27 saves to get a 3-0 shutout of the visiting New Hersey Devils on Tuesday.
“It’s another step,” Lehner said. “I’m feeling better and better. The guys played great today too.”
Max Pacioretty and William Karlsson supported the Golden Knights offense with a goal and two points each in the win.
“It was a disappointing effort,” Devils head coach Alain Nasreddine said. “If you look at our game in general, our execution was atrocious. Our level of focus wasn’t great, and our execution cost us a lot of problems.”
New Jersey went 2-1-2 on a five-game roadie.
Ryan Reaves also scored for the Golden Knights.
“I have plenty of confidence in myself,” Lehner said. “They traded for me here for a reason, and I’m just doing my best. It’s a great opportunity playing with [Marc-Andre] Fleury. I got the same opportunity with [Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey] Crawford and a bunch of other goalies throughout my career and I’m just trying to do the best with the opportunities I’m going to get.”
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Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves in the loss.
“We did a couple of good things but obviously not enough,” the Devils’ Nico Hischier said. “We’ve got to find a way to score. [Blackwood] was unbelievable again. We’ve got to give him something back, and we did not do that tonight.”
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