Marchessault hat trick leads Vegas to win over Red Wings Marchessault scores twice in third to get the win

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In Las Vegas, the Golden Knights; Jonathan Marchessault hit for a hat trick on Saturday night, his final two goals coming in the third period after the visiting Detroit Red Wings had tied the game, 3-3 earlier in the third.

“I’m pretty proud of our group tonight, just the resilience we had,” Marchessault said. “We were a little sensitive in the past few weeks, getting down where we’re down one goal, two goals. Tonight, we played good overall and a good 60 minutes.”

He p[picked up his double with 2:44 left on the game clock for a 4-3 lead to the Knights.

He collected his hats with 65 seconds left on the clock for the 5-3 final count on the scoreboard.

Adin Hill made 23 saves in the win.

Vegas moved to 34-23-7, snapping an ugly four-game skid.

“As a coach, I liked the way we won. Forecheck was good. We were getting inside for chances. We were creating offense by going to the net,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Playing the right way, getting the win, and playing through a little adversity. You know, you’re checking a lot of boxes that we haven’t checked in a while.”

Vegas took a 2-1 lead in the first period.

Pavel Dorofeyev got the game going with a strike at 9:08 for a 1-0 lead to the Knights.

“This guy just scores every game, huh? It’s awesome to have ‘Pav’ back. He’s a natural goal-scorer,” Vegas’ Jack Eichel said. “It’s great to see him get rewarded.”

Marchessault potted his first of the night at 14:36 for a 2-0 lead, scoring off a shot from the left circle.

“He wasn’t much of a passer. It’s a good thing [Ivan Barbashev] and I were looking for him,” Eichel said. “It was great to see him get a hatty and get rewarded. You know, ‘Marchy,’ he’s been awesome for us all year.”

Detroit got one back on a marker from Michael Rasmussen  with 28 seconds left on the clock for the 2-1 score headed to the middle frame.

Rasmussen did not finish the game, he left the ice in the third frame with an apparent injury.

Detroit dropped to 33-25-6off their fifth straight loss.

“It’s important, but it’s hard (not to get frustrated) at the same time,” Detroit’s Moritz Seider said. “That one stings. Such a great effort by everyone today. We came out with a really good game plan against a really good team that loaded up at the deadline even more. We showed character. That’s the best game of the losing streak so far. Obviously, that’s a bummer to come out of here with nothing.”

After a scoreless second period, J.T. Compher knotted the game, 2-2, at 2:44, scoring off a power play.

Vegas came back with a strike by Brayden McNabb midway through the third for a 3-2 lead to the Golden Knights.

The lead lasted all of 37 seconds when Detroit’s Shayne Gostisbehere tied the game, 3-3, setting Marchessault for his heroics.

James Reimer made 31 saves in the loss.

“This one stings a lot,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said “Frustrating, but we got to continue just to get hungry. You can’t get frustrated with it. Pretty much from the second period in Arizona on, I’ve loved the team’s effort. So, that’s five periods where we sustained a pretty good effort. If we do that, I think we’re going to have success going forward.”