In Las Vegas, Ville Husso made 33 saves, and the Detroit Red Wings downed the Golden Knights, 3-2, on Thursday night.
“I don’t think we gave easy offense for them and kept them outside,” Husso said. “Unfortunately, they got a lucky bounce at the end. Overall, it was a good effort. … There were a couple of shots from the blue line, and I saw all of those. Guys boxed out well. It was not an easy night, but it was one of the nicer nights to play as a goalie.”
Detroit improved to 19-17-8.
“Great disciplined game from our guys,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “Literally over 60 minutes, we gave them nothing to get going. Getting results was important. We just managed our game better. It can be a frustrating group at times because you see moments of us playing extremely well and for a majority of the time, and just finding ways to not manage our game correctly and not get results. Tonight, we were good from start to finish and got results. Something like this can certainly build confidence.”
Lucas Raymond scored in the first period to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal for the Golden Knights, his marker tied the game, 1-1, midway through the first.
Vegas dropped to 28-16-2.
“Our effort needs to be better in certain areas of the ice. Eventually, we got to it tonight,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We’ve had passengers lately. Guys we rely on can be better. Timely saves could have made a difference.
“I wouldn’t put it on one element. We’re getting outworked in key situations. Key times of the games. Put us in bad spots. We need better from some of the players we rely on.”
Detroit reclaimed the lead in the second period on a power play goal from Dominik Kubalik, the goal came at 2:37 of the middle frame..
Joe Veleno pushed the lead to 3- midway through the second.
“I wanted to push the pace and I was in full speed. I was able to beat one of their [defensemen] and their other [defensemen] had to play our wide guy,” Veleno said. “I was just able to get it on and off my stick pretty quick and put it in the back of the net.”
William Karlsson scored late in the third period for Vegas for the 3-2 final.
“It goes to effort,” Cassidy said. “Be ready to play, have some awareness, and second effort to keep the puck out of your net if you do make a mistake. Nobody’s perfect. That’s a problem with our starts.”
Adin Hill made 22 saves in the loss.
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