Carter Hutton made 35 saves for the Buffalo Sabres Monday night in defeating the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2.
Jack Eichel scored two goals for Buffalo.
“He’s doing the right things, he’s leading by example, he’s making the right decisions with the puck,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said. “I know the first game he tried to do too much. He’s trusting his teammates now, so it’s good to see him playing well.”
Jason Pominville and Marco Scandella also scored for the Sabres.
“We didn’t play good enough to win the hockey game,” Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant said. “I’d like to say just because we had a lot of shots … they were the better team. They were more committed to winning today and we didn’t show up good enough.”
Erik Haula and Jonathan Marchessaultscored for the Knights who dropped to 1-2-0 on the season.
“There were mental lapses in the D zone and guys left wide open. You couldn’t blame Fleury on any of the goals. When a guy’s that close to the net, play comes into the slot twice, they’re going to score,” Gallant said.
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Marc-Andre Fleury made just 13 saves in the loss.
“Too many [Grade A chances] obviously,” forward Max Pacioretty said. “You know, we limited them to a low number of shots, however, the shots that they did get were Grade A opportunities. We can’t leave our goaltender out to dry like that.”
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