In Buffalo, Jack Eichel broke a 2-2 tie with the Vegas Golden Knights to help the Sabres to a 4-2 win on Tuesday night.
“I knew I had [Zemgus Girgensons] coming with me there. [Sam Reinhart] makes a nice play on the wall,” Eichel said. “I think [Theodore] tried to step. I just tried to get it around him. I kind of saw Fleury cheating a little bit on the pass so I just tried to tuck in the short side.”
Linus Ullmark made 24 saves to get the win.
Tomas Nosek and Reilly Smith were the Vegas strikers.
“It’s tougher, especially when you’re losing to teams you know that you’re better than, and we’re a better hockey team,” Golden Knights forward Mark Stone said. “Just have to find ways to put the puck in the net, and we’ve kind of gotten stale last bunch of games.”
Sam Reinhartt and Kyle Okposo also scored for the Sabres.
“You just come to work and it’s a new day. There’s no moping around, there’s no hard feelings,” Okposo said. “You’re going to lose games in this League. Just the positivity and just the way that he speaks and motivates has been awesome for us this year.”
Curtis Lazar added an empty net goal to seal the win.
“I thought we did well,” Eichel said. “Give them credit. They’re a veteran team. They don’t give you a whole lot, they check really well, they transition the puck well. You can tell those guys obviously had some runs in the [Stanley Cup Playoffs]. I give us a lot of credit for sticking with it, finding a way to get two points.”
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Marc-Andre Fleury has 22 saves in the loss.
“It’s gone from real good the first 25 games to having a lot of trouble right now,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said of the penalty kill. “I hate to say it, but I don’t see a whole lot of difference. They’re still doing the same type of things, whether it’s unlucky or bad opportunities. The first one, we should have got it cleared. We didn’t, the guy picked his pocket, so things happen like that. But overall, they’re doing the same things, it’s just not working right now.”
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