In San Jose, Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights blanked the Sharks, 4-0, on Saturday night.
“I love playing, and I just take it as it goes,” Fleury said. “I thought tonight I felt lots of energy, my legs were good. Some nights, it’s like anybody who goes to the office. Some days you don’t feel as good, and you’ve got to find a way to get the job done. I pride myself on being consistent.”
The Sharks dropped to 8-11-3 and so far are 1-4-1 on a seven-game homestand.
“I thought we took some water on early in the game,” Sharks head coach Bob Boughner said. “As the game wore on, I thought, not for lack of effort on our part, sustain-wise, we were one-and-done as a team.”
Mark Stone put the Knights up 1-0 shortly after Fleury stopped a breakaway chance for the Sharks.
“He made some key saves,” the Sharks’ Dylan Gambrell said. “I think we could’ve used a little bit more traffic in front of him. He’s a great goalie so we’ve got to get as many pucks to the net and traffic as we can.”
Alex Tuch potted two goals to increase the lead to 3-0, he now has 12 goals on the season.
“Honestly, probably a little bit of puck luck,” Tuch said. “I just go out there and play my game, play hard, play fast. [My linemates] have been playing well, and they’ve been giving me opportunities to score, and I’ve just been capitalizing on it.”
Reilly Smith scored midway through teh third period to make the final, 4-0.
“We used to have a pretty good rivalry. Now it’s not as powerful as it was the first two 
years,” the Golden Knights’ Jonathan Marchessault said. “It’s always good to get a win. We just came here and took care of business.”
Ouch.
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves in the loss.
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