On The Strip, Logan Thompson made 27 saves and the Golden Knights shutout the Chicago Blackhawks 1-0, on Thursday night.
“Overall, I’m happy with myself. I just did my job tonight,” Thompson said. “It’s big when you can win games like that, especially this early in the season, to get the points, and keep building off of it.”
The only goal of the game came in the middle frame off the stick of Paul Cotter.
“Good for [Paul], we needed it,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “It was the only goal of the game. He can shoot the puck. We know that. He has separation speed. We know that. … We’ll take goals from anybody.”
The win pushed the Knights to 2-0-0.
“I just shot it as hard as I could, and the big man upstairs took care of the rest,” Cotter said. “It’s a 0-0 game at that point. We need shots. In a game like that, it’s a weird goal that will go in.”
The Blackhawks dropped to 0-2-0 on the new season.
Alex Stalock got the start for the Hawks, and made 36 saves in the tough loss.
“I can’t show up and give it half effort,” he said. “I’m not a huge guy (5-foot-11, 170 pounds), so I got to use my body in a way it’s effective. Sometimes if it’s coming out and being more aggressive, it works. Sometimes, it’s sitting back to see the play. Tonight, obviously, you see a few instances I got scrambly, but I kept the puck out of the net and our D came and helped out.”
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