A three-goal second period helped the Golden Knights to a 4-0 win over th Anaheim Ducks on Friday night, on The Strip.
Logan Thompson made 29 saves in the shutout win.
“That’s a team win,” Thompson said. “As a forward group and our D-core has been perfect all year. … They’re making our (the goalies’) jobs easy. We’re seeing a lot of pucks. The stuff we don’t see, they’re getting in the way and blocking them.”
Reilly Smith had a goal in the middle frame outburst.
“We did a good job,” Smith said. “We played pretty tight. We made them work for everything.
“[Logan’s] been awesome. There are a couple of those bouncing pucks, I don’t know how he saw them. He was tracking the puck really well tonight. He’s just picking up more and more confidence every game.”
The Ducks have lost seven straight.
“We had enough chances to be in the game,” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. “They were able to score at opportune times, and we were not.”
Chandler Stephenson scored for Vegas in the first period for a 1-0 lead.
“When he gets his feet moving, he’s got a good stick. He’s smart,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “He makes the [defensemen] uncomfortable.”
Smith opened in the scoring in the second period for a 2-0 advantage.
“We’ve done a good job over the years creating offense shorthanded,” Smith said. “[Karlsson] does such a good job being able to steal pucks and getting up ice and make some creative plays. That’s what he did tonight. I just tried to put it on net, got a little bit lucky, but he did all the hard work there.”
William Karlsson extended the lead to 3-0.
“It’s just me going to the front of the net,” Karlsson said. “That’s where I feel like 90-95 percent of goals are scored. Better there than the corners.”
Nicolas Roy scored with 13 seconds left in the frame for a 4-0 lead.
“We have good offensive players,” Cassidy said. “We’re not a high-volume team. When the puck is on our stick and we have time and space, we can make some plays and finish. Tonight was a good example. We didn’t dominate the shot clock by any means, even some left on the table.”
John Gibson made 14 saves and surrendered four goals through the first two periods, he was given the hook in the second intermission.
Anthony Stolarz made four saves in a ,op up role.
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