In Seattle, Logan Thompson made 22 saves in a 3-0 Vegas Golden Knights’ win over the Kraken on Wednesday night.
The loss officially eliminated the Kraken form the playoff race.
“I think it’s getting better every day,” Thompson said. “I feel really comfortable in net and it’s just something I want to keep building off. The guys in front of me did a really good job and they deserve a lot of credit.”
Vegas improved to 37-28-4.
“We’re playing a guy short and Kolesar comes out in the first,” Vegas coach Pete DeBoer said. “It feels like we haven’t been able to get into a four-line rhythm because we will be short a body or two every night, but I thought we dug deep. I didn’t like our first period. They came out with a little more fire. I thought [Logan Thompson] made some big saves in the first that allowed us to recognize that this was going to be a harder game than we thought.”
The win moved Vegas back into the wild card spot in the west.
Shea Theodore scored to give Vegas a 1-0 lead in the middle frame.
“The second period is the difference in this hockey game,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “It wasn’t a shorthanded goal, but it was a turnover and we’re right at the end of our power play. A couple of things that need to happen differently there to make sure that doesn’t happen. … We didn’t take care of the puck, so turnovers lead to transition, and transition is offense for them. It also led to a lot of O-zone time for them for some of their good players, and when they’re in the O-zone, they got inside us.”
Jordan Eberle in the third period to give the Knights a 2-0 advantage.
Jonathan Marchessault scored an empty-net goal with 27 seconds left in the game for the 3-0 final.
Chris Driedger made 27 saves in the Seattle loss.
“We can be better,” Hakstol said. “We had some guys tonight that will look at their games and want to be a little bit better, handle situations a little bit better. We had some really good efforts, we gave ourselves a chance to be in the heart of that game midway through. I believe the first goal of the game tonight was going to be a big one and a very important one. Our reaction to that goal against, if you’re looking at the next 10 minutes of the hockey game, we can be a little bit better there.”
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