On The Strip, Jack Eichel, William Carrier, and William Karlsson scored in the third period for Las Vegas for a 4-2 win for the Golden Knights over the visiting Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
Carrier scored the eventual game-winner with 2:36 left on the clock.
“He’s working so hard. He’s always there at the net,” Vegas forward and linemate Nicolas Roy said of Carrier. “He got a fortunate bounce there obviously. He’s making plays all over. He’s always there net front tipping pucks or making thing happen. It’s nice to see him get a game-winner.”
Adin Hill made 38 saves in the Knights win.
“It was a competitive game. It was intense. It was physical,” Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel said. “Both teams brough it tonight. Credit to our group, we stuck with it. We were down a goal in the third period. We found a way to get a long 5-on-3 penalty kill. Then we found a way to win a hockey game in regulation. So, I give everyone credit in this room. Everyone stepped up tonight.”
Vegas killed off a two-skater deficit early in the third to set up the rally.
“A 5-on-3 kill can turn momentum around in a second,” Hill said. “Just like it did [tonight]. After that, we kind of got going. It was a great job by [Alec] Martinez and [Brayden] McNabb there to block some shots and make a couple clears for us.”
Vegas improved to 28-13-2.
The Panthers scored in the first and second periods for a 2-1 lead headed to the third, Nick Cousins and Sam Reinhart were the Florida strikers.
“After the first 10 minutes of that game, we were good straight through. That’s it,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “We had the 5-on-3 and don’t score, that will be the turning point. We got to finish. When you’re on the road, you’ve got to finish on your 5-on-3s when you get a chance. You’ve got to finish on your chances.”
Florida dropped to a 19-20-4.
Roy tied the game, 1-1, for the Knights 4:09 into the second period.
“It was a broken play there,” Roy said. “The puck went over the [defenseman’s] stick there. ‘Koley’ made an awesome play to me backdoor. I pretty much had an empty net there, so it was a nice pass. … We’re feeling good about our game.”
Karlsson’s empty-net goal late in the third made the 4-2 final.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in the loss.
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