In Las Vegas, the Golden Knights got two strikes in the third period from Reilly Smith and defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken, 4-2, on Tuesday night.
The two goals came 46 seconds apart to break open a 2-2 tie.
“I didn’t tip it (first goal),” Smith said. “I think that’s Shea’s (Shea Theodore), but if he doesn’t want it, I’ll take it.”
Vegas improved to 7-6-0.
Robin Lehner made 25 saves in the Vegas win.
“We were 1-4 there, but most of us weren’t panicking,” Lehner said. “We have a lot of belief in our group and our depth and our system, and I think we’re slowly getting there.”
Jordan Eberle and Yanni Gourde were the Kraken strikers.
“Look at the standings and we’re losing ground,” Eberle said. “You obviously can’t win the Stanley Cup in the first couple of months in the season, but you can definitely fall out of it.”
Alex Pietrangelo had a single marker for the Knights.
“We felt like we were building when we weren’t winning games,” Pietrangelo said. “I think that Toronto game (a 4-0 loss on Nov. 2) was almost a good thing for us to kind of take a step back and look at what we need to do to win.”
Evgenii Dadonov also scored for Vegas, his goal tied the game, 2-2.
“That goal by Dadonov was huge for us,” Smith said. “That’s a huge momentum swing, being able to tie the game going into the third period like that.”
Chris Driedger made 19 saves in the Kraken loss.
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