In Las Vegas Friday night, Maxime Lagace made 27 saves to help the Golden Knights defeat the Winnipeg Jets, 5-2.
William Karlsson struck for two goals in the win as Knights improved to 10-5-1 on the season.
“[Winnipeg] has been playing well, so obviously we respected them coming out,” Karlsson said. “I think our game was really good today. We were aggressive all over the ice.
“We capitalized on our chances. Defensively, we were solid, and [Lagace] played well in the net. I think we were on our toes from the get-go.”
Home ice on the Strip has been kind to the Knights as they have lost only once in eight matches.
“We knew after a long trip we wanted to get off to a fast start and play a full 60 minutes. I think that’s the most complete game we’ve played in a long time,” Vegas’ Deryk Engelland said after the win.
David Perron, Luca Sbisa and James Neal also scored for Vegas.
Adam Lowry and Patrik Laine scored for Winnipeg.
“We were never able to contain any of the momentum that we built,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “We didn’t build on it because they scored very quickly right away. The second half of that second period, we stopped being able to do some things that we expect ourselves to do.”
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Connor Hellebuyck got the start for the Jets and made 16 saves but was given the hook in the second intermission.
The Jets dropped to 8-4-3; the loss was Hellebuyck’s first regulation loss of the season.
“That’s how hockey goes, I can’t expect to go so many starts without a loss,” Hellebuyck said. “It’s going to happen. I’m going to look to get better, I’m going to work harder tomorrow, and I’m not going to let this phase me. I’m going to use this as motivation.”
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