The Vegas Golden Knights needed a win Tuesday night and got one in Vegas with a 4-1 decision over the Buffalo Sabres.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves to pick up the win as the Knights improved to 3-4-0.
Marc-Andre Fleury got the win over Sabres Tuesday night – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“It’s something that made us successful last year,” Fleury said. “Our speed and transition game, and the way our guys played defensively in our zone, preventing those passes in the crease or the backdoor [passes], and I think we’ve been better in the last few games with that.”
Jonathan Marchessault struck twice and William Karlsson and Cody Eakin scored single markers in the win.
“We played a lot better defensively,” Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant said. “I thought the guys competed defensively. Everyone was important for our team tonight.”
Vladimir Sobotka scored the lone goal for the Sabres.
“I think we weren’t real sharp with our execution,” Sabres head coach Phil Housley said. “When we were good coming out of our end we had this push and we had some zone time, but you could see just the lack of execution.”
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Carter Hutton made 25 saves in taking the loss.
“I just don’t think we were desperate enough tonight,” Hutton said. “I thought we were facing a really good goalie. I think we didn’t generate enough traffic.”
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