The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Monday night, with Adin Hill making 31 saves and Tomas Hertl scoring the game-winning goal in the third period.
Early in the second period, Mason McTavish’s goal for the Ducks leveled the score. However, Hertl broke the tie after grabbing a feed from Jack Eichel in front of Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal and moving to his backhand.
Keegan Kolesar scored for Vegas in the third period after Tanner Pearson scored a short-handed goal in the first.
when John Gibson, the Ducks’ starter, saved all 11 of his shots before leaving in the first period when Vegas’ Tanner Laczynski accidentally jabbed the veteran goalie in the eye with the blade of his stick, Dostal made 19 stops.
Takeaways
Ducks: The Ducks had to shuffle fourth-line wing Brett Leason after Brock McGinn exited with a lower-body injury after colliding with Hertl on the boards.
Golden Knights: Bruce Cassidy won his 119th game, setting a club record for most victories by a head coach. The group was established in 2016. In three seasons, the former Jack Adams champion is 119-59-20.
Key moment
Alex Killorn of Anaheim threw the puck in with a chance to steal momentum in the second period. The puck caromed off one of the linesman’s skates and went on goal after Hill rushed under the net to retrieve it. Leo Carlsson of Anaheim had a wide-open goal but blasted a backhand wide right, and Hill jumped awkwardly to make the save.
Key stat
Dostal contributed 39:37 in Gibson’s place after playing 65 minutes in Sunday’s 5-4 overtime triumph in Salt Lake City, for a total of 104:37 in around 24 hours.
Up next
On Saturday, the Ducks will host Philadelphia. On Friday night, Vegas will travel to San Jose to play in the Pacific Division.
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