The Golden Knights (13-5-3) fell to the Nashville Predators (11-4-1), 3-2, in a shootout for their first loss in four games at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
Nashville was first to get on the board with a one-touch goal from Ryan O’Reilly. The Golden Knights responded after Tomas Hertl passed to Ivan Barbashev whose shot attempt deflected to Victor Olofsson for a diving wrist shot, evening the score.
Midway through the second period, Parker Wotherspoon dished the puck to Mitch Marner to lead a rush up the ice and found a trailing Rasmus Andersson. Andersson collected the puck for a wrist shot low gloveside on Juuse Saros to take a 2-1 lead. Wotherspoon picked up his first point as a Golden Knight on the play.
Nashville pushed back in the third, leading to O’Reilly's second goal of the night over the left shoulder of Adin Hill, to bring the score to 2-2. Neither team was able to pull ahead in regulation or overtime. In the shootout, Roman Josi recorded the game-deciding goal for the Predators to extend their win streak to a league-high seven games.
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LOOKING AHEAD
The homestand continues for the Golden Knights on Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks. Vegas will be wearing their Hometown Remix jerseys for the first time when they hit the ice at 6 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena. Watch the game on Scripps Sports (The Spot-Vegas 34 in Vegas), stream on KnightTime+, or listen on X 107.9 and 105.7 Maxima. Tickets can be purchased here.
