The Vegas Golden Knights (7-2-0) defeated the Calgary Flames (1-7-0) by a 6-2 margin on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena with captain Mark Stone recording a hat trick.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
26 seconds into the game, Brett Howden found the back of the net with a touch from Mitch Marner. Marner sent a backhanded pass to Howden up ice who finished with a top shelf shot past Dustin Wolf. Jack Eichel followed up midway through the first period with his fifth goal of the season on a shorthanded breakaway at the hallway point of the first. Eichel intercepted a pass from Calgary's Yegor Sharangovich taking the puck all the way in to give Vegas two. Jacob Middleton cut Vegas' deficit in half in the second period, but it wasn’t long before the Golden Knights were back up with a Braeden Bowman power-play goal. Ivan Barbashev set up Bowman with a pass in the slot, allowing Bowman to fire home the shot that trickled past Wolf.
The third frame brought more results for Vegas as Mark Stone tipped in their fourth, fifth, and sixth goals for the natural hat trick in the period. Stone tallied his first goal of the period just over a minute in, tapping in the back door pass from Eichel. The captain's second goal came with 7:50 remaining in the frame banking home the rebound on a shot from Noah Hanifin. Stone's second career hat trick was completed just four minutes later with help from Eichel and Marner. Matt Coronato secured a second goal for Calgary, but ultimately the Golden Knights came out on top with a 6-2 win. Carter Hart earned his fourth win in net, stopping 28 of 30 saves for a .933 save percentage.
TOP PERFORMERS
Mark Stone: Stone scored a natural hat trick in the third period, the second hat trick of his career.
Jack Eichel: Eichel secured three points with one goal and two assists, bringing his season point total to 16 (5G, 11A).
Ivan Barbashev: Barbashev had a multi-point night with three assists.
Mitch Marner: Marner extended his six-game multi-point streak against the Calgary Flames, totaling 15 points (5G, 10A).
Brett Howden: Howden was the first player to score at 26 seconds into the game, pushing his point streak to three games with 4 points (2G, 2A).
VGK STATS OF THE KNIGHT
Jack Eichel is second in the league for points and first in the league for faceoff wins.
Trevor Connelly is tied for second amongst rookies in the league with five points.
Vegas leads the league in goals with 35 goals.
Mark Stone is tied with William Karlsson for third-most multi-goal periods in franchise history.
Stone and Eichel have contributed to the same goal 114 times, the fourth most in franchise history.
WHEN VGK WINS, YOU WIN
Fans can receive six free boneless or traditional wings at any Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant location throughout the greater Vegas metro area with a $10+ qualifying pre-tax purchase of food and non-alcoholic beverages, available for two days after any 2026-27 VGK Win.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Golden Knights will remain at The Fortress for game two of the three-game homestand against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT. 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. Get your tickets for all Golden Knights home games here.
