The Vegas Golden Knights (34-26-15) beat the Calgary Flames (31-36-8), 6-3, on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
Morgan Frost struck first with an unassisted goal at 7:41 in the opening period to give Calgary an early lead. Mitch Marner evened the score 1-1 at 1:47 into the middle period. Shea Theodore fired a shot from the top of the circle, and Marner tipped the puck past Dustin Wolf for the score. Blake Coleman gave the Flames their second lead of the game at 4:38 in the second frame. Two minutes later, Marner responded with his second goal of the night to pull the game even, 2-2. Jack Eichel passed the puck across the offensive zone to Rasmus Andersson, who fed it to Marner in the slot for the one-timer. Coleman found the back of the net for the second time in the contest to give Calgary a 3-2 advantage with 7:49 remaining in the second period. Pavel Dorofeyev made it 3-3 with his 19th power-play goal of the season. Marner sent the puck to Dorofeyev in the right circle, and he launched a one-timer into the back of the net with 3:39 left in the middle frame.
Brett Howden gave the Golden Knights their first lead on the night with his tenth goal of the season. Ivan Barbashev carried the puck up ice for Theodore, who sent it to Howden in between the circles for a wrist shot with 7:41 remaining in the game. Barbashev extended Vegas’ lead, 5-3, off a rebound from Marner’s shot that came from behind the goal line. Marner then recorded his first hat-trick of the season with a wrap-around goal to seal the 6-3 win for the Golden Knights. Mark Stone passed the puck to Marner, and he went around the net to beat Wolf short side. Carter Hart picked up his sixth win of the season in his return from injury, turning aside 19 out of 22 shots in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS
Mitch Marner: Marner recorded three goals and two helpers to skate away with his 25th multi-point game this year, the second most in a single season in VGK history.
Brett Howden: Howden scored the game-winning goal to boost his point total to 19 this season (10G, 9A).
Pavel Dorofeyev: Dorofeyev netted an equalizer to boost his goals to 35 this season, to match his career high.
VGK STATS OF THE KNIGHT
Mark Stone tallied his 700th career point with an assist on the Mitch Marner hat-trick goal.
Shea Theodore recorded his 301st assist as a Golden Knight, becoming the first player to reach the mark in franchise history.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored his 19th power-play goal of the season, the second most in the NHL.
Dorofeyev became the third fastest Golden Knight to reach 90 career goals.
Mitch Marner notched 11 points (5G, 6A) against the Flames this season.
Marner recorded his third multi-goal game of the season.
Marner became the third fastest Golden Knight to record five or more points in a game.
Theodore (2A) and Ivan Barbashev (2A) each tallied multi-assist nights.
ATTENDANCE: 17,912
WHEN VGK WINS, YOU WIN!
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LOOKING AHEAD
The Golden Knights will begin a four-game road trip against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place at 7 p.m PT. Watch the game on Scripps Sports (The Spot-Vegas 34 in Vegas), stream on KnightTime+, or listen live on FOX Sports Las Vegas 94.7.
