William Karlsson and Brayden McNabb scored for the Golden Knights (47-22-9), who had won two straight and sit six points ahead of the Los Angeles Kings atop the Pacific Division. Akira Schmid made 34 saves.
“Listen, every point matters, especially this time of the year,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “After the second period, we talked a bit about that. Like, 'listen, [you're] tired, end of the trip, but you got to help us through the period, right? Give us 30 seconds if you don't have a full gas tank. Whatever it is.' And I thought we did a good job with that, and we were able to get the point [and we're] right there for the extra one, right?”
Karlsson scored short-handed to give the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 11:10 of the first period. He finished a 2-on-1 with a wrist shot from the right face-off dot after Cale Makar turned the puck over in the offensive zone.
“We got a lead, so sometimes you sit back,” Cassidy said. “The second period, we didn't do enough to extend the lead, and I thought we turned down some opportunities to shoot. End up chasing back into our end a lot.”