Golden Knights recover for shootout win against Kings, point streak at 9

LOS ANGELES -- The Vegas Golden Knights extended their season-opening point streak to nine games with a 4-3 shootout win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.

Mark Stone, Michael Amadio and William Carrier scored for the Golden Knights (8-0-1), who bounced back after losing 4-3 in overtime to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Logan Thompson made 36 saves and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout.

“He likes the show, right?” Carrier said of Thompson, who has stopped 31 of 38 attempts in eight career shootouts. “We kind of knew if we were going there we had a good chance of winning. He loves it. I mean, he’s young, he’s got the energy, and it feels great.”

Drew Doughty scored the game-tying goal late in the third period for the Kings (4-2-2), who are 1-2-2 at home. Cam Talbot allowed three goals on 30 shots.

“It could have went either way,” Los Angeles center Phillip Danault said. “We played pretty well. It was a really tight game, to be honest.”

The Golden Knights scored three straight goals after falling behind 2-0 early in the second period.

Amadio cut it to 2-1 at 7:36 when he shot the rebound of William Karlsson's wraparound into an open net. Karlsson has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a six-game point streak.

Carrier scored his first of the season to tie it 2-2 at 12:57. He elected to shoot on a 2-on-1 and scored glove side with a wrist shot that went in off the post.

“We stuck with it," Thompson said. "Good teams find ways to win, as we did tonight."

Stone gave Vegas a 3-2 lead at 6:26 of the third period with a one-timer from the right circle on a power play.  

“Power play scores a big goal,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We didn’t get that yesterday against Chicago, and it maybe cost us a point. Big goal from 'Stoney.' Good second-effort play to keep a puck alive.”

Doughty tied it 3-3 at 18:57 with a one-timer from the point through traffic with Talbot on the bench for the extra skater. It was Doughty’s third goal in the past two games.  

“You can see the fire in his eyes,” Danault said. “He’s back, and we need him big time like this. He’s scored some big goals, and to get a huge point like this, every game counts and he’s present every game.”

Alex Laferriere put the Kings ahead 1-0 at 13:13 of the first period, scoring from the slot off the rebound of Pierre-Luc Dubois' shot. Cassidy unsuccessfully challenged the play for goaltender interference on Dubois.

Trevor Lewis made it 2-0 at 4:54 of the second, scoring five-hole with a backhand after he initially tipped Mikey Anderson's shot.

“We knew what we were facing, Stanley Cup champs, so we definitely had to be at our best, and on a back-to-back as well (Los Angeles won 5-4 at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday),” Danault said. “Honestly, we played a pretty solid 60 minutes.”  

NOTES: Kopitar played in his 1,300th NHL game. He is the fourth active player to reach the milestone, joining Dallas Stars defenseman Ryan Suter (1,368), Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin (1,354) and Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns (1,342). … Cassidy coached in his 600th NHL game.