Eakin, Fleury help Golden Knights shut out Flyers

PHILADELPHIA -- Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for his 49th NHL shutout to help the Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday.

Cody Eakin scored with 1:25 remaining for Vegas (2-4-0), which ended a three-game losing streak in the final game of a five-game road trip.
"Nice going home after a trip like this on a win," Eakin said. "We didn't get as many wins as we would have liked (2-3-0) but it makes it a more positive feeling."
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Brian Elliott made 20 saves for the Flyers (2-3-0).
Fleury stopped Jordan Weal with 8:23 remaining in the first period when his back was to the play, and made a lunging glove save on Claude Giroux with 38 seconds remaining in the game and Elliott pulled for an extra attacker.

"I got tangled up with my defenseman (
Jon Merrill
)," Fleury said. "He was coming back to backcheck and we got tangled up this way, so that's why I spin to the other side, try to get something in front of the net because I saw [Weal] cross in front. Just try to cover some net."
Fleury had a 3.95 goals-against average in his first four games and allowed five goals on 16 shots by the Flyers in a 5-2 home loss on Oct. 4. In 26 games here, Fleury is 17-6-1 with a 2.75 GAA and .910 save percentage, including time witht the Pittsburgh Penguins.
"Always loud, atmosphere is good," he said. "People are on me a bit."
Eakin dove in the offensive zone to poke the puck away from Sean Couturier and was open on the left side to take a return pass from Ryan Carpenter to score his second goal of the season.

"Just one of those ones where a stick and a bounce, and we were in the right spot at the right time," Eakin said. "I think that translated into the goal."
Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said he was disappointed by the outcome but happy with the effort.
"We played a [heck] of a game today," he said. "It stinks walking away with nothing to show for it. You don't get moral points for a loss but we played a [heck] of a hockey game today. Not much there I'd want to change. ... This is one of those nights, tip my hat to Fleury in net.
"They made a play late in the hockey game and it hurts like [heck] to walk out of here with nothing."

They said it

"Few more smiles going home. Long flight. Still only got four points on this trip so it's not ideal, but our game is improving a bit over the course of this road trip. Just got to keep getting better."-- Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury
"We had a lot of scoring chances we didn't capitalize offensively. We created some chances and we've got to stick to what we're doing. It's going to come. We're going to score a few goals next game if we do the same thing. Offensively we were good, defensively we were pretty tight. [The penalty kill] did a good job. Just little mistakes at the end that cost us big time." -- Flyers forward Sean Couturier

Need to know

Eakin is the third player this season to score a go-ahead goal in the final three minutes of the third period. Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs scored with 1:02 remaining against the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 7, and Cam Atkinson of the Columbus Blue Jackets scored with 2:46 remaining against the Florida Panthers on Oct. 11. ... Fleury's win was his 406th in the NHL, one behind Glenn Hall for 10th all-time. ... Vegas defenseman Deryk Engelland left the game 4:51 into the second period with an undisclosed injury. Coach Gerard Gallant said he hoped to have an update Sunday or Monday. ... Vegas went 0-for-3 on the power play and is 0-for-16 in five games this season. ... Fleury's 49th shutout ties him with Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings for fourth among active goaltenders. Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers is first (76). ... Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom missed the final 9:17 of the third period after being hit into the boards by Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb. There was no update on his condition after the game.

What's next

Golden Knights:Host the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, MSG-B, NHL.TV)
Flyers: Host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, FS-F, NHL.TV)