Ilya Samsonov, Golden Knights shut down Geese

Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves in his first begin for the Vegas Golden Knights, serving to them to a 3-1 win towards the visiting Anaheim Geese on Sunday evening.

Brett Howden, Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev scored and Keegan Kolesar had two assists for the Golden Knights, who’ve received three in a row to start out the season for the third straight 12 months.

Troy Terry scored for the Geese, who received their season opener 2-0 on the San Jose Sharks on Saturday evening.

Anaheim goalie James Reimer additionally made his group debut after he was claimed off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres on Monday and he made 29 saves.

Hertl gave Vegas a 2-1 lead with a power-play purpose at 5:18 of the third interval.

Geese middle Isac Lundestrom broke his stick on the faceoff to start out the ability play within the Vegas zone finish and that prevented Anaheim from clearing the puck earlier than Mark Stone centered Hertl for the redirection.

Vegas prolonged the result in 3-1 at 14:09 of the third interval when Kolesar stole the puck from rookie defenseman Tristan Luneau within the Anaheim zone and fed the puck again to Dorofeyev for the wrist shot from the proper circle.

The Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead at 6:17 of the primary interval.

Geese defenseman Cam Fowler briefly had possession behind the Anaheim web, however Kolesar intercepted his backhand go up the ice and fed Alex Pietrangelo within the slot. His shot was saved, however the puck fell within the crease and Howden was there to brush it into the web earlier than Reimer might react.

The Geese tied it 1-1 at 11:49 of the primary.

Ivan Barbashev had the puck on the left level and tried to feed Shea Theodore as he crossed the blue line, but it surely was intercepted by Terry for a breakaway. Terry waited till he reached the within fringe of the proper circle earlier than beating Samsonov on his shortside.

–Discipline Stage Media