By Allan Kreda
Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore and Jack Eichel scored and Adin Hill made 16 saves because the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Thursday evening and snapped a four-game skid.
The Golden Knights additionally received on the street for simply the second time since Jan. 7.
Roy scored his seventh objective at 3:09 of the center interval to place Las Vegas up 1-0. Theodore adopted together with his seventh at 11:18.
Eichel made it 3-0 at 4:06 of the third together with his nineteenth objective.
Ondrej Palat ruined Hill’s shutout bid together with his twelfth objective at 15:43 of the third on the facility play. Stefan Noesen and Jesper Bratt assisted.
New Jersey was coming off a shootout win at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The Devils are 2-3-0 of their final 5 video games.
Vegas was 1-3-2 in its earlier six contests, together with street losses to the Rangers and Islanders to start out their present four-game street journey.
Devils captain Nico Hischier missed his fifth recreation after being cross-checked by Montreal’s Nick Suzuki on Jan. 25.
Devils defenseman Simon Nemec performed in an NHL recreation for the primary time since Oct. 22 following his recall from AHL Utica.
Allen made 36 saves for the Devils and fell to 8-11-1 this season.
TakeawaysGolden Knights: Improved to 13-11-3 on the street. Vegas is 19-6-3 at house.
Devils: Fell to 15-9-4 at house. New Jersey is 8-3-1 at Prudential Middle since Dec. 12.
Key momentRoy’s objective snapped a scoreless tie and generated momentum for Vegas, which scored greater than two targets for the primary time since Jan. 28.
Key statHill improved to 20-10-4, the primary time the 28-year-old netminder reached the 20-win milestone. Hill helped Vegas win the Stanley Cup in 2023. He received 19 video games final season.
Up NextDevils: Go to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Golden Knights: Journey to Boston to play the Bruins on Saturday.
