LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone and Noah Hanifin every scored a power-play aim within the third interval, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Sunday night time.
The Golden Knights gained for the fifth time in six video games. They prolonged their lead within the Pacific Division to 4 factors over Edmonton.
New Jersey fell two factors behind Carolina within the Metropolitan after the Hurricanes beat Calgary 2-1 in extra time.
Each objectives got here off Hanifin pictures from the purpose, with Stone redirecting the primary one and letting the second go previous.
Jack Eichel had two assists to stretch his single-season franchise report to 26 factors on the person benefit. Adin Hill made 25 saves for his third shutout this season.
Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 22 pictures in his first recreation since Jan. 22. He had been sidelined by a strained knee ligament.
Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb performed in his 800th recreation. Additionally on the blue line, Vegas’ Zach Whitecloud performed in his three hundredth recreation.
Takeaways
Devils: Markstrom appeared stable in his return and gave his group each probability to win.
Golden Knights: Vegas performed poorly within the third interval its previous three video games, although the Golden Knights gained twice. This was their greatest closing interval by far over the span.
Key second
Hill made a glove save with 6:17 left within the second interval to rob Paul Cotter on a 2-on-1 probability.
Key stat
4 — the variety of energy performs for the Golden Knights within the third interval. The Golden Knights scored on two energy performs after getting into third within the NHL by changing on 27.9%. New Jersey got here in with the second-best penalty kill at 83.6%.
Up subsequent
The Devils go to Dallas on Tuesday, and the Golden Knights host Toronto on Wednesday.
By Mark Anderson
