Brayden McNabb and Jack Eichel scored short goals 23 seconds apart as the visiting Las Vegas Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Friday night, highlighting a four-goal outburst in the third period. did.
Vegas recorded its league-leading 14th come-from-behind victory this season, extending its winning streak to a season-high five games.
Eichel, McNabb, Mark Stone and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, while Noah Hanifin and Pavel Dorofeev also scored for the Golden Knights.
Alex Pietrangelo had three assists, Victor Olofsson had two assists and Adin Hill finished with 22 saves for the Golden Knights. The Golden Knights won for the ninth time in their last 10 games, improving their regular season record to 13-0-3 in the Sun. Jose.
Will Smith had a goal and an assist, and Shaquille Muhammadulin and Tyler Toffoli also scored for San Jose, which has lost its sixth straight game (0-5-1). Fabian Zetterlund had two assists and Alexander Georgiev made 30 saves.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at 6:58 of the first period. A wide-open Hanifin burst through the slot and buried a wrist shot over Georgiev’s left shoulder.
San Jose tied the game at 14:40 of the first period on Muhammadulin’s first career NHL goal. A slap shot from the left point went over Hill’s right pad and into the inside of the near post.
The Golden Knights regained the lead at 3:27 of the second period when Stone rebounded Olofsson’s shot with a backhand.
However, San Jose recovered in the second half and took a 3-2 lead. Smith tied it at 5:53 when he tipped in a cross pass from Macklin Celebrini, and Toffoli followed with his team-leading 14th goal at 15:57. Toffoli’s pass from the end boards toward the front of the net hit Las Vegas defenseman Nicolas Haag in the leg and hit the inside of the right post.
The Golden Knights then took control of the game by scoring three goals, including two shorthanded goals, in the first 5:46 to start the third period.
McNabb scored his first goal in 30 games at 1:03, after a deft curl-and-drag move, he fired a wrist shot from the left circle over Georgiev’s glove to tie the game at 3-3.
Eichel scored a short-handed goal 23 seconds later, his team’s third goal in two games, with a bank shot from the right side of the goal and into Georgiev’s back.
Dorofeev then hit a backhand shot near Georgiev’s pads at 5:46 to make it 5-3.
The Sharks pulled Georgiev as an extra attacker with 2:45 left, and Howden’s empty-netter with 31.5 seconds left sealed the victory.
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