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Vegas Golden Knights: Established stars prove the difference as Kings conquered

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 19: Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his third-period goal with the bench during the preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on September 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 19: Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his third-period goal with the bench during the preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on September 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 19: Curtis McKenzie #11 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his third-period goal with the bench during the preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on September 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 19: Curtis McKenzie #11 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his third-period goal with the bench during the preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on September 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Notes & Stats from the game

These were the lines rolled out from the start of the game by the Vegas Golden Knights…

Marchessault-Karlsson-Stone
Tuch-Eakin-Glass
McKenzie-Duke-Brown
Cotter-Leschyshyn-Elvenes

Hague-Schmidt
Schuldt-Engelland
Megna-Bischoff

Dansk

Here are some key stats from the game:

  • Shots On Goal – VGK: 26 – LA: 38
  • FO% – VGK: 36% – LA: 64%
  • PP – VGK: 0/3 – LA: 1/4
  • PIM – VGK: 8 – LA: 6
  • HITS – VGK: 18 – LA: 22
  • BLKS – VGK: 18 – LA: 9
  • GVA – VGK: 4 – LA: 7

And let’s check out a summary of scoring from the game:

  • Dustin Brown (1) PPG – Doughty (1), Lizotte (2) – 19:15 / 2nd
  • Blake Lizotte (1) – Toffoli (1), Walker (1) – 7:24 / 3rd
  • Curtis McKenzie (1) – Unassisted – 14:06 / 3rd
  • Mark Stone (1) – Marchessault (1), Engelland (1) – 15:00 / 3rd
  • Jonathan Marchessault (1) – Eakin (2) – 1:04 / OT

Here are some notes on the game and we will be breaking down our takeaways from the game on Friday…

  • Oscar Dansk was given his first start of the preseason and he impressed between the pipes, recording 36 saves from 38 shots, with the highlight-reel stop coming on a Drew Doughty one-timer which was stopped with the shoulder.
  • Cody Glass played on both the second line and top line in addition to getting time on the power play, and despite not recording a point, the stud rookie was sensational and created a slew of chances for his teammates in the second period. He was outstanding and it was an encouraging outing from the high-end prospect.
  • Mark Stone made his preseason debut and he looked locked in from the start, recording a goal and finishing the night with a plus/minus rating of +1 in 17:36 minutes of ice time, which included time on both the power play and on the penalty kill.
  • Jonathan Marchessault talled a two point night including the Overtime winner, and the forward finished with a plus/minus rating of +2 and looked sharp in 16:57 minutes of ice time.
  • Defenseman Deryk Engelland made his preseason debut and the veteran logged a monster 21:19 minutes of ice time, which was only bettered by rookie Nic Hague (22:08). Engelland finished the game with an assist.
  • William Karlsson was held out of the third period as a precaution, but the center is expected to practice on Friday which is positive news for the Golden Knights.

Next. Training Camp Roster is trimmed down. dark

It was another night packed full of positives for the Vegas Golden Knights who are back in action on Saturday when they head to San Jose for their fourth preseason game against the Sharks at 5:00 p.m. PT.

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