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Vegas Golden Knights: Tuch’s breakout night, other takeaways from New York

By Andrew Steele-Davis

Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights scores on the power-play. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights scores on the power-play. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 02: Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his power-play goal at 3:50 of the first period against Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 02: Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his power-play goal at 3:50 of the first period against Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 02, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

1. Tuch’s breakout night

To say that it has been a frustrating first quarter of the 2019-20 regular season for Alex Tuch would be a severe understatement.

The forward has only played in 12 games after suffering two significant upper-body injuries, and he walked into Madison Square Garden with just two goals and five points to his name.

However, as he showed in the win over the Arizona Coyotes, Tuch is starting to find his feet, discover his mojo and he took that to a whole different level against the Rangers on Monday.

He ripped a shot beyond Henrik Lundqvist to get Vegas on the board early in the first period, and he read the play well to get to the front of the net and one-time a feed from Nate Schmidt past Lundqvist on the power play minutes later.

In less than five minutes Tuch had doubled his goal tally and the forward was playing with a real swagger that hasn’t been seen so far this year.

It was a big night for Tuch who was born in Syracuse, and the forward is starting to show signs that he’s on the cusp of reaching the peak of his powers and is ready to provide secondary scoring for the Golden Knights this season.

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