It was a perfect ending to the year and to the Decade for the Vegas Golden Knights who got revenge on the Anaheim Ducks in a big way.
Just days after dropping a 4-3 decision to the Ducks, the Vegas Golden Knights got their own back after cruising to a 5-2 win at T-Mobile Arena.
It could have been a lot more than five, too, were it not for Anaheim goalie John Gibson, who was absolutely superb with 38 saves from 42 shots.
And it was the Ducks who landed the first blow of the night as Korbinian Holzer punished a rookie mistake by Cody Glass to record his first goal of the year.
That setback seemed to wake the Golden Knights up and they struck twice at the end of the first period thanks to Mark Stone and Alex Tuch, with the latter credited with the goal after Josh Manson put the puck into his own net.
Reilly Smith scored an absolute filthy effort in the second period to make it a two-goal game, before Jonathan Marchessault converted a penalty shot in the third to really put Vegas in the driving seat.
Anaheim did keep themselves alive after Jakob Silfverberg scored seconds after the power play had expired, although Marchessault iced the game for the Golden Knights with an empty-netter.
It was a big win for the Vegas Golden Knights who have now won three straight, and we had some main takeaways from the contest starting with yet another milestone for our future Hall of Famer…