Vegas Golden Knights: Third period collapse, other takeaways from Boston
It was the one that got away for the Vegas Golden Knights as they dropped a tough one to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at TD Garden.
Despite winning the special teams battle and taking a lead into the third period, the Vegas Golden Knights choked and gave up two unanswered goals on the way to suffering a 3-2 loss.
It was an incredibly frustrating turn of events for the Knights who had the game there for the taking, but they couldn’t find that killer instinct to get the job done.
Instead, the Golden Knights will enter the All-Star break with plenty to work on as they attempt to get hot down the stretch and come out on top in what is an incredibly competitive Pacific Division.
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But, back to the game and it was a perfect start for Vegas as Mark Stone landed the first blow of the night minutes into the first period.
However, Jeremy Lauzon ripped a shot from the point through traffic past Marc-Andre Fleury to make it a tied game heading into the second period.
Vegas was doing everything right and they were playing a real gritty road game, an admirable effort that was rewarded when Nic Hague unleashed a wicked one-time past Jaroslav Halak for his first career goal in the NHL.
Despite taking a lead into the final period, though, the Golden Knights imploded in the final 20-minutes and eventually succumbed to goals from Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci to lose the game.
It was a tough loss for the Vegas Golden Knights who were on the cusp of pulling a statement win out of the bag, and we had some takeaways from the contest at TD Garden…