Vegas Golden Knights: Lehner the real deal, other takeaways
It was back to business for the Vegas Golden Knights who shutout the New Jersey Devils in a dominant 3-0 win at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night.
After dropping a tough one to the LA Kings on Sunday, the Vegas Golden Knights bounced back to win for the ninth time in their last 10 outings.
Facing off against a Devils team going through the early stages of a rebuild, the Golden Knights did what they had to do to maintain their lead at the top of the Pacific Division.
And it was all down to Robin Lehner who stopped all 27 shots he faced to secure his first shutout for the Golden Knights.
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Lehner was a real calming presence for Vegas and the Knights now boast one of the best goalie tandems in the entire National Hockey League heading into the postseason.
Some of Vegas’ big-hitters also delivered the goods as Max Pacioretty fired in his 33rd goal of the year following a sublime pass from William Karlsson in the second period.
Karlsson then had a moment to remember in the final period after recording the 100th goal of his NHL career, one-timing a Nicolas Roy dish beyond Mackenzie Blackwood.
And the game was iced when Ryan Reaves eventually jammed the puck past Blackwood, who had made a couple of stops in quick succession after the Golden Knights had kept the play alive in the offensive zone.
This was a big win for the Vegas Golden Knights on a night where the Edmonton Oilers also won, and we had some takeaways from the contest with the New Jersey Devils…