Mark Stone collected three points with a goal and two assists to propel the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. Vegas built a three-goal lead in the opening period and never trailed.
Rasmus Andersson opened the scoring 1:06 into the game on a snap shot assisted by Jack Eichel and Stone. Vegas doubled the lead at 4:02 when Noah Hanifin connected on another snap shot set up by Eichel and Stone. Stone extended the advantage to 3-0 on the power play at 17:46 with a snap shot assisted by Trevor Connelly and Mitch Marner.
Sidney Crosby put Pittsburgh on the board 5:54 into the second period with a tip-in goal on the power play from Tommy Novak and Erik Karlsson. Connelly responded for Vegas at 7:05 with an unassisted snap shot. Shea Theodore pushed the lead to 5-1 at 11:17 on a slap shot set up by Brayden McNabb and Marner. Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh on a poke shot at 4:43 of the third period with assists from Novak and Ville Koivunen, but Brett Howden finished the scoring with an unassisted goal for Vegas at 17:47.
Adin Hill earned the win for the Golden Knights by stopping 22 of 24 shots. Sergei Murashov took the loss for the Penguins after stopping 14 of 19 shots. Both teams converted their only power play of the night, while Vegas held a 24-19 advantage in faceoffs won and delivered 27 hits compared to 10 for Pittsburgh.
The result moved Vegas to 8-2-0 on the season and extended its winning streak to three games. Pittsburgh dropped to 3-5-1 and has lost three straight games.
Pittsburgh visits the Utah Mammoth on Monday. Vegas stays home to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
