Golden Knights 6-2 Kraken (December 21, 2024) Match Summary

LAS VEGAS — — Mark Stone had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Saturday night.

After falling behind 1-0 less than three minutes into the game, the Golden Knights scored three unanswered goals in the first period and never relinquished the lead.

After Keegan Kolesar tied the game at 1-all, Brett Howden took Jack Eichel’s pass from the back of the net and beat Philipp Grubauer on the doorstep to give Vegas a one-goal edge. Nic Hague’s goal later in the period put Vegas ahead, 3-1.

William Karlsson and Noah Hanifin also added goals in the third and Ilya Samsonov stopped 21 shots to improve to 8-3-1. Eichel finished with two assists.

Vince Dunn and Jaden Schwartz scored for Seattle, while Grubauer made 29 saves and fell to 3-10-0.

Takeaways

Kraken: Center Chandler Stephenson returned to Vegas for the first time since signing with Seattle as a free agent in the offseason. Stephenson is the only NHL player to hoist the Stanley Cup twice in Vegas, winning at T-Mobile Arena with Washington in 2018 and again with the Knights in 2023.

Golden Knights: Vegas has won three straight and seven of eight in December. With the win, the Knights (47) are now four points ahead of Los Angeles (43) in the Pacific Division and two points back of Western Conference leader Winnipeg (49).

Key moment

Trailing 1-0, Kolesar took a cross-ice pass from Victor Olofsson, leading him perfectly on a breakaway. Kolesar’s snip over Grubauer’s glove gave him his career-high eighth goal of the season.

Key state

Seattle is now 1-17-1 after two periods, while Vegas improved to 12-1-0 when leading after the first 40 minutes.

Next

The Knights host the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night. The Kraken visit the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.

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