Golden Knights roll past Kraken for 3rd straight win

Vince Dunn and Jaden Schwartz scored and Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves for Seattle (15-18-2), which has lost four straight.

“We made some mistakes with the puck and execution. Then (some things) with our structure that ended up in the back of our net,” Schwartz said. “That gave them some chances. When we’re at the top of our game, it doesn’t matter what other teams are doing. We are aggressive and confident. Right now, things are not going easily. We just have to get through this and get back to it.”

Dunn gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 2:34 of the first period. He scored from the right spot on the power play.

Kolesar tied the match at 1-1 at 12:39, when Victor Olofsson found him on with a nail pass on the rush. The forward has eight goals in 33 games, tying his NHL career high achieved in each of the previous two seasons.

“I’m still bringing the same game that I have right from the start, just the mentality of shooting more and getting more pucks in the net and just getting credit with more goals,” Kolesar said.

Howden gave the Golden Knights a 2-1 lead at 13:50, once a pass from under the goal line from Eichel.

Hague pushed it to 3-1 at 17:48, scoring on a wrist shot above the left circle.

“The chances were fairly even in the first period, even though we are ahead 3-1. I thought our (goalie) was a little better than their guy in the first period, Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “So let’s not get ahead of ourselves as a team and think we’re going to outplay this team or not. We just got a couple extra saves and then they got a lot of saves in the second period so I thought both goaltenders were pretty good, and then the third period is kind of what it is.”

William Karlsson made it 4-1 at 8:09 of the third period, tapping a Kolesar pass between his legs.

“It was amazing. I just stood there (with my mouth open), Kolesar said. “Fortunately, I was able to, you know, get enough wood on it to get it to ‘Karl.’