Golden Knights 5-0 Flames (Oct. 28, 2024) Game Recap

LAS VEGAS – Keegan Kolesar scored two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Calgary Flames 5-0 on Monday night.

Vegas went 4-0 at home and outscored its opponents 24-8 during the impressive stretch. Kolesar scored his first multi-goal game in his career.

Alex Pietrangelo, Mark Stone and Nic Roy also scored, and Adin Hill made the save in the team's first shutout of the '16 season.

Dan Vladar made 31 saves for the Flames.

Takeaways

Flames: Entered with the fourth-lowest faceoff win rate (44.9%) and fared even worse on Monday, winning just 42.1% of faceoffs.

Golden Knights: Per Money Puck, the top line of Stone, Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev scored 13 goals at 5-on-5, the most in the NHL for a one-line combination.

Key moment

Eichel intercepted a pass from Brayden Pachal through the neutral zone early in the second period, ran into Vegas offensive territory and backhanded a drop pass to Stone, who fired it past Vladar for a 2-0 lead.

Key statistics

Calgary forward Mikael Backlund skated in his 999th NHL game. He made his NHL debut on January 8, 2009. He is poised to become the 19th player of Swedish descent to appear in 1,000 NHL contests.

Next

The Flames visit Utah on Wednesday. The Golden Knights play the Kings on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

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