Forward William Karlsson scored the game-winning goal at 3:44 of the third period to help give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-1 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday. Brett Howden has a goal and an assist. Alex Pietrangelo also scored, while Adin Hill maded 20 saves to help Vegas improve to 21-8-3 on the season.
“Our first period I don’t think went the way we wanted it to tonight, but we turned it on in the second period,” Hill said. “We kind of dominated the play there in the second, and I thought we deserved the win, and we got it tonight.” Here are three takeaways from the game: Hill Bounces Back Hill had one of his poorer performances in his last start against the Edmonton Oilers, where he allowed six goals.
He gave up the first goal of a game – a short shot by former Golden Knight Teddy Blueger . But he bounced back in a big way, making a huge stop on Pius Suter ’s shot from the left side. Hill made a diving glove save to preserve the 1-0 game, which ended up being a critical moment early.
He made 13 more saves after stopping Suter, helping the Golden Knights earn the win. “That save in the first was huge. I mean, everybody’s seen it,” Howden said.
“Could have easily their momentum going to make it two. He really kept us in it that first period. There’s not much to say about it.
It’s a pretty impressive save.” Pretty Penalty Kill It was a relatively clean game from both sides, as only three penalties were called. Bo.
