LAS VEGAS (AP) It was a great time for Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley to visit the locker room after their latest win.The Golden
Knights had just beaten one of the NHL’s Original Six teams
Philipp Grubauer Jersey Womens , set another record for an expansion team in its inaugural season, and they also leapfrogged the Tampa Bay Lightning for
the top spot in the NHL standings with 82 points.Reilly Smith had two goals and
an assist to lead Vegas to a 6-3 win over the struggling Montreal Canadiens on
Saturday night.Article continues below ...”It’s fantastic for us, it’s fantastic
for the team, it’s fantastic for the fans – I love it,” Foley said. ”It’s really
unbelievable and I wish Reilly would have gotten that last goal for a hat trick,
because he deserves it.”Foley admitted when the season started he didn’t think
he’d be doing interviews this late in the season, but with his team clearly
headed to the playoffs, he didn’t mind fielding questions.”I knew we had a good
team,” Foley said. ”When we did the expansion draft, it was a lot of hard
work
Womens Niklas Hjalmarsson Jersey , and we put a lot of planning into it. We had five mock draft sessions in the expansion draft. We knew what we were
getting. The result is what we have.”What Vegas has, is a team that improved to
22-4-2 at T-Mobile Arena, matching the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers (22-12-6) for
the most home wins by a team in its first season.Since their 3-2 loss in
Montreal on Nov. 7, the Golden Knights are 30-10-3 while the Canadiens are
15-21-6.Brad Hunt, Tomas Nosek, Ryan Carpenter, Nate Schmidt also scored for
Vegas, while Jonathan Marchessault had three assists. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped
30 shots, including a highlight-reel glove save on Charles Hudon skating in on a
breakaway in the third period, to improve to 19-6-2.”We just want to play the
same way that’s made us successful and keep going forward and not kind of relax
a bit
http://www.officialoilers.com/authentic-adidas-connor-mcdavid-jersey , we just want to stay with it,” Hunt said. ”We still got a lot of work to do. We
just take it day by day, we’re not looking too far forward.”Hudon, Nikita
Scherbak and Jonathan Drouin scored for Montreal. Antti Niemi started and gave
up three goals on six shots before being replaced by Carey Price midway through
the first period. Price, who came into the game having lost eight straight road
games, finished with 24 saves.Montreal, which fell to 2-5-1 this month, has the
league’s worst road record at 8-19-1. The Canadiens have lost 11 of their last
12 away from home and have been outscored 41-16 during the slide.”It’s always
tough when you lose,” Scherbak said. ”We’re trying to stick together. We have a
great group of guys here, everybody supports each other
Milan Lucic Jersey Kids , and nobody is happy to lose.”Smith got the scoring going with his seventh power-play goal of the season after taking
Schmidt’s pass and one-time a laser past Niemi 2:16 into the game.The Golden
Knights scored with the man advantage for the 12th time in 13 games, finishing 1
for 2 on the night. Vegas also improved to 24-3-0 when scoring the first goal of
the game and their .889 win percentage when recording the opening mark leads the
NHL.”First goal has been huge for us this year,” Smith said. ”Our record is
pretty outstanding when we score the first one. But it’s teams like that, if you
let them stay around, they’re the ones that are going to make you pay. Those
leads are huge at the start and they help us out.”Hudon tied it a couple of
minutes later, as he skated past Hunt and used a nifty move to beat Fleury.But
Hunt made amends for losing Hudon down the boards when he drilled a slap shot
from the point to put Vegas ahead. Nosek’s goal made it 3-1 and sent Niemi to
the bench.Scherbak got his first goal of the season to cut the lead to 3-2 with
8:13 left in the opening period.Carpenter scored his fifth goal in seven games
3:07 into the second period, and Smith got his second of the game 37 seconds
later to make it 5-2.Schmidt got his fifth on a pass from Smith to give Vegas a
four-goal lead four minutes into the third.Just 13 seconds into a power play,
Drouin fired a slap shot into the back of the net at 8:44 to close the
scoring.NOTES: Montreal D Joe Morrow played in his 100th career game, while F
Paul Byron played in his 100th consecutive game. … When Price entered the game
he tied Patrick Roy for second in team history for most games played by a
goalie. … Canadiens C Tomas Plekanec moved into seventh place for the most games
played in team history. … Golden Knights defenseman Luca Sbisa is now one point
away from 100 for his career.UP NEXTMontreal: At Philadelphia on Tuesday.Vegas:
Hosts Anaheim on Monday. NEW YORK (AP) Riley Nash and Zdeno Chara scored
first-period goals and Patrice Bergeron added two in the second to help the
surging Boston Bruins swamp the New York Rangers 6-1 on Wednesday night.The
Bruins won for the 18th time in their last 23 games, getting 21 saves from
backup netminder Anton Khudobin. The Bruins (33-11-8) are just a point behind
Atlantic Division-leading Tampa Bay.Tim Schaller’s goal that made it 4-1 at 7:25
of the second period chased Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and brought boos
from the crowd at Madison Square Garden.Sean Kuraly also scored for Boston. Rick
Nash scored for New York.MAPLE LEAFS 3
Oscar Klefbom Jersey , PREDATORS 2, SOTORONTO (AP) – James van Riemsdyk scored in regulation and again in the seventh round of a shootout in Toronto’s
victory over Nashville.Kasperi Kapanen also scored in regulation to help the
Maple Leafs win for the sixth time in seven games. Frederik Andersen made 44
saves to improve to 7-1-0 against Nashville.Colton Sissons and Viktor Arvidsson
scored for the Predators, and Pekka Rinne stopped 30 shots.KINGS 5, OILERS 2LOS
ANGELES (AP) – Paul LaDue scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 5:27
remaining, and Los Angeles pulled away late against Edmonton.Darcy Kuemper made
25 saves for his fourth straight win, although his shutout streak ended at
193:58 – the second-longest in Los Angeles history behind Jonathan Quick’s mark
of 202:11 in October 2011. Adrian Kempe and Kyle Clifford also scored for the
Kings, who are 5-2-0 after losing six in a row.Connor McDavid scored for the
third straight game and Leon Draisaitl had a power-play goal for the Oilers, who
failed to earn a point for the second time in their past eight games (5-2-1).
Cam Talbot made 23 saves.LaDue put the Kings back in front 3-2 with his second
NHL goal. Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar added empty-netters.—
