Buffalo Seals Thrash Vegas 3-1 in Heart-Pounding Showdown!
After opening their four-game homestand on an offensive tear with 10 goals in two wins, the Golden Knights ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday night. Buffalo , the league's hottest team since Dec. 9, stayed red hot with its 10th win in 11 games since the Olympic Break, winning 2-0.
It was Vegas' third shutout loss of the season and its first at home. While Buffalo goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves to keep his stat line clean, the Golden Knights misfired on 22 shots "I thought we got lots of pucks there, some rebounds," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "We just misfired on them.
I thought Mitch (Marner) had a chance late. (Nic) Dowd had a rebound with an open net that ended up off net. (Mark) Stoney had a rebound on the power play.
"There were some rebounds there that we just didn't finish. " KEY MOMENT With 16:35 left in the game, Pavel Dorofeyev took a pass from Marner and fired a wicked wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle, but was stymied by Luukkonen, setting the tone for a resilient finish by Buffalo's netminder, who improved to 6-1 since Jan. 22.
KEY STAT 0 for 3 ... For the fourth time in five games the Golden Knights couldn't score a power-play goal. From Jan.