Golden Knights Score 1-0 Win In Arizona Behind Karlsson Goal, Fleury’s 62nd Career Shutout Sunday Afternoon
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Knights forward William Karlsson scored the game’s only goal with a mere 43 seconds left in the game and Marc-Andre Fleury racked up another shutout as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Arizona Coyotes, 1-0, and won their fifth game out of the first six of this shortened, 56-game season.
It was Fleury’s 62nd shutout of his Hall-of-Fame career.
The Knights improved to 5-1 with the win in Glendale, Arizona.
“Name of the game was patience,” Karlsson said after the game.
Fleury had won his first two starts and has now given up only three goals in three starts in this pandemic season.
Knights coach Pete DeBoer has been deploying goalies Robin Lehner and Fleury every other game through the first six games.
VGK fan Stacey Nutini was Gila River Arena with her fellow Golden Knight fans. Here’s how she saw the game: “So today’s game definitely seemed to have more VGK fans in attendance, I felt. Pretty uneventful game until it wasn’t. 😁 seeing that goal in person though… our fans got PUMPED and it was so great to hear and to feel that win, especially so last minute!”
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Fleury now has 469 wins, good for fifth all-time in NHL history.
After one period, the Golden Knights and Coyotes were scoreless. Knights outshot the Coyotes, 10-4. That’s the fewest shots allowed by the Golden Knights in a period this season.
This is the first road trip for the Golden Knights. Check out the sponsors’ stickers on the VGK player helmets. Summerlin-based Allegiant Air has the sponsor rights for the helmets for away games. Credit One Bank has the sponsorship presence on player helmets for home games at T-Mobile Arena.
After two periods at Gila River Arena, the game was still scoreless.
Golden Knights fans are also catching the game close to home here in Las Vegas. Here are fans watching the game at the Wolfgang Puck Players Locker in Downtown Summerlin.
