Carolina’s Third Period Give Hurricanes 4-2 Win Over Vegas Tuesday
Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
Just the facts: Carolina Hurricanes 4 Vegas Golden Knights 2
Golden Knights goal scorers: Brett Howden (2), Shea Theodore (3)
Storyline: Carolina scored two in the first period, VGK scored two in the second, Carolina opens third with a go-ahead goal.
Attendance: VGK say 17,737
Record: VGK 9-7, three-game win streak snapped
Message: Both Coach Pete DeBoer and Mark Stone mentioned that with the franchise’s success over the first four years, nobody in the league will be feeling sorry for the Golden Knights’ wave of injuries.
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Period One: Carolina strikes first. Hurricanes defenseman Anthony DeAngelo fired home a puck past VGK goalie Robin Lehner midway through the opening stanza. Lehner looked solid before that shot. Can’t wait for Lehner, known as “Panda,” face Hurricanes defenseman Ethan Bear.
The Carolina club is legit. The Hurricanes came out of the gate with nine straight wins before splitting the next for games for their 11-2 record.
Case in point: The Hurricanes zipped the puck around on a power play, toying the Knights in a game of keep-away. Sebastian Aho converted a rebound into an uncontested goal and Carolina had a 2-0 lead.
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Period Two: The Knights came out with more energy in the middle stanza. Brett Howden outworked Hurricanes defender Brendan Smith — Reilly Smith’s brother — for the puck, skated across the slot and flipped in a gorgeous shot over the shoulder of Carolina goalie Antti Raanta to cut the Carolina lead to 2-1.
Then VGK defenseman Shea Theodore followed up an offensive move by poking ion his rebound and just like that the Golden Knights drew even with the Hurricanes only five minutes into the second period.
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Lehner stopped 32 of 34 shots through two periods, while the Knights mustered only 16 shots on goal. Lehner’s play kept the VGK tied and in position to steal two points from an excellent Carolina team.
Third period: The youngest player on the ice, 19-year-old Seth Jarvis, scored to give Carolina a 3-2 lead early in the period.
Carolina’s Vincent Trocheck added an insurance goal about 14 minutes into the third period and the Hurricanes grabbed a 4-2 lead.
Aho smacked VGK forward Evgenii Dadonov in the nose with his stick late in the game after Theodore left the ice with an injury and went straight to the locker room.
Final: Carolina 4 VGK 2
On Thursday, the Knights host the Detroit Red Wings.
VGK missed forwards Jonathan Marchessault and William Carrier, both in NHL COVID-19 protocol.
DeBoer said he doesn’t recall being through a rash of injuries like the Knights have endured so far this season and hopes the injuries are in the early part of the season and not in the latter stages.
