Golden Knights Score Hat Trick In Third Period To Subdue Florida Panthers, 4-2, Before 17,735 Thursday


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  Story by Alan Snel   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

Just the facts: Vegas Golden Knights 4 Florida Panthers 2

VGK goal scorers: Nic Roy (8),  Jack Eichel (15), William Carrier (11), William Karlsson (8, empty-netter)

Story line: Strange game ended with three VGK goals in third period after Knights trailed, 2-1, heading into final period.

Star of the game not mentioned: VGK goalie Adin Hill, stopping 37 of 39 shots

Key part of game: Golden Knights kill a 5-on-3 Florida advantage

Attendance: 17,735

VGK record: 28-13-2 for 58 points, two points ahead of Los Angeles and four points ahead of Seattle

Next game: VGK vs Edmonton Oilers, Saturday at 7 PM

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VGK winger Mark Stone left the game with an injury.

 


 

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Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.