Golden Knights Lose Second Straight, Fall, 4-1, To LA Kings Before 18,330 Wednesday

 

 

 

 

 


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

It was a nice hockey crowd on a Wednesday in Las Vegas.

But the Sin City fans left T-Mobile Arena disappointed after division rival, the Los Angeles Kings, built a 3-0 lead in the third period and skated out of the ice house with two points after the 3-1 win.

It was the second straight regulation loss for the Golden Knights, who lost, 4-2, to the Ducks in Anaheim Sunday.

The Kings’ veteran goalie Cam Talbot was sharp throughout the game, which drew an announced crowd of 18,330.

VGK’s Mark Stone thought it was a “bland” even game most of the night, with the difference being two Kings power play goals.

VGK coach Bruce Cassidy thought the Kings’ efforts on their power plays were a big difference tonight.

The Knights were without two centers — Chandler Stephenson and Nic Roy, plus two defensemen, Zach Whitecloud and Nic Hague.

Adrian Kempe and Trevor Moore scored for the Kings in the second period and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored  power play goal early in the third period for the 3-0 lead.

 

 

The VGK fell to 11 wins against two losses, plus a tie. The Knights at 11-2-1 have 23 points, while teh Kings are now 8-2-2 for 18 points.

William Karlsson broke the scoreless run by Vegas with a goal in the third.

The Kings’ Anze Kopitar added an empty-netter for the 4-1 final.

Vegas plays San Jose Friday night.


 

Alan Snel

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.