X

Golden Knights Return To Win Column With 5-2 Victory Over New York Islanders Saturday; Attendance Announced At 18,312


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

Just the Facts: Vegas Golden Knights 5 New York Islanders 2

Golden Knights goal scorers: Jack Eichel, 17th goal of season, in first period; Pavel “Alf” Dorofeyev, fifth, and Nic Roy, sixth, both in second period; Eichel’s second of game and 18th of season in third period; Roy’s second of the game and seventh of season in third period.

Storyline: Vegas back in the win column after losing six of prior seven games.

Attendance: 18,312

 

VGK record: 23 wins, 12 losses, five losses after 40 games for 51 points, second place in Pacific Division.

Goalie rebound: A slumping Logan Thompson stopped 28 of 30 Islanders shots and picked up the W.


 

Postgame quote: “We were consistent most of the night.” — VGK coach Bruce Cassidy

Slump stat: The Golden Knights had won only three of their previous ten games entering the Saturday game against the Islanders.

Injured Knights: William Karlsson, week-to-week; William Carrier, Zach Whitecloud, Shea Theodore, Adin Hill

Next game: VGK travel to Colorado to play Avalanche in Denver Wednesday.


 

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.
Related Post