Seeking Urgency, Vegas Golden Knights Snag Two Points With 3-1 Win Over New Jersey Devils On St. Patrick’s Day Sunday; Announced Attendance, 18,234

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    Story by Alan Snel    Photos by Hugh Byrne

 

Just the facts: Vegas Golden Knights 3 New Jersey Devils 1

Story line: On St. Patrick’s Day, Golden Knights overcame a 1-0 deficit in the third period and beat hot goalie Jake Allen to win three of the last four .

Golden Knights goal scorers: William Carrier scored his sixth goal in the third period to tie the game, 1-1. Jack Eichel then scored midway through the period to give the the VGK a 2-1 lead. William Karlsson sealed the win with an empty-netter for his 24th

Attendance: 18,234

VGK record: 36-24-7 for 79 points

Key takeaway: VGK relied on depth of four lines for “full team effort” and kept foot on gas after taking 2-1 lead in third period.

Next game: Vegas vs Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.


 

 

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.