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Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Well, it looked like Dallas had Vegas right where the Stars wanted the Knights — opening the final period with a juicy 4-1 lead.
But the VGK had other ideas. The Knights scored three times, including a 6-on-5 goal by Mitch Marner with goalie Adin Hill off the ice, to send the Dallas-Vegas into overtime tied at four each.
The Knights, however, have not fared well in shootouts — and overtimes — this season. Dallas won the shootout, 2-0, without Vegas’ third shooter not even hitting the ice and the Stars left Las Vegas with a 5-4 win with the VGK salvaging a point after the 4-1 third period deficit.
Vegas is now 25-14-14 for 64 points, but those 14 OT/shootout losses look rough.
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The Vegas Golden Knights and the Dallas Stars are getting together for a game for the first time this season and Pete DeBoer and his three-piece suit are nowhere to be seen.
The cerebral DeBoer coached both teams but he also was fired by both NHL clubs. These days, he’s prepping for the Winter Olympics as an assistant coach on Team Canada after getting the ax from Dallas after his Stars lost to Edmonton in the conference finals last year.
There’ no DeBoer. But there’s Hello Kitty at T-Mobile Arena, where the Knights sold ticket deals as low as $85 for admission and a Hello Kitty plush. The crowd was announced at 17,888.
The NHL also broke the news today that the VGK and Dallas will play at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium as part of the league’s Stadium Series in Jan. 2027.
The Knights may have lost this game in a shootout, but they also suffered through a brutal second period. After Dallas third line center Matt Duchene opened the scoring about a minute and a half into the contest, VGK’s Keegan Kolesar tied the game at one apiece about four minutes into the middle stanza.
Dallas then took over the game, capitalizing on VGK miscues to score three goals in a row for a 4-1 lead thanks to two tallies by Mavrik Bourque and the final goal of the period by Wyatt Johnson.
Vegas acquisition Rasmus Andersson made his home ice debut for the Knights. He was paired with Noah Hanifin on the blue line.
Original Misfit Reilly Smith scored a shorthanded goal to infuse some juice into the VGK with more than 15 minutes left in the third. The Knights trailed, 4-2.
Ivan Barbashev then brought Vegas within a goal thanks to a nice pass from Andersson, who took feed from Mark Stone.
VGK was back in contention, trailing by only a goal at 4-3.
The Marner goal sent the arena into delirium and the game into overtime before the Stars took the two points with the shootout win.
Vegas’ next game is Saturday when Seattle comes to town.
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