Brett Howden, Tomas Hertl, and Pavel Dorofeyev each found the net as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Sunday night.
Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves for Vegas. Troy Terry scored the only goal for the Ducks, while James Reimer had 29 saves.
With this win, Vegas improved to 3-0-0 in its first three games for the fifth time since joining the NHL in 2017. The Knights also raised their all-time record against the Ducks to 24-7-1, including a strong 14-3-0 at home in Vegas.
Ducks: This was just the second game of the season for Anaheim, and they seemed to struggle after playing back-to-back nights following their 2-0 win in San Jose on Saturday. Vegas outshot the Ducks 32-23.
Golden Knights: After allowing Terry to score in the first period, Samsonov settled in for his Vegas debut and stopped Trevor Zegras on a breakaway early in the second period.
While the Ducks were killing a penalty, they ended up with only three players on the ice after Isac Lundestrom lost his stick and had trouble controlling the puck. Vegas took advantage of this when Mark Stone passed to Hertl across the slot for a quick shot from close range. This goal turned out to be the game-winner and marked Hertl’s first of the season.
15 – Vegas scored 15 goals in its first three games of the season, the highest number for the team in the first three games of any season in franchise history.
