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Fleury moved into a tie for 10th place with
Glenn Hall on the all-time wins list for NHL goalies. William
Karlsson had a goal and two assists, and Cody Eakin also scored
for Vegas, which scored more than two goals in a game for the
first time this season. Reilly Smith added two assists.
Vladimir Sobotka scored for Buffalo, which was playing the
second game of five-game western road trip that began with a 3-0
shutout of the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday and continues on
Thursday at San Jose. Carter Hutton stopped 25 shots for the
Sabres.
Vegas, which had a Shea Theodore goal midway through the first
period overturned by a coaches' challenge after it was
determined Max Pacioretty was offside prior to the goal, bounced
back to take a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Marchessault.
The Golden Knights center converted a centering pass from
Karlsson from the slot, firing a shot under Hutton's arm with
1:01 left in the period.
Marchessault's third goal of the season snapped Vegas' 0-for-16
streak on the power play to open the season, and left the Los
Angeles Kings as the only team in the NHL without a power-play
goal this season.
Eakin made it 2-0 early in the second period with an unassisted
short-handed goal, breaking out in an odd-man rush with Ryan
Carpenter and then beating Hutton on his blocker side with a
left-handed wrist shot from the right circle. It was the third
goal in just four games for Eakin, who began the season on
injured reserve with a lower-body injury.
Karlsson, who finished third in the NHL with 43 goals last
season, scored his first goal of the season at the 10:40 mark of
the third period, redirecting a crossing pass from Smith past
Hutton.
The Sabres pulled Hutton with 4:43 remaining and had a
six-on-four advantage when Vegas defenseman Colin Miller went to
the box for a tripping penalty with 2:40 left. Sobotka
backhanded a shot from the slot through Fleury's pads with 36.7
seconds left to spoil the shutout bid.
Marchessault then added an empty-net goal with 12.7 seconds to
go to finish the scoring. Karlsson earned an assist, his second
of the game.
--Field Level Media
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