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Fleury was making his first start since Nov. 23
after taking a personal leave due to the illness and death of
his father. He lost his shutout bid with just 27 seconds to go
when Dominik Kubalik scored a power-play goal.
Deryk Engelland, William Karlsson, Max Pacioretty and Ryan
Reaves also scored goals for Vegas, which snapped a two-game
losing streak.
Corey Crawford finished with 32 saves for Chicago, which fell to
1-6-2 all-time against the Golden Knights.
After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, Vegas took control with
three goals in the second. Smith got the first on a power play
at the 7:27 mark, gathering in a rebound of Nate Schmidt shot on
the right side of the net and then tucking it around Crawford
for his team-leading 13th goal of the season.
Engelland made it 2-0 less than four minutes later when he took
a crossing pass from Alex Tuch in the right circle and fired a
wrist shot past Crawford's blocker side for his first goal in 41
games dating back to March 6 against Calgary.
Karlsson then scored his first goal in 11 games with a
short-handed goal, slapping in a drop pass from Smith, who had
stolen the puck from Alex DeBrincat and then started an odd-man
rush.
Pacioretty increased the lead to 4-0 early in the third period
when he tapped in a pass from Mark Stone into an open net at the
end of a 2-on-1 for his 11th goal of the season. Reaves followed
with his third goal of the season, one-timing a Paul Stastny
setup from the middle of the right circle.
--Field Level Media
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