Barbashev's 4-point night helps Golden Knights hold off Blackhawks 7-5
[February 28, 2025]
By MARK ANDERSON
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev had two goals and two
assists, Vegas scored five times in the first period and the Golden
Knights held off the Chicago Blackhawks 7-5 on Thursday night.
The Golden Knights increased their Pacific Division lead to four points
over Edmonton. They have won four of their past five games. |
Vegas Golden Knights centers Nicolas Roy (10) and Ivan Barbashev (49)
celebrate with right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) after Kolesar's goal
during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago
Blackhawks Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule) |
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Chicago has lost four consecutive games, but
the Blackhawks got within a goal midway through the third period
after trailing 5-1 through one.
Keegan Kolesar also scored twice for the Golden Knights. Tomas
Hertl finished with a goal and an assist, and Nicolas Hague and
Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal. Brett Howden added three
assists and Noah Hanifin had two. Ilya Samsonov made 17 saves.
Nick Foligno, Colton Dach, Ethan Del Mastro, Ilya Mikheyev and
Philipp Kurashev scored for the Blackhawks. Connor Murphy had
three assists and Frank Nazar contributed two. Petr Mrazek was
pulled after allowing five goals in the first period. Arvid
Soderblom finished the game and made 16 stops.
Jack Eichel became the first Golden Knights player to reach 50
assists in a season, and the third to hit 70 points.
Vegas' five first-period goals tied a team record set three
other times.
Golden Knights forward Tanner Pearson appeared in his 700th
game.
Takeaways
Blackhawks: Chicago showed fight by nearly pulling off what
would've been the second-largest comeback in franchise history.
Golden Knights: Samsonov has allowed nine goals on 29 shots over
the past four periods.
Key moment
Barbashev's goal from the slot with 4:15 left gave the Golden
Knights a 7-5 lead.
Key stat
Hertl's 11th power-play goal of the season tied a Golden Knights
record, also set by Eichel in 2023-24 and Erik Haula in 2017-18.
Up next
The Blackhawks play their third road game in five days when they
visit Anaheim on Saturday. The Golden Knights host New Jersey on
Sunday.
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