FSM Essential Recap: Golden Knights vs Flames - Game 75

FSM Essential Recap: Golden Knights vs Flames- Game 75

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Golden Knights (41-29-5)  | Calgary Flames (45-20-9)

The Golden Knights scored four goals in the second period against the Flames en route to a 6-1 bounce-back win.

The Vegas Golden Knights took on the Calgary Flames Thursday night at Scotiabank Saddledome, an arena Vegas has struggled in historically. But after leaving another point on the table in a 5-4 overtime loss Tuesday in Vancouver, the Golden Knights had to win this game.

They got the job done.

The Golden Knights played arguably one of their best games of the season, riding a dominant second-period effort to a 6-1 blowout win against the Flames.

Logan Thompson got his first start in two weeks and came through with a 35-save performance for his fifth consecutive win. It was a team-wide effort, with six different Golden Knights skaters lighting the lamp and five recording multiple points.

Despite the lopsided result, the Flames opened the scoring, finding twine on the power play after a failed clear by the Golden Knights proved costly midway through the first period. The puck found its way onto the stick of Tyler Toffoli, who was alone at the side of the net. His patience paid off as he set up the trailing Dillon Dube in the slot for the one-timer.

However, the Golden Knights scored the following six goals, the first of which came less than three minutes later.

It came on a pretty tic-tac-toe passing play as the new-look line of Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, and Mattias Janmark cashed in to even things up at 1-1 at 13:09 of the first. It was Eichel’s 12th tally in 27 games and extended his point streak to six games. Vegas took over the game in the second period, scoring four goals on just nine shots.

Evgenii Dadonov gave Vegas its first lead of the night when he collected a rebound at the side of the net and lifted it over the shoulder of Flames netminder Jacob Markstrom. The goal came just one second after an underwhelming Vegas power play ended.

The Golden Knights added two more goals in quick succession to make it 4-1 less than 10 minutes into the second frame.

Michael Amadio set up a speeding William Karlsson, who split the Calgary defense but could not beat Markstrom on the initial attempt. However, Amadio followed the play and put home the rebound for his 10th of the season. Marchessault scored just 40 seconds later to give Vegas a commanding three-goal lead.

Janmark picked up the loose puck at center ice and carried it into the Calgary end with speed, skating around defenseman Rasmus Andersson before finding the breaking Marchessault in front. That goal ended Markstrom’s night; he was pulled after surrendering four goals on 17 shots. But the Golden Knights didn’t stop there.

The Golden Knights will finish their three-game road trip on Saturday afternoon in Edmonton against the Oilers. They drop the puck at 1:00 pm on AT&T Sports Net.

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