Vegas 4, Nashville 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Monday, January 15, 2024
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Referees:
Tom Chmielewski, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz, James Tobias
Attendance:
17719
By Field Level Media
Mark Stone recorded the first regular-season hat trick of his career to help lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday in Las Vegas.
Jonathan Marchessault also scored a goal, Chandler Stephenson and Pavel Dorofeyev each added two assists and Logan Thompson made 34 saves for Vegas, which improved to 16-5-2 at home.
It marked the first time in 628 career regular-season games that Stone, who also has 26 two-goal games, registered a hat trick. However, Stone twice has had hat tricks in the playoffs, including one in Game 5 of last season's Stanley Cup Final against Florida.
Luke Evangelista scored for Nashville. Juuse Saros finished with 25 saves for the Predators, who had a seven-game road point streak (6-0-1) come to an end.
Nashville dominated early on, and Vegas didn't get a shot on goal until 14:51 had passed in the first period.
Despite the slow start, the Golden Knights still took a 1-0 lead at 15:25 of the first when Stone snapped in a rebound of a Dorofeyev shot.
The Golden Knights extended the lead to 2-0 early in the second period. Dorofeyev won a battle for the puck along the left boards and passed to Stephenson, who then found Stone cutting in alone down the slot. Stone then fired a wrist shot five-hole on Saros at the 1:11 mark.
Nashville cut it to 2-1 at the 17:22 mark when Evangelista, stationed in front of the net, redirected Alexandre Carrier's point shot into the top right corner for his ninth goal of the season.
Stone made it 3-1 with 24 seconds left in the period when he took a drop pass from Stephenson in the right circle on an odd-man rush and snapped a wrist shot past Saros' blocker to complete the hat trick with his 15th goal of the season.
Nashville pulled Saros for an extra attacker with 3:27 remaining and Marchessault, playing in his 600th career game, added an empty-netter with 19 seconds left to snap a nine-game goal-scoring drought.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Nashville |
|
Vegas |
|
Luke Evangelista 1 |
Points |
Mark Stone 3 |
|
Luke Evangelista 1 |
Goals |
Mark Stone 3 |
|
Alexandre Carrier 1 |
Assists |
Pavel Dorofeyev 2 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Juuse Saros .893 |
Save Percentage |
Logan Thompson .971 |
|
Juuse Saros 25 |
Saves |
Logan Thompson 34 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Nashville
|
35 |
1 |
0-4 |
2-2 |
4 |
19 |
| Vegas
|
29 |
4 |
0-2 |
4-4 |
8 |
32 |
Upcoming Games
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Vegas will play their next game at home against NY Rangers. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .560 after a win and .579 after a loss.
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Nashville will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Predators have a W/L % of .542 after a win and .550 after a loss.
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