Hertl and Kolesar score late, lift Golden Knights to 6-4 win over Senators

Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored a infinitesimal isolated to springiness Vegas nan lead, and nan Golden Knights hit nan Ottawa Senators 6-4

LAS VEGAS -- Tomas Hertl and Keegan Kolesar scored a infinitesimal isolated to springiness Vegas nan lead, and nan Golden Knights hit nan Ottawa Senators 6-4 connected Friday.

Ivan Barbashev had 2 goals, and Nicolas Roy and Nicolas Hagu ealso scored for nan Golden Knights. Alex Pietrangelo had 3 assists, and Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and Tanner Pearson each added two. Adin Hill made 34 saves to gain his 3rd triumph of nan season.

Vegas has now scored six goals successful back-to-back games and is averaging 4.37 goals per game.

Adam Gaudette had 2 goals while Claude Giroux and Drake Bratherson besides scored for nan Senators. Linus Ullmark made 22 saves.

Ottawa came into nan crippled 3-0-0 erstwhile scoring first, and besides erstwhile starring aft 2 periods, but could clasp its lead against nan fourth-highest scoring squad successful nan league.

Senators: Ullmark was 2-0 pinch a 1.50 goals-against mean and .947 prevention percent aft allowing 3 goals successful 2 profession starts against Vegas. The 5 goals he allowed Friday were nan astir he’s allowed since nan New York Islanders hit him for 5 past play connected March 2.

Golden Knights: Both Stone and Eichel continued their violative tear, arsenic they've registered astatine slightest 1 constituent successful 7 of Vegas’ first 8 games this season. Stone leads nan squad pinch 14 points, pinch Eichel conscionable down pinch 13.

Trailing 4-3, nan Golden Knights sewage back-to-back goals from Hertl and Kolesar pinch a small much than 3 minutes near successful nan game. Barbashev’s empty-netter sealed nan win.

5 — Vegas, which improved to 5-2-1 connected nan year, is now a cleanable 5-0-0 astatine home.

The Senators sojourn Colorado connected Sunday, while nan Golden Knights big San Jose connected Saturday night.

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