Howden scores twice as Golden Knights win 7-3 and hand Sharks ninth straight loss

Brett Howden scored twice, Mark Stone had a extremity and 2 assists and nan Vegas Golden Knights hit nan winless San Jose Sharks 7-3

LAS VEGAS -- Brett Howden scored twice, Mark Stone had a extremity and 2 assists and nan Vegas Golden Knights hit nan winless San Jose Sharks 7-3 connected Saturday night.

William Karlsson, who missed nan first 8 games pinch an undisclosed injury, had a extremity and an assistance successful his play debut for Vegas. Tanner Pearson, Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev besides scored for nan Golden Knights, and Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves.

Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm and Luke Kunin scored for San Jose while Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves.

San Jose: The Sharks became nan first squad successful NHL history to spell winless successful its first 9 games successful consecutives seasons. Per Stathead, only 10 teams person opened nan play winless aft 10 games, including past year's Sharks squad that didn't get its first triumph until its 12th game.

Vegas: For nan first clip successful his 12-year career, Tomas Hertl stepped successful for an opening puck driblet against nan Sharks. Hertl spent 11 seasons successful San Jose earlier being traded past March. Hertl vanished pinch 2 assists, stretching his constituent streak to 3 games (3 goals, 4 assists).

After Granlund’s extremity pulled nan Sharks to 3-1 successful nan 2nd period, Vanecek gave nan Knights backmost their momentum erstwhile he raced retired of his crease for nan puck. But arsenic he dove for it, Karlsson hit him to nan poke, past retrieved nan puck, skated backmost around, and buried it to reconstruct nan three-goal lead midway done nan period.

Howden became nan 13th Golden Knights subordinate to grounds a multi-point crippled this play erstwhile he scored his 2nd extremity of nan game. Karlsson became nan 12th erstwhile he scored his extremity earlier successful nan game.

The Golden Knights big Calgary connected Monday, while nan Sharks play astatine Utah.

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