By Steven Luker
The Vegas Golden Knights return home to face off the Montreal Canadiens and keep their hot start going.
How the game went down
The Vegas Golden Knights started early with a power play goal by Paul Cotter and it was scored at the time of 15:06 to make Vegas go up one to zero vs. Montreal. Vegas also had a short handed goal in the game and that was scored by Chandler Stephenson to take the lead and make the score two to one.
Overtime breakdown and shootout results
During overtime both teams did not score and sent the game into a shootout. The shootout lasted for five rounds and Vegas ended up winning that. Vegas improves to 9-0-2 record in the season. The two shootout goals were scored by Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore.
Record potentially broken
Can the Vegas Golden Knights break the Guiness World Record to have the best start this season. This record is held by the Ottawa Senators with 24 points and a record of 13-1 in the first 14 games of the regular season. Golden Knights need only 7 more points to take this record and be able to hold it for a while.
Three star players of the game
During this game the Vegas Golden Knights have four star players of the game we want to take a look at from this game. The first star we are taking a look at is Adian Hill. Hill in the game had stopped 37 of the 39 shots to the net and he was three for four in the shootouts and letting only one go by. The second star player of the game was Paul Cotter he scored the first goal for Vegas and Cotter had three hits to his total and it a league scoring 37 hits.
The third star player of the game is William Karlsson. Karlsson in the game had an assist, extending his point streak to seven games this season. The last star player of the game was William Carrier. Carrier scored his second game in a row with points.
Cool Stats and information
The Vegas Golden Knights extended their point streak to 10 games (9-0-1). Vegas became the 20th team in league history with a season-opening point streak of at least 10 games. The last fact is the Golden Knights are five for five on the penalty kill tonight to improve their percentage to 88% seventh of this season. Vegas next match up is against the Winnipeg Jets.
