NHL trivia night Golden Knights steal win from Stars one of many franchise first

sharon_orn — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:28:42 +0000

Let the record show theexpansion Golden Knights should not have won their first game in history. As a right of pa sage to the NHL, it’s expected Vegas won’t be very good in its inaugural season. But this is hockey, after all, and just because the underlying stats say they should lose 6-0 doesn’t preclude the Knights from stealing a few of those games, which was the case Friday in Dallas. WATCH: And just like that we have the first moments of hockey in Golden Knights history. Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) The Stars, revamped with shiny, Tommy McDonald Jersey big-name offseason additions, thoroughly Mekhi Becton Jersey outplayed their fledgling opponent for about 57 minutes. Tyler Seguin scored in the second period and Ben Bishop, making his first start in minty green, was pitching a shutout on 19 shots. But when Bishop was bloodied from takinga Reilly Smith shot , things started to unravel. As our team arrives at the airport to leave for Arizona, we’ll leave you with this. Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) Marc-Andre Fleury made big save after big save, a few of his 45 in an impre sive debut. James Neal, the Knights’ most proven scorer, beat Bishop’s replacement, Kari Lehtonen, for the franchise’s historic first goal, tying the game. Laekin Vakalahi Jersey And with allthe moment in favor of the visitors, Neal struck again with 2:44 to play to seal the seal. MORE: Vegas was outshot46-30. Neverthele s, the Knights’ 2-1 victory the last five expansion teams all failed to win their openers will go down as a franchise first in more ways than one.Let’s look back on a few of the others, for the posterity of trivia players everywhere. First shot on goal David Perron did the honors 39 seconds into the game. First power play Courtesy of Alexander Radulov, who went off for interfering with James Neal at the 3:21 mark of the first period. The Knights didn’t score. Jordan Howard Jersey First penalty kill Jonathan Marche saultdidn’t do much in the way of scoring goals, but he was deserving of the distinction of first Golden Knight to take a penalty when he was sent to the box for roughingAntoine Rou sel9:10 into the first period. Vegas killed it off. First player caught with his head down Cody Eakin. Ouch. Pretty sure he thought he was still a member of the Stars after he was drilled in the open ice by Alexander Radulov. Stars fans, meet Alexander Radulov. Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) First goal against Tyler Seguin on a deflection from the left faceoff circle. Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t have Jalen Mills Jersey much of a chance. It took some time, but puts the on the board. NHL (@NHL) First goal (and second) The “Real Deal” James Neal officially is Vegas’ all-time leader in goals. This guy. THE REAL DEAL. The first goal goes to ! NHL (@NHL) This. Guy. Won’t. Stop. again! This time, it’s a historic game-winner. NHL (@NHL)

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NHL trivia night Golden Knights steal win from Stars one of many franchise first