LAS VEGAS (AP) The first time they met Wholesale Mark Andrews Jersey , the New York Rangers were introduced to an expansion Vegas Golden Knights team that was riddled with goaltender injuries and just 10 games into the season.
That was on Oct. 31, when New York erased rallied from two goals down to beat fourth-string goalie Max Lagace in a 6-4 victory. On Sunday night, the Rangers met a matured Golden Knights team that was looking to get even.
William Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period to lift Vegas to a 2-1 victory over New York in front of a season-high 18,234 in attendance.
Article continues below ...”At the beginning (of the season) we were having some collapses in the third, and that’s not happening anymore,” Karlsson said. ”I think we’re a better team than we were at the start. I think we’re more complete. We have a solid four lines and our D pairs are great. Obviously, the goaltending has been awesome, too. We’re just a more complete team now.”
James Neal also scored his 18th goal of the season, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots to improve to 9-2-1.
Now at the halfway point of their inaugural campaign, the Golden Knights own the top home record in the league Authentic Rusney Castillo Jersey , moving to 18-2-1 in the first 21 contests at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas is 9-0-1 in its last 10 at home, including seven straight wins.
”We’re beating good hockey teams and we’re playing good hockey,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. ”Tonight, we played a real good Ranger team. … We stayed patient, we found a way to score late in the hockey game and win a big game.”
Behind excellent puck movement on the game-winner, defenseman Deryk Engelland found Jonathan Marchessault with a blueline-to-blueline pass. Marchessault then pushed the puck forward to Reilly Smith, who found Karlsson at the right dot for a one-timer for his team-high 22nd of the season.
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