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Mark Stone scored the tiebreaking goal with 24.9 seconds to play, and the Vegas Golden Knights punctuated coach Bruce Cassidy's debut with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
Arthur Kaliyev tied it for the Kings with 7:02 left, but the Knights capitalized in the waning seconds after the Kings made an ill-advised move up the ice instead of running out the clock for overtime. Chandler Stephenson controlled a turnover at mid-ice and carried it in for Stone, who whipped a shot past Jonathan Quick to cap Vegas' three-goal third period.
"We had our breakdowns, but that's just learning curves,'' Stone said. "If we can cut those in half, we'll get it done. Power play got a little talking-to in between periods there. We stepped up for it in the third.''
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An offseason can make for short memories, and in the closing minutes of the Lightning’s 3-1 loss to the Rangers on Tuesday night, the crowd at Madison Square Garden started serenading the opponents with the chant, “Igor’s better.”
The NHL kicked off opening night with a rematch of the last season’s Eastern Conference final, allowing fans to revisit the debate of who is the league’s best goaltender between the Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, with two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe and a Vezina on his resume, and reigning Vezina winner Igor Shesterkin.