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The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Saturday night, improving to 8-2 for just the third time in franchise history.
Defensemen Rasmus Andersson and Noah Hanifin scored in the opening 4:02, with both goals set up by Jack Eichel on cross-ice passes. Mark Stone made it 3-0 late in the first period and finished with a goal and two assists. Eichel, playing his 700th game, added two assists.
Shea Theodore and Trevor Connelly also scored for Vegas, while Brett Howden was awarded an empty-net goal after being pulled down. Connelly, a rookie, added an assist. Goaltender Adin Hill improved to 4-0 on the season with 22 saves.
Sidney Crosby scored for Pittsburgh, his 657th career goal, moving him past Brendan Shanahan for 14th in NHL history. Ville Koivunen also scored for the Penguins, who fell to 0-3 on their four-game trip and have been outscored 16-7 during that stretch. The two previous Golden Knights teams that started 8-2, in 2018 under Gerard Gallant and 2023 under Bruce Cassidy, both reached the Stanley Cup Final.
Source: ESPN - Sun Oct 18, 12:49 AM ET
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