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12/03 23:27 CST Pacioretty scores 2, Golden Knights beat Coyotes 7-1
Pacioretty scores 2, Golden Knights beat Coyotes 7-1
JACK MAGRUDER
Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) --- Max Pacioretty scored twice and Chandler Stephenson
had a short-handed goal in a four-goal second period, and the Vegas Golden
Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 on Friday night.
Jonathan Marchessault, Michael Amadio, Evgenii Dadonov and Nicholas Roy also
scored and Laurent Brossoit had 28 saves for Vegas, which snapped a two-game
skid. The Golden Knights have won 15 of the 21 meetings with the Coyotes since
joining the league in 2017.
Travis Boyd scored for Arizona and Karel Vejmelka had 25 saves.
The Golden Knights scored four goals in just under eight minutes of the second
period to break the game open.
Stephenson's goal on a 2-on-1 break gave the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead at 7:17
of the second period and Pacioretty scored his second on a breakaway 55 seconds
later --- 8 seconds after coming out of the penalty box following a roughing
minor.
Amadio made it 5-1 with 7:13 remaining in the period, and Dadonov pushed Vegas'
lead to five with 4:52 left.
Five of the Golden Knights' goals came on odd-man rushes, including
Pacioretty's breakaway.
Pacioretty has three goals and three assists in four games since returning
after missing 17 games with a broken foot in the second game of the season.
Marchessault scored his 10th goal at 6:58 of the first period, skating in alone
after a pass from Roy on a 2-1 break out of the Coyotes' defensive zone.
Travis Boyd tied it less than a minute later before Pacioretty's power play
goal gave the Knights a 2-1 lead at with 6:07 left in the opening period.
ICE CHIPS
Boyd had his 50th career point on his first-period goal. ... Clayton Keller,
who assisted on Boyd's goal, has 10 points in his last eight games. ... Vegas
won six of eight in the season series a year ago, both Coyotes wins coming in
Arizona. ... The Coyotes recalled Hudson Fasching from AHL Tucson on Friday.
... The Golden Knights are 68-29-4 since Pete DeBoer took over as coach on
Jan.15, 2020. ... Brossoit lost the blade on right skate four minutes into the
third period while stretching to make a save, and play was stopped while his
skate was refitted with a new one. ... Linesman Jonny Murray left the game with
a lower body injury midway through the third period and did not return.
UP NEXT
Golden Knights: Host Calgary on Sunday.
Coyotes: At Dallas on Monday.
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