Golden Knights put up ‘burn the tape’ game against Flames

The trip to Edmonton will be one of soul searching for the Vegas Golden Knights.

On Saturday, the Golden Knights saw their point streak snapped at eight games in emphatic fashion in a 6-3 loss to the Calgary Flames.

The game was messy early, which the Flames took advantage of on a broken play. After a shot went off the post and through the five hole of Akira Schmid, the puck found its way to Mikael Backlund’s stick. The Flames captain made no mistake to get the home team on the board first.

The second Flames goal came with some controversy attacked. Calgary defenseman Yan Kuznetsov was able to fire a slapshot past Schmid, but Adam Klapka ran him while the play was ongoing. However, due to the goal being scored prior to the contact, the goal stood with no goalie interference.

Just as the game was getting away, however, the Golden Knights were able to strike back. Mark Stone was able to find Reilly Smith on a breakaway, who was able to beat Devin Cooley with a deke to his backhand for his fourth goal of the season.

Unfortunately, the Golden Knights gave the momentum back on a poor defensive play. Allowing two players to get behind everyone, Vegas could only watch as Ryan Lomberg finished an odd-man rush to get a two-goal lead back to Calgary.

The second period did not get much better. Mikael Backlund put his second of the game early, and a shorthanded goal from Joel Farabee put the Golden Knights on the wrong end of a blowout.

Kaedan Korczak did his part to make the game look better, though. Mitch Marner was able to find the defenseman, who beat Cooley with a shot through traffic for his fourth of the season.

The third period would see the Golden Knights make a push, headlined by a Mark Stone power-play marker to cut deeper into the lead, but Jonathan Huberdeau’s empty net goal sealed the defeat for Vegas.