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Golden Knights vs. Flames
Knights triumph 3-2
RJ’s 3 stars
3. Knights close helping Evgenii Dadonov — He scored his seventh extremity successful the 3rd period. It was his 2nd consecutive crippled with a extremity aft going 7 games without one.
2. Knights near helping Max Pacioretty — He scored his sixth extremity successful 7 games disconnected a modulation accidental successful the archetypal period. That extended his constituent streak to 5 games.
1. Knights halfway Nicolas Roy — He had a extremity and an assistance for the 2nd consecutive game. This 1 came aft helium was moved to the 3rd enactment acknowledgment to halfway William Karlsson’s return.
Key play
Dadonov’s goal
The Flames chopped their shortage to 2-1 with 10:41 near successful the 3rd period. A crippled the Knights controlled was enactment into doubt. Dadonov changed that successful a hurry.
His enactment created a modulation accidental and helium enactment location a rebound created by Roy. The extremity came 1:26 aft Calgary’s, restoring the Knights’ two-goal cushion. It coiled up being the game-winner.
Key stat
2 — The magnitude of high-danger scoring chances the Knights gave up astatine five-on-five, a play low.
They entered Sunday giving up 12.85 per 60 minutes. That was the second-highest full successful the NHL down lone Philadelphia. Calgary didn’t travel adjacent to that.
The Knights’ erstwhile debased successful high-danger scoring chances allowed was 4 successful wins against Seattle and Minnesota.
Reaves gets roasted
Ryan Reaves isn’t adjacent connected the Knights anymore and he’s inactive catching heat.
Left helping William Carrier, Reaves’ erstwhile linemate, poked amusive astatine the existent New York Ranger erstwhile answering a question astir caller teammate Michael Amadio.
“He’s got a large shot,” Carrier said of Amadio aft mounting him up for a extremity successful Friday’s 7-1 triumph against Arizona. “My aged close winger didn’t person that overmuch of a bully shot, truthful decidedly got to usage him.”
Carrier whitethorn person to reply soon for his ace astir Reaves, who had 18 goals successful 209 games with the Knights and has nary this play with the Rangers. The 2 sides conscionable Dec. 17 astatine Madison Square Garden.
Patrick practices
Knights halfway Nolan Patrick participated successful the team’s greeting skate Sunday successful a non-contact jersey.
Patrick, who was acquired successful an offseason trade, hasn’t played since suffering an upper-body wounded Oct. 22 against the Edmonton Oilers. He has 1 extremity successful 4 games.
Eichel update
Knights manager Pete DeBoer said helium gets play updates connected halfway Jack Eichel, who is skating successful North Carolina portion recovering from his November cervix surgery. Eichel, who was acquired successful a blockbuster commercialized with the Buffalo Sabres, was expected to play his archetypal crippled 3 to 5 months aft the operation.
“Nothing but existent affirmative news,” manager Pete DeBoer said. “You emotion to spot those steps, and much importantly we similar to perceive that things are going truly well.”
Knights’ adjacent 10
Vs. Dallas, 7 p.m. Wednesday
Vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Friday
Vs. Minnesota, 6 p.m. Dec. 12
At Boston, 4 p.m. Dec. 14
At New Jersey, 4 p.m. Dec. 16
At N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dec. 17
At N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. Dec. 19
Vs. Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dec. 21
Vs. Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Dec. 23
Vs. Colorado, 7 p.m. Dec. 27
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