The Kings got their first power-play opportunity of the game very late in the period and capitalized.Īnze Kopitar fired a shot from the point through traffic and got it by Lehner on the blocker side. The Kings tied the game just over four minutes after Theodore’s goal when Dustin Brown buried his own rebound over Lehner’s shoulder. Kolesar later got into the Knights’ first fight of the season with Brenden Lemieux, but Lemieux came out on top. Brayden McNabb picked up the secondary assist against his former team. Keegan Kolesar won a forechecking battle down low to set up the play. The Golden Knights struck first as a Shea Theodore shot from the point snuck through Calvin Petersen. The Kings began to gain momentum, but Robin Lehner kept them off the board.

The first period got out to a slow start, and both goaltenders were in control of the chances that were generated. The all-rookie line had a rough night in limited action and got out-chanced 9-3 in 4:31 at 5-on-5. Leschyshyn played 11:52 and managed one shot, three hits and a block, while Rondbjerg played 10:30. Second-round pick Jake Leschyshyn and 2017 third-round pick Jonas Rondbjerg skated on the fourth line with fellow rookie Peyton Krebs. The Golden Knights had two rookies made their NHL debuts in the game, both draft picks from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. The first line was completely out of sync prior to Stone’s departure, as they only garnered a 20 percent Corsi share in nearly nine minutes of 5-on-5 together. The whole night was a rough one for Vegas, however. The Knights don’t play again until next Wednesday, which will give Stone time to rest in the event that this is a short-term issue. Head coach Pete DeBoer did not have an update on Stone’s status after the game but did say that Stone had been dealing with a minor injury that wasn’t serious enough to keep him out of the lineup. Mark Stone forces the turnover, fires off a shot and is then helped to the locker room.

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