Vegas Returns from Bye Week With 4-3 Win in Carolina

In their first game back from the bye week, the Vegas Golden Knights (26-20-7) skated to a 4-3 win against the Carolina Hurricanes (29-19-3) on Friday night at PNC Arena.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
Vegas took a 2-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game as Paul Stastny and Jonathan Marchessault scored consecutive goals for the Golden Knights. Teuvo Teravainen cut the lead to 2-1 in the second period but his was the lone goal in the middle period. With less than eight minutes to play, Nate Schmidt extended the Vegas lead to 3-2, but a goal from Brock McGinn just 16 seconds later brought the Hurricanes back to within a goal. After Sebastian Aho tied the game with a power-play goal, Alex Tuch answered with a power-play strike of his own to give the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead with less than three minutes to play. Malcolm Subban closed the door as Vegas picked up the win.

TOP PERFORMERS
Jonathan Marchessault:Marchessault posted one goal and one assist in the first period.
Reilly Smith: Smith assisted on both first-period goals for the Golden Knights.
Paul Stastny: Stastny chipped in a goal and assisted on the game-winning goal.
Malcolm Subban: Subban stood tall with 22 saves in his first start under Pete DeBoer.
LOOKING AHEAD
The work continues for Vegas as the team heads to Nashville to wrap up the season series with the Predators on Saturday. Puck drop is at 5 p.m. PT on AT&T SportsNet and FOX Sports 98.9/1340.