Golden Knights recover for OT win against Flames, point streak at 9

LAS VEGAS -- Mark Stone had two goals and two assists, including scoring at 1:11 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 victory against the Calgary Flames at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Stone took a stretch pass from Jack Eichel, skated in on a partial breakaway, and beat goalie Dustin Wolf glove side from the left circle.

Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson each had a goal and an assist, and Jonathan Marchessault had three assists for Vegas (20-5-5), which extended its point streak to nine games (6-0-3). Logan Thompson made 27 saves.

“When we're not playing our best hockey we're able to generate points, right? I don't think we played that well for the majority of November,” Stone said. “But we were clawing our way into games and getting into overtime when we weren't playing our best hockey. Right now, we're actually playing pretty well, just giving up some inopportunistic goals in 6-on-5. Haven't been able to close out games.”

Yegor Sharangovich scored twice, and Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist for Calgary (11-14-4), which has lost five of six (1-4-1) and was playing the second of back-to-back games following a 6-5 loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. Wolf made 34 saves.

“We were competitive all night tonight,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “They stayed with it. Even though it doesn't look very good, they stayed with it right to the very end. They found a way to tie it up and at least get a point out of this.”

MacKenzie Weegar gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 6:27 of the first period, scoring short side with a slap shot from the top of the right circle off a long rebound.

Stephenson tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 13:33. His initial backdoor pass was blocked by Dennis Gilbert, but the puck deflected back to him, and he scored with a backhand in front.

Kadri put the Flames back in front 2-1 at 2:37 of the second period when Connor Zary's shot from the high slot deflected in off his back as he was battling for position in front.

Ivan Barbashev tied it 2-2 at 5:20, beating Wolf short side from the left hash marks after Eichel poked the puck free from below the goal line.

Sharangovich responded again for the Flames to make it 3-2 at 17:58. He scored off the glove of Thompson from the right circle after electing to shoot the puck on an odd-man rush.

“[Yegor]’s been great. He’s doing the right thing, he’s paying attention to details,” Kadri said. “That’s the thing with ‘Sharkie.’ He can be most effective when he has his focus out there. Lately, he definitely seems to have that. He’s got a great skill set and obviously a fantastic shot. He’s got to keep utilizing that.”

Stone tied it 3-3 at 6:00 of the third period with a backhand in front for a power-play goal.

Karlsson gave Vegas a 4-3 lead at 16:14 with a one-timer off a pass from Stephenson, but Sharangovich tied it 4-4 at 19:00 on a redirection with Wolf on the bench for the extra skater.

“We know we have a good team, and we know that we can come back any night. I think we believe in ourselves that much and we battled back today,” Karlsson said. “Unfortunately, they tied it up again, but we showed some resilience and got the [win]."

NOTES: Eichel extended his point streak to eight games (four goals, nine assists). ... Marchessault has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games. ... Karlsson has scored 13 goals in 30 games this season, one shy of the total his scored in 82 games in 2022-23.