Fleury, Golden Knights shut out Flames after big loss

LAS VEGAS -- Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for his NHL-leading fourth shutout, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Calgary Flames 2-0 at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.

Alex Tuch scored and had an assist in his 100th NHL game, and Colin Miller scored for the Golden Knights (11-12-1), who have won three of four in a five-game stretch against Pacific Division teams.
The Flames (13-9-1) lost for the first time in four games. David Rittich made 26 saves for Calgary, which defeated Vegas 7-2 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday.
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"It was a fun game," Fleury said. "That was a good slap in the face in Calgary. I thought we bounced back in [a 3-2 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday] and got the win there. It's good we got to face [Calgary] quickly in front of our crowd and got the win.
"It's a loss like we never had this season [on Monday], and we know we're better than that. It was a good slap in the face. It was a good wakeup call."
Tuch made it 1-0 at 16:09 of the second period, deflecting Cody Eakin's shot from the point. Miller scored his first goal of the season, on the power play at 2:34 of the third period, to make it 2-0.

The Golden Knights have scored on eight of 27 power plays in their past nine games (29.6 percent) after going 6-for-51 (11.8 percent) in the 15 games to begin the season.
"It was just great to be up 2-0," Miller said. "That was a huge power play that we needed to capitalize on. It's been a huge thing for us, the power play."
Fleury has 52 NHL shutouts, 24th in history, passing Tomas Vokoun, Rogie Vachon and Curtis Joseph and one behind Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.
It was Fleury's 415th NHL win in the NHL, moving him within eight of Tony Esposito for ninth place.

Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant would not commit to playing Fleury on Saturday at home against the San Jose Sharks but said it'll be considered. Backup Malcolm Subban allowed the seven goals to Calgary.
"[Fleury] played outstanding today. He was probably the first star of the game," Gallant said. "We'll see how it is tomorrow. Usually, we're not going to do [play a goalie on back-to-back nights], but we'll see how it goes."
Calgary forward James Neal played at Vegas for the first time since signing a five-year, $28.75 million contract as a free agent July 2. He was selected by the Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from the Nashville Predators.
Neal had three shots on goal in 15:56 of ice time. He did not have a point for the ninth straight game as he seeks his 500th in the NHL.
"It's nice to be back. Had some great memories here," Neal said. "I'll never forget last year, just the teammates and everything that went with our team and the city. It was quite a run we had. Special bond with the guys and it's emotional to come back here, for sure."

They said it

"To get the lead in a game like that is important. They had full marks for that [first] goal. It was a big, heavy shift that we were caught out there for a while. Fleury did a good job [throughout the night] too." -- Flames coach Bill Peters
"It's nice to build off momentum off our good win in Arizona, but the slap in the face Monday, that will get you going." -- Golden Knights forward AlexTuch

Need to know

Tuch had his fifth multipoint game since making his season debut Oct. 24. He has 10 points in his past nine games (three goals, seven assists). ... Golden Knights forward Daniel Carr had one shot on goal in 12:06 of ice time in his season debut. Carr was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League in place of Tomas Hyka and played on the third line with Ryan Carpenter and Tomas Nosek.

What's next

Flames: At the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; SN, FS-A, NHL.TV)
Golden Knights: Host the San Jose Sharks on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, NBCSCA, NHL.TV)