Stone scores first goal for Golden Knights in victory against Canucks

VANCOUVER -- Mark Stone scored his first goal with the Vegas Golden Knights to help them extend their winning streak to six games with a 6-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

Stone, who had two assists in five games since being acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 25, scored his 29th goal of the season on rebound inside the hash marks to make it 1-0 at 1:32 of the first period.
"It took a little bit longer than I hoped," said Stone, who signed an eight-year, $76 million contract on Friday. "But like I said, five wins was pretty awesome to be a part of so just happy to keep this win streak going. The way the guys are playing right now is awesome and it's awesome to be able to contribute."
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Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for his fifth consecutive win and 438th in the NHL, passing Jacques Plante for sole possession of eighth place on the all-time list. Fleury is 438-248-77. Plante is 437-246 with 145 ties.
"It's an honor to be among these guys, they are legends of the game," Fleury said. "The most important thing is winning and we've been playing better hockey lately, and it shows."

Alex Tuch had one goal and two assists, and Stone, Tomas Nosek and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist for the Golden Knights (38-26-5).
Vegas is eight points behind the Calgary Flames for second place in the Pacific Division and eight points ahead of the fourth-place Arizona Coyotes.
"Every night we are tough to beat so we have to keep this rolling and see where it takes us," Fleury said.
Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat scored, and Alex Biega had two assists for the Canucks (28-32-9), who are 2-6-2 in the past 10 games and nine points behind the Minnesota Wild for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Jacob Markstrom allowed five goals on 16 shots and was pulled in the first period. Thatcher Demko made 16 saves in relief.
"It's a frustrating one for us as a group and for me," Markstrom said. "When the hockey game starts you try to be focused and you try to be dialed in. Pretty much every other puck found a way into the net and that can't happen."
Tuch made it 2-0 at 5:03 when Jon Merrill's point shot bounced in off him at the side of the net, and Cody Eakin made it 3-0 at 8:33 on a rebound off Nosek's jam play at the side of the net.
"We weren't tough on their skilled guys down low," Biega said. "As a unit, we have to do better."
Boeser scored on a deflection in the slot at 10:58 to cut the lead to 3-1, but Nosek, back in the lineup after three games as a healthy scratch, scored 54 seconds later with a similar tip for a 4-1 lead at 11:52.
"It was a great response," Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. "Nosek played really well, scored a nice goal and I thought the line played really well tonight so it's good to see from them."
Stastny scored on a rush into the high slot to extend the lead to 5-1 at 14:17.
"Guys came out very strong and got a lot of nice goals in the first and put the game away a bit," Fleury said.
Horvat scored on a shot off the rush 3:56 into the second period to make it 5-2 for his first point in six games. But Nate Schmidt scored on a point shot that deflected in off a defender for a 6-2 lead at 4:56.
"Every time we had a good shift they came back even stronger," Canucks forward Antoine Roussel said.

They said it

"It's a little surreal, right? He's a guy that has done so much for the game and obviously being from close to Montreal I never got to watch him play but I heard a lot about him and saw videos of him and it's an honor to be right there with him." -- Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury on passing Jacques Plante on the NHL all-time wins list
"We couldn't contain them in the first period, we just couldn't. They were stronger on the puck around our net and we just couldn't tie them up and we were under water a little bit." -- Canucks coach Travis Green

Need to know

Fleury played his 795th NHL game, tying Rogie Vachon for 17th on the all-time list. … Tuch had four points (one goal, three assists) in his past 16 games after 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in the previous 13. … Stastny has eight points (two goal, six assists) in his past seven games. … Canucks forward Jake Virtanen returned after missing 10 games with two fractured ribs sustained against the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 13. He had four shots on goal and five hits in 16:04.

What's next

Golden Knights: At the Calgary Flames on Sunday (9:30 p.m. ET; SN1, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV)
Canucks: Host the New York Rangers on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNP, MSG, NHL.TV)