Kings Limp Into Olympic Break After Lopsided Loss To Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone had a extremity and 2 assists and nan Vegas Golden Knights took power early Thursday nighttime by scoring 4 times connected their first six shots for a 4-1 triumph complete nan Kings.

Vegas heads into nan Olympic break pinch back-to-back victories aft losing 7 of 8 games. The Kings person mislaid 4 of five.

Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a extremity and an assistance for nan Golden Knights. Mitch Marner scored a extremity for his 799th profession constituent and Ivan Barbashev extended his points streak to 5 games pinch 2 assists.

Barbashev’s four-game extremity streak, however, ended. Eichel extended his points streak to 4 games and now has 200 assists successful a Golden Knights uniform.

Vegas’ Adin Hill made 32 saves for his 100th profession victory, his astir stops since having 34 connected March 15, 2025, against Buffalo.

Trevor Moore scored for nan Kings and Anton Forsberg stopped 18 shots. Adrian Kempe’s eight-game points streak ended.

The Golden Knights won contempt taking six penalties, though 1 was a fighting awesome shared by some teams. The Kings didn’t make Vegas pay, going 0 of 5 connected nan powerfulness play. The past clip nan Golden Knights committed six penalties was Nov. 20 against Utah, besides a 4-1 victory.

Kings guardant Andrei Kuzmenko took a puck successful nan look pinch 1:42 near successful nan first play and was taken to nan locker room. He returned, however, successful nan second.

Artemi Panarin, acquired by nan Kings connected Wednesday successful a waste and acquisition pinch nan Rangers, arsenic expected was not successful nan lineup. He had 57 points successful 52 games for New York, but hadn’t played aliases practiced successful astir a week.