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Fleury, Golden Knights Shut Down Sharks

In Las Vegas, Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves to lead the Golden Knights to a 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks in a penalty-filled game.

William Carrier, Jimmy Schuldt, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone and Reilly Smith all scored for Vegas. Schuldt's power-play goal at 5:47 of the second period stood as the game-winner.

Denil Yurtaykin had San Jose's lone goal. Martin Jones gave up four goals on 21 shots in the first two periods, and Aaron Dell had seven saves in the third.

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The teams, who met in a seven-game, first-round series won by the Sharks last spring, combined for 26 penalties totaling 114 minutes. San Jose left wing Evander Kane finished with 27 penalty minutes which included a five-minute major for fighting Valentin Zykov, and two-10 minute majors for abuse of officials. Kane's teamamte, Kevin Labanc, was also assessed a 10-minute major for abuse of officials.

Vegas' Deryk Engelland and Max Pacioretty were each assessed 12 minutes worth of penalties.