NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad got the tiebreaking goal with 5:39 left and the New York Rangers scored four in the third period to rally for a 6-4 win over the expansion Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — John Tavares kept up his scoring surge with two more goals and the New York Islanders handed the expansion Vegas Golden Knights their second loss of the season, 6-3 on Monday night.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oscar Dansk stopped 29 shots for his second career win in two appearances, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
The Vegas Golden Knights extended their winning streak, beating the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena, with William Karlsson scoring the winning goal in overtime.
The Vegas Golden Knights filled out its roster in this week’s expansion draft with a good mix of current and future NHL talent, according to a hockey writer and podcaster.
The Pittsburgh Penguins shut out the Nashville Predators 2-0 to clinch the Stanley Cup Final in Game 6 Sunday night in Nashville, Tenn. Sidney Crosby is the MVP, an honor he also won last year.
As it prepares to launch the first professional sports franchise in Las Vegas, the National Hockey League has hired a monitor to watch for suspicious gambling activity, which can be an early warning sign of cheating in the sport.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NHL Board of Governors is scheduled to meet Wednesday and expected to vote on whether to award an expansion franchise to Las Vegas.
A person with direct knowledge of the NHL's decision says the league has settled on Las Vegas as its choice for expansion, provided organizers can come up with a $500 million fee.
"You can't write this stuff. It's unbelievable how it happened," says the journeyman enforcer who took a break from the minor league AHL to play in the NHL's showcase game.
