nhl Game Recap
Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lightning Recap - Golden Knights Win 3-2
The Lightning came up short Saturday against the Golden Knights, falling 3-2 in a shootout.
Vegas was an underdog by +142 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Vegas got goals from Brett Howden, and William Carrier in the victory. Howden opened the scoring at 5:25 of the first period.
Robin Lehner stopped 27 of 29 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Tampa Bay got goals from Corey Perry, and Ross Colton in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 25-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, Vegas went 0-for-1, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 29-27.
Vegas heads into a battle against the Sabres. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against San Jose.