LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury has never been one to take credit for his wins.All 408 of them.Fleury stopped 17 shots to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to their third straight victory
Custom Vegas Golden Knights Jerseys , 3-1 over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.And with his 408th win, the 15-year veteran moved into sole possession of 10th place on the NHL’s career list.“Like I’ve said before, it’s an honor to be among these guys,” Fleury said. “I’ve been fortunate to play with a lot of great players, very good teams. It’s pretty cool to be there.”Fleury, who for the second straight game lost a bid for his 50th career shutout in the third period, has allowed just two goals in his last three starts.“We played a good team tonight and we dominated,” said Fleury, now 15 wins behind ninth-place Tony Esposito. “We had the puck all night, we didn’t give them much. Pretty quiet on my end.”William Karlsson, Ryan Reaves and Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Golden Knights, who outshot the Ducks 45-18.After going 0 for 16 on the power play through their first six games, the Golden Knights have scored with the man advantage in each of the last two games. Vegas finished 1 for 5 on the power play against the Ducks, who were 0 for 2.Vegas
www.officialducks.com , which has answered a three-game losing streak with its current three-game win streak, has gone 11 for 11 on the penalty kill over its last four games.“They do a good job, they work hard to get in shot lanes, they really put pressure on teams,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. “I think they got off to a tough start at the first of the season. I think the guys take pride in that. When you do a real good job killing penalties, that usually sets the stage for your team and I think the guys have done a great job lately.”Ben Street had the goal for the Ducks, and John Gibson finished with 42 saves.“We have to have more people engaged in the game; we didn’t get engaged in the hockey game until maybe the third period, even then we lost too many 2-on-1 battles,” Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. “We didn’t compete hard enough. Our goalie gave us a chance again. We scored a goal early (in the third period), and then we have a little bit of life to us. We displayed very little life in the first two periods of the game.”As opposed to the Golden Knights, who outhustled Anaheim to loose pucks, were strong on the forecheck, and created many more scoring opportunities than the Ducks.Per NaturalStatTrick.com, the Golden Knights had 34 scoring chances and 19 high-danger chances. Conversely
Anaheim Ducks T-Shirts Authentic , the Ducks had just 18 scoring chances and only five high-danger chances.“I liked everything tonight,” Gallant said. “I liked the way we played, I liked our power play, we had good chances, I liked our whole game. The last three minutes of the second period and early in the third period I thought we let down a little bit and gave them some real good chances and we turned some pucks over. But besides that, I thought we played one of our best games.”Karlsson, drafted by the Ducks in 2011, scored his second goal of the season when he redirected Marchessault’s centering feed past Gibson for a power-play goal. Karlsson, third in the NHL with 43 goals last season, has two goals and six assists in the last six games.Reaves scored his first of the season midway through the second to make it 2-0 with his son and mother watching from the stands.“I’ve scored in front of (my son) a bunch, but every time my mum comes down I seem to score,” said Reaves, whose goal was the game-winner. “And my mum just got here last night. She seems to be my good luck charm.”Street cut Vegas’ lead in half early in the third period. Marchessault’s empty-net goal with 17 seconds left provided the final margin.NOTES: NBA great Shaquille O’Neal ignited the crowd inside T-Mobile Arena when he manned the hand crank siren before puck drop. … Marchessault, who had a career-high 75 points last season
Anaheim Ducks Hoodies Authentic , continued his strong play into the regular season, as he’s posted a team-high 10 points (five goals, five assists). … Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle remains one win shy of tying Roger Neilson (460) for 30th among NHL coaches all-time. … Gibson has allowed two goals or fewer in six of his seven starts this season.UP NEXTAnaheim: Hosts Buffalo on Sunday.Vegas: Hosts Vancouver on Wednesday night. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets will close out 2018 against the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at Nationwide Arena without their captain.The club announced Sunday that Nick Foligno will be away from the team to be with his 5-year-old daughter Milana, who will undergo heart surgery in Boston.She was born in 2013 with a congenital heart defect and had surgery a few weeks later. She had battled a virus this fall and Foligno missed a game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. 17 to be with her while she was hospitalized.Article continues below ...Foligno, who has 10 goals and 10 assists in 37 games, will be back with the team as soon as possible, the club said.In the meantime, the Blue Jackets (22-13-3) will try to bounce back from a 4-2 loss at home to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night in a game of missed opportunities.The shot chart showed the Blue Jackets with 65 attempts against the Maple Leafs, but only 29 were on goal. Thus, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella emphasized shooting accuracy in Sunday’s practice.“Before practice, I put the stat up on the board today,” Tortorella said, according to the team’s website. “Usually
Anaheim Ducks Hats Authentic , when you’re in practice, you hear pucks ringing off the boards and glass. I didn’t hear many. I watched it very closely.“The first shot we took in our shooting drill went wide, and then I don’t think another one went wide. I didn’t hear much noise on the boards.“It may sound silly, but I do believe when you do bring focal points to the group and you put a little bit of pressure on concentrating on that part of it, I think they get it quickly.”Before Foligno left to be with his daughter, he said, “It’s so crucial just to even get a puck on net. It creates a rebound. Even if a goalie makes a save, it’s amazing how many times it pops back to you or you gain possession again.”During the Blue Jackets’ five-game winning streak that ended Friday, they weren’t exactly peppering the back of the net with pucks. In the last seven games, they’ve averaged 2.4 goals, but they kept beating opponents because of goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky’s stellar play and winger Cam Atkinson’s offensive contributions.“We played hard, but right now goal scoring is a problem,” Blue Jackets center Alexander Wennberg said. “We’ve got to score more goals. That’s the focus right now.”The Senators (15-20-4) might provide a cure. The last-place team in the Atlantic Division is giving up an NHL-worst 3.93 goals per game.On the flip side, the Senators possess the ability to generate goals at a rate of 3.15 per game. Mark Stone leads the team with 18 goals and 43 points and Matt Duchene is next with 15 goals and has 37 points — one fewer than defenseman Thomas Chabot.But the Senators are mired in a four-game losing streak and coach Guy Boucher decided at Sunday’s workout before leaving for Columbus to break up his top line of Stone
Custom Anaheim Ducks Jerseys , Colin White and Brady Tkachuk.Chris Tierney centered a line with Tkachuk and Stone. White moved to a wing with alongside Matt Duchene and Bobby Ryan, and winger Ryan Dzingel was placed on the fourth line with Tom Pyatt and Nick Paul.“Those three guys (White, Stone and Tkachuk) have worked so hard and they’re great to watch,” Boucher said, “but we need to have a team. It’s not that I wanted to split the line up, but I have to spread my hard-working elements throughout the lineup.”Ottawa is coming off a 3-2 loss at home to the Washington Capitals on Saturday in which it played without Chabot, who is out for three weeks after sustaining a shoulder injury on Friday night against the New York Islanders.“Whether you’re having a good season or not, it always (stinks) to be hurt,” Chabot said, according to the Ottawa Sun. “It’s part of the job. It always happens in hockey and you have to expect this. It is what it is and now we’ve got to look on the recovery road and hopefully be back as soon as possible.”Starting goaltender Craig Anderson also may miss Monday’s game with a concussion and so the Blue Jackets could see rookie Marcus Hogberg in net.“We’re going into a barn that’s hard to play in because (Columbus) is a very, very hard-working team,” Boucher said. “We’re not going to out-skill anybody. We don’t have that. The minute we don’t work harder than the opponent, we don’t get on top.”