nhl Game Recap
Vegas Golden Knights vs Philadelphia Flyers Recap - Golden Knights Win 5-4
Vegas earned a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia on Monday, but needed a shootout to do it at Wells Fargo Center.
Vegas was favored by -129 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Pavel Dorofeyev, Jack Eichel, Tanner Pearson, and Ivan Barbashev each scored for the Golden Knights in the victory. Eichel opened the scoring for Vegas.
Ilya Samsonov turned in a 31-save effort for the Golden Knights.
Philadelphia got goals from Emil Andrae, Matvei Michkov, Sean Couturier, and Morgan Frost in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ivan Fedotov stopped 26 of 30 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Vegas went 1-for-1, while the Flyers were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 35-30.
Vegas heads into a battle against the Avalanche. Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.