nhl Game Recap
Philadelphia Flyers vs Vegas Golden Knights Wrap - Vegas Wins 5-2
The Flyers came up short Thursday against the Golden Knights, falling 5-2.
Bettors who backed the Golden Knights were rewarded as -172 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
Vegas got goals from Tanner Pearson, Mark Stone, Nicolas Hague, Alexander Holtz, and Pavel Dorofeyev in the victory. Stone opened the scoring at 0:51 of the second period.
Ilya Samsonov turned in a 23-save effort for the Golden Knights.
Tyson Foerster, and Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers, finding the net behind Ilya Samsonov.
Aleksei Kolosov stopped 22 of 26 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Vegas went 0-for-1, while the Flyers were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Philadelphia lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 27-25.
Vegas heads into a battle against the Sabres. Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have their next action against Toronto.