Overview
- Boston twice led but fell 6-5 to the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena, giving up 37 shots and high-danger looks throughout.
- Jack Eichel, Tomas Hertl, and Mark Stone drove Vegas’s attack with 21 combined shots and six points.
- Special-teams miscues proved costly with two goals allowed on the penalty kill and a shorthanded strike after a Casey Mittelstadt turnover, while William Karlsson netted the third-period winner.
- Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves on 37 shots and kept Boston within reach despite repeated defensive lapses.
- The top six struggled at 5-on-5 and were outplayed until Sturm flipped Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie, as the fourth line of Jeffrey Viel, Sean Kuraly, and Mark Kastelic emerged as Boston’s most effective unit before a road test against the 4-0-1 Avalanche.