Petr Mrazek made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season and the host Detroit Pink Wings blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Rookie defenseman Albert Johansson scored his second profession objective. Lucas Raymond and Marco Kasper additionally scored for the Pink Wings, who had misplaced seven of their earlier eight video games. Mrazek was making his third begin since he was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks.
Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves for the Golden Knights, who’ve misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games. They completed off a four-game street journey with a 1-1-2 mark. Vegas gave up a tying objective with 14 seconds remaining and misplaced a shootout at Buffalo on Saturday afternoon.
Detroit had an early energy play however did not get a shot on objective throughout the man benefit. The Pink Wings had an 8-5 benefit in pictures on objective throughout the opening interval however neither aspect was capable of break via.
An interference penalty in opposition to Detroit’s Michael Rasmussen and a roughing name in opposition to Samsonov resulted in a 4-on-4 early within the second interval. The open ice did not finish the impasse.
Johansson scored with a nifty transfer at 7:58 of the second interval. He took a go from Vladimir Tarasenko and skated via the proper circle. When Samsonov strayed out of his web, Johansson patiently skated round him and deposited the puck contained in the goalpost. J.T. Compher picked up the second help.
Detroit had one other energy play late within the interval when Alex Pietrangelo was whistled for slashing however could not add to its lead.
Raymond ended a 10-game objective drought at 4:51 of the third when he skated into the slot and fired a shot over Samsonov’s glove. Elmer Soderblom was credited with an help on Raymond’s twenty third objective this season.
Kasper made it 3-0 with 8:46 remaining whereas scoring off an Erik Gustafsson feed. Patrick Kane additionally picked up an help on Kasper’s thirteenth objective.
Detroit, which is making an attempt to get again into the Japanese Convention wild card race, performs its subsequent 4 video games on the street, together with a rematch with Vegas on Saturday.
–Discipline Degree Media
