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WINNIPEG Bruce Cassidy, the head coach, was very happy with his Vegas Golden Knights’ 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
From the beginning, the match was violent and ended in a 1-1 draw after two periods.
Moving forward The game-winning goal was then scored by Ivan Barbashev with 5:29 left in the third. With 1:45 remaining, he added an empty-net goal, and with 34 seconds remaining, Jack Eichel scored one.
“Those kinds of victories mean a little bit more in the end,” Cassidy remarked. “That team is in the playoffs. We are growing to despise this team among ourselves.
“I think those kinds of games bring out the best in us because they are physical.”
The Golden Knights (40-25-8), who were in the third game of a four-game road trip (2-0-1) also had a goal from Pavel Dorofeyev.
The Jets’ current five-game losing streak (0-4-1) matches their season-long losing streak from late January.
“We played against a solid team tonight, and we were the better team. We simply didn’t score, stated head coach Rick Bowness of Winnipeg.
For Vegas, which has gone 7-3-1 in its last 11 games, Logan Thompson saved 39 shots.
In front of the team’s seventh sellout of the year and third straight full house of 15,225 spectators at Canada Life Centre, Sean Monahan scored for the Jets (44-23-6).
In the second game of Winnipeg’s five-game homestand, Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves.
The Jets are now 1-for-21 in their last seven games after finishing the game with a 0-for-5 power play performance. Vegas had a 0–1 record.
Monahan declared, “I think the power play has to be better.” “You really do get that many chances to score a goal.” I don’t believe we had a bad game. We lose the game after a few expensive errors.
Early in the third period, while the Jets had a man advantage, winger Nikolaj Ehlers missed an open goal.
“Adding that would have been nice, and with the way things were going today, we probably would have won by two points.” That’s my fault, Ehlers remarked.
After a first session that began with an early playoff-like intensity, Vegas led 1-0.
Barbashev stated, “That all started from the first shift out there.” “To be honest, it felt like a playoff game and it was a really physical game.”
Three minutes into the game, Vegas forward Keegan Kolesar challenged Jets defenseman Logan Stanley, trading blows.
A few minutes later, center William Karlsson had a heavy check from Winnipeg captain Adam Lowry.
Then, at 6:44 into the first session, Golden Knights forward Chandler Stephenson tripped Nino Niederreiter, inspiring all skaters to pair up.
Mark Scheifele’s one-timer was among the three shots that the Jets took at Thompson that the goalkeeper stopped with a pad.
At 15:56, Dorofeyev scored the first goal of the match as he sent the puck over Hellebuyck’s glove from inside the circle.
Forty-one seconds later, Vegas went on the power play, but it was unable to maintain its lead.
At 3:31 of the second, Monahan scored his 23rd goal of the year by tipping in an Ehlers shot.
Despite having three power plays in the midst of the game, the Jets were unable to score.
Seven minutes into the third period, Winnipeg also got the man advantage, but they were unable to get a shot on Thompson.
After that, Vegas defenseman Nicolas Hague received a penalty for illegally checking Jets forward Vladislav Namestnikov in the head. Following a review, a major was downgraded to a minor.
With 8:37 left in the game, Scheifele fought back, earning himself a five-minute instigator penalty, a 10-minute game misconduct, and an instigator penalty. Hague was given five more for fighting.
At 14:31, Barbashev raced to the net and fired a high backhand shot past Hellebuyck. Two minutes later, at 18:15, he scored an empty-net goal on his own to bring his season total to 18 goals.
For his 25th goal, Eichel placed the puck into an empty net.
