“It’s rewarding, it’s great, it’s a good feeling, especially the first one’s out of the way,” Cotter said. He had two goals in seven games last season. It was the fourth 2-on-1 for Vegas in the period, with Cotter finally breaking through for the Knights with his first goal of the season. Vegas struck first when a rested Cotter came out of the box moments after the Golden Knights killed a penalty, broke into the zone on a 2-on-1 and opted to wrist the shot on his own past Stalock short side at 8:44 of the second. “Seeing a couple shots early on helps the confidence and helps you feel the game and they had some weird bounces that led to some scoring chances for them, but luckily was able to keep the puck out tonight.” “It was good to get it in early,” Thompson said of Chicago’s early surge. Vegas, which won its season-opener Tuesday in Los Angeles, got stellar play from Thompson, who came up with timely saves near the end of the first during a penalty-kill, preserving a scoreless game. Chicago’s aggressiveness on the forecheck allowed the Blackhawks to disrupt any Knights’ attempt to move in transition during the opening period, as it played the high-flying Golden Knights rather evenly, outshooting Vegas 10-9 in the first period. The Blackhawks didn’t look like a team playing the second of back-to-back nights after opening their season in Denver on Wednesday. “Both goalies were the stars of the show tonight,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. Chicago was 0 for 2 with the man advantage while Vegas was 0 for 3. “You know, good to see Paul get the game-winner and overall I’m just happy with the two points.”Īlex Stalock was excellent in net for Chicago, finishing with 36 saves in his first start of the season.īoth goalies were stellar on the penalty kill, each making six saves in power-play situations. “It was good, it was a lot of fun,” Thompson said. It was his third time facing the Blackhawks and he improved to 2-0-1 against them. Thompson, making just his 22nd NHL appearance, got his second career shutout.
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