“I thought overall the way we checked, kept Vancouver’s top players, made them really work to get space, converted our chances, special teams were good.
“This was probably one of our best games of the year,” he said. Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy was effusive in praising his team’s effort playing the eighth of their last nine games on the road. Logan Thompson took over in the third period, stopping 5-of-6 shots. Adin Hill stopped all 16 shots he faced before exiting for precautionary measures with a lower-body injury. Ivan Barbashev, William Karlsson, and Brett Howden added a goal apiece for Vegas (15-5-4). “They’re first in the division and (were the) best team in the league last year … they were better than us tonight and we’ve got the next 55 to 60 games to measure ourselves against them.” “Of course it’s a measuring stick game,” Hughes said.
