Dorofeyev scores twice, Golden Knights rally to top Kings
Colton Sissons, Brandon Saad and Reilly Smith scored three objectives in 4:14 halfway by the third interval for the Golden Knights (28-16-14), who have been with out forwards Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and Mitch Marner, in addition to defensemen Noah Hanifin and Shea Theodore following the gold medal sport on the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Adin Hill made 15 saves to prolong Vegas’ profitable streak to three video games.
Artemi Panarin had two assists in his Los Angeles Kings debut after he was acquired in a commerce from the New York Rangers for ahead Liam Greentree and two conditional draft picks on Feb. 4. It was Panarin’s first sport since Jan. 26 after being held out for roster administration functions by New York forward of the commerce.
Quinton Byfield scored twice, Adrian Kempe had a aim and an help, Anton Forsberg made 19 saves, and the Kings (23-20-14) misplaced their fourth straight sport (0-3-1).
The Golden Knights went up 1-0 at 10:59 of the primary interval on Dorofeyev’s twenty seventh aim of the season. Tanner Laczynski shot huge of the web from the left circle on a 2-on-1 rush, and the puck caromed off the board to Dorofeyev beneath the appropriate circle for a sharp-angle shot.
Byfield tied it up 1-1 at 14:31 on the facility play when Panarin’s slap move redirected off his skate within the slot.
Panarin has not less than one level in every of his 4 NHL staff debuts (one aim on Oct. 7, 2015 with the Chicago Blackhawks; three assists on Oct. 6, 2017 with the Columbus Blue Jackets; one aim and one help on Oct. 3, 2019 with the New York Rangers).
Kempe put the Kings forward 2-1 at 14:44 of the second interval with a snap shot from the left circle off the push following a tic-tac-toe move from Panarin to Kopitar to Los Angeles’ main scorer.
Sissons tied it up 2-2 at 8:07 of the third interval on a backhand from exterior the crease. He had missed the earlier 12 video games due to an upper-body harm.
Saad put Vegas again in entrance 3-2 at 11:16 on a snap shot from the appropriate circle. It was his first sport since Jan. 8 due to an undisclosed harm.
Smith made it 4-2 at 12:21 by reducing by the slot and scoring on the backhand, however Byfield scored from shut vary at 13:26 to minimize the Kings’ deficit to 4-3.
Dorofeyev scored on the facility play at 15:59 to put the Golden Knights again up 5-3.
With Forsberg off for an additional attacker, Brandt Clarke made it 5-4 with a slap shot from the purpose at 18:54.
Ivan Barbashev scored into an empty internet at 19:32 for the 6-4 remaining.
