Overview
- Vegas decided it early with four goals in roughly five and a half minutes on its first six shots for a 4-0 first-period lead.
- Mark Stone had a goal and two assists, Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each posted a goal and an assist, and Mitch Marner also scored.
- Adin Hill stopped 32 shots for his 100th career victory in his strongest outing since returning from injury.
- The Kings went 0-for-5 on the power play while Vegas took six penalties, and Trevor Moore netted Los Angeles’ lone goal as Anze Kopitar reached 1,300 career points.
- Newly acquired Artemi Panarin was held out and is slated to debut after the break, and Andrei Kuzmenko left with an upper-body injury after taking a puck to the face.