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Penguins Blank Golden Knights 5-0 as Vegas Captain Mark Stone Exits With Upper-Body Injury

Coach Bruce Cassidy said Stone’s condition will be clarified Monday after the team travels to Buffalo.

Overview

  • Arturs Silovs made 22 saves for Pittsburgh to record the shutout.
  • Pittsburgh broke the game open with three second-period goals, including two on the power play, and killed both Vegas power plays.
  • Vegas goaltender Adin Hill stopped 17 of 22 shots for a .773 save percentage in a difficult outing.
  • The Golden Knights’ early-game struggles persisted coming out of the Olympic break, with a 9-1 goals-against gap across the first two periods of their last three games.
  • Vegas heads into a back-to-back at Buffalo and Detroit before the trade deadline, with Stone’s status unresolved and team form under scrutiny.