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Boston Bruins at Vegas Golden Knights

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William Karlsson scores twice to help Golden Knights beat Bruins 6-5

Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Game Highlights

Mark Stone added three assists for the Golden Knights to stretch his points streak to five games. Cole Reinhardt and Tomas Hertl scored, with Hertl's goal ending the Bruins' streak of 14 successful penalty kills to open the season, and Karlsson's came on a short-handed opportunity and a power play. Akira Schmid made 19 saves.

Dorofeyev, who also had an assist, tied Ottawa's Shane Pinto for the league lead in goals. Eichel had his fifth goal to extend his points streak to five games and later added an assist. Mitch Marner had two assists.

Tanner Jeannot, Nikita Zadorov, David Pastrnak, Mark Kastelic and Michael Eyssimont scored goals for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman stopped 31 shots.

Vegas has picked up at least a point in all five games.

The Golden Knights appeared well on their way to victory with a 6-3 lead 2:19 into the third period before Boston answered with goals from Kastelic and Eyssimont 1:07 apart.

Vegas received a scare late in the second period when Eichel took a puck on the side of the skate. He went to the bench for the rest of the period, but did not go to the locker room until the second intermission. Eichel returned to the ice in the third period.

Las Vegas Aces players A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jewell Loyd were shown on the video board with the WNBA trophy during the second intermission, drawing a roar from the crowd. The Aces have won three titles in four years.

Up next Bruins: At Colorado on Saturday night.

Golden Knights: Host Calgary on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 2:05 Tanner Jeannot Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie McAvoy (2), Michael Eyssimont (2)
Goal 1st Period 3:35 Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Mitchell Marner (5), Zach Whitecloud (1)
Goal 1st Period 16:44 Nikita Zadorov Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Henri Jokiharju (2), Sean Kuraly (1)
Goal 1st Period 18:33 Cole Reinhardt Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Ben Hutton (2), Colton Sissons (1)
Goal 2nd Period 4:14 Jack Eichel Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Stone (7), Ivan Barbashev (3)
Goal 2nd Period 6:35 Tomas Hertl Goal (2) Deflected, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (1), Mark Stone (8)
Goal 2nd Period 8:15 David Pastrnak Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Geekie (2), Elias Lindholm (3)
Goal 2nd Period 18:24 William Karlsson Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Mark Stone (9)
Goal 3rd Period 2:19 William Karlsson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Mitchell Marner (6), Jack Eichel (6)
Goal 3rd Period 4:05 Mark Kastelic Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Sean Kuraly (2)
Goal 3rd Period 5:12 Michael Eyssimont Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Mason Lohrei (1)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originVGK
20 Blocked Shots 22
26 Hits 20
5 Takeaways 3
24 Shots 37
1 Power Play Goals 2
3 Power Play Opportunities 6
33.3 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
35 Faceoffs Won 36
49.3 Faceoff Win Percent 50.7
14 Giveaways 13
5 Total Penalties 3
12 Penalty Minutes 6
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jeremy Lauzon, D Injured Reserve Nov 18
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Pavel Zacha, C Out Nov 28
David Pastrnak, RW Out Nov 28
Matej Blumel, RW Injured Reserve Nov 28
Charlie McAvoy, D Injured Reserve Nov 23
Jordan Harris, D Injured Reserve Nov 17

Game Information

T-Mobile Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 17,927 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 15 7 32 2
Montreal 13 7 29 3
Ottawa 12 8 28 4
Boston 14 12 28 0
Detroit 13 11 27 1
Florida 12 11 25 1
Toronto 10 11 23 3
Buffalo 9 11 22 4

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Anaheim 15 8 31 1
Los Angeles 11 6 29 7
Seattle 11 6 28 6
Vegas 10 6 28 8
San Jose 12 10 27 3
Edmonton 10 10 25 5
Vancouver 10 13 22 2
Calgary 9 14 21 3
Full Standings