Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights

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Pittsburgh Penguins

32-18-15

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Vegas Golden Knights

30-22-14

Dorofeyev scores twice, Golden Knights snap 3-game slide with 6-2 win over Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Game Highlights

Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division.

With Edmonton losing 7-2 in Dallas earlier in the night, the Golden Knights moved into sole possession of second place. The Penguins remained tied with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division.

Clinging to a 3-2 lead after the first two periods, the Golden Knights scored twice on their first four shots of the third on goals from Dorofeyev and Jack Eichel to pull away.

Dorofeyev has a career-high 54 points, two more than last season.

Eichel added an assist to go along with his 24th goal of the season. He has six points in his last six games, and goals in three consecutive games.

Colton Sissons and Mitch Marner also scored for the Golden Knights, and Adin Hill made 24 saves. Marner also had an assist, while rookie Braeden Bowman finished with two assists.

Rickard Rakell and Ben Kindel scored for Pittsburgh, and Arturs Silovs stopped 11 shots.

The Penguins had wins in seven of their previous 10 games against Vegas (7-3-0), including a 5-0 victory in Pittsburgh on March 1, when the Knights lost captain Mark Stone to an upper-body injury.

Stone returned to the lineup Thursday night after a five-game absence.

Up next Penguins: At Utah on Saturday night.

Golden Knights: Host Chicago on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:41	Colton Sissons Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Braeden Bowman (17)
Goal	2nd Period 5:02	Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Kaedan Korczak (11), Braeden Bowman (18)
Goal	2nd Period 8:26	Rickard Rakell Goal (13) Tip-In, assists: Bryan Rust (27), Ryan Shea (22)
Goal	2nd Period 9:20	Mitch Marner Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (22)
Goal	2nd Period 16:22	Ben Kindel Goal (16) Tip-In, assists: Anthony Mantha (25), Ryan Shea (23)
Goal	3rd Period 4:35	Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Mitch Marner (48)
Goal	3rd Period 6:20	Jack Eichel Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Ivan Barbashev (28), Shea Theodore (24)
Goal	3rd Period 19:01	Brayden McNabb Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (50)

Statistics

PIT		VGK
12	Blocked Shots	21
12	Hits	27
6	Takeaways	2
26	Shots	17
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
19	Faceoffs Won	42
31.1	Faceoff Win Percent	68.9
17	Giveaways	23
5	Total Penalties	6
10	Penalty Minutes	12