Tomas Hertl scores late to secure victory for Vegas
Tomas Hertl scored with 70 seconds remaining in regulation, less than a minute after a goal by the Vegas Golden Knights was waived off for goaltender interference, lifting his team to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday. Mark Stone scored on the power play for the Golden Knights , and Pavel Dorofeyev and Zach Whitecloud also found the back of the net. This victory marked their second consecutive win following a four-game losing streak.
Boston captain Brad Marchand reached the 20-goal mark for the 12th consecutive season. Nikita Zadorov and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, while Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 shots. Boston had taken a 3-1 lead on Geekie's 17th goal of the season with 4:53 left in the second period. However, Whitecloud responded with a goal in the closing seconds of the second, and Dorofeyev beat Swayman with a wrist shot from the right circle 4:45 into the third. Marchand opened the scoring 3:17 into the first period, redirecting a shot from the edge of the crease off a pass from Zadorov. For the Golden Knights, this win concluded a 2-2 road trip following a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. As for the Bruins, they are looking to Pastrnak to continue his impressive performance, but he still has work to do to match the team record of 20 consecutive games with a point, set by Bronco Horvath from December 1959 to February 1960.With Vegas on the power play, Hertl maneuvered in the slot and beat Swayman with a wrist shot for his 21st goal of the season. The Golden Knights entered this game converting on 27.3% of their power-play chances this season and went 2 for 4 in this match. Following the NHL's two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-off, the Golden Knights will be idle until February 22nd when they host the Vancouver Canucks, while the Bruins will host the Anaheim Ducks that same day.
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