Field Level Media
23 Mar 2026, 07:35 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)
Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal with 3:38 remaining as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the host Dallas Stars on Sunday night.
Smith, a healthy scratch the previous five games, swatted in a rebound of Mitch Marner shot from the right side of the crease into the top right corner of the net for the game-winner.
Brayden McNabb and Ivan Barbashev also scored goals and Adin Hill finished with 13 saves for Vegas (32-25-14, 78 points), which with the win, leapfrogged idle Edmonton into second place in Pacific Division.
Wyatt Johnston set a franchise single-season record with his 23rd power-play goal and Justin Hryckowian also scored for Dallas (43-16-11, 97 points), which suffered just its second regulation in the last 19 games (15-2-2). Casey DeSmith made 30 saves for the Stars, who had a four-game win streak against the Golden Knights snapped.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead early in the first period when McNabb made an end-to-end rush up the middle of the ice and flipped a wrist shot past DeSmith's glove side.
Dallas tied it midway through the period on Johnston's power-play goal, a one-timer from the slot off a Matt Duchene pass past Hill's blocker side. He broke the franchise single-season record set by Dino Ciccarelli in 1986-87 with the Minnesota North Stars.
The Stars took a 2-1 lead near the end of the period when Hryckowian wrapped a rebound of a Colin Blackwell shot around Hill's right pad.
The Golden Knights tied it midway through the second period on a power-play goal by Barbashev, who roofed a tight-angle shot from just above the right goal-line over DeSmith's glove and into the top far corner, setting the stage for Smith's game-winner.
Vegas finished with a 33-15 edge in shots on goal and held the Stars without a shot on goal over the final 14:46 of the second period, including killing off a four-minute power-play when Jack Eichel was sent off for a high-sticking penalty on Mavrik Bourque.
--Field Level Media
Get a daily dose of China National News news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to China National News.
More InformationNEW YORK CITY, New York: A growing number of workers are moving away from traditional nine-to-five schedules in favour of microshifting,...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: More than a decade after the failure of its Fire Phone, Amazon is working on a new smartphone project as...
LONDON, U.K.: Unilever is in discussions to sell its food business to U.S.-based McCormick & Company, in a potential deal that would...
BEIJING, China: Apple recorded strong growth in China's smartphone market at the start of 2026, even as overall sales declined, helped...
OTTAWA/WASHINGTON/TOKYO: Major central banks signalled caution on inflation as they kept interest rates unchanged, warning that rising...
BEIJING, China: Pop Mart is taking its viral Labubu character to the big screen, partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand's government is planning to tighten deportation, asylum, and immigration enforcement rules with...
While breaking news stories capture our attention-North Korea's recent launching of 10 ballistic missiles grabbed headlines-there's...
(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images) Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal with 3:38 remaining as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped...
Taipei [Taiwan], March 23 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of seven Chinese naval vessels and three...
(Photo credit: Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK) Bilibili Gaming beat G2 Esports in the grand final...
Taipei [Taiwan], March 22 (ANI): In a strong rebuke to China, the United States has reiterated its support for Taiwan's meaningful...
