Tomas Hertl’s OT tally caps Knights’ comeback against Red Wings
Tomas Hertl scored a 4-on-3 power-play goal 2:11 into overtime as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday.
Hertl took a pass from Mitch Marner at the bottom of the right circle and then buried a spinning wrist shot past goaltender Cam Talbot's blocker side and inside the far left post for the game-winner.
The score came 19 seconds after defenseman Simon Edvinsson was sent to the box for slashing Noah Hanifin in front of the crease.
Marner finished with a goal and two assists, Hertl had a goal and an assist and Reilly Smith and Ivan Barbashev also scored for Vegas, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Rasmus Andersson logged two assists.
Adin Hill made 23 saves for the Golden Knights, who played without captain Mark Stone (upper body) for the second straight game.
Alex DeBrincat and Edvinsson each had a goal and an assist and Emmitt Finnie also scored a goal for Detroit. Talbot finished with 21 saves.
Barbashev cut the Golden Knights' gap to 3-2 midway through the third period when he tapped in a rebound of a Andersson tip try on a Hanifin point shot.
Marner, stationed in front of the crease, then tied it with 3:24 left in regulation when he drilled Hertl's pass over Talbot's right pad, setting the stage for overtime.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 1:50 mark of the first period. Marner passed from behind the net to Smith at the bottom of the left circle, where he fired a wrist shot past Talbot's blocker side.
Detroit tied it on Finnie's wrist shot from the right circle past a Marco Kasper screen that beat Hill on the glove side at 5:58 of the first.
The Red Wings scored twice in a 59-second span near the end of the opening period to take a 3-1 lead.
Edvinsson got the first goal when he scooped up a loose puck in the high slot and fired a wrist shot into the upper right corner past Hill's glove side. DeBrincat followed with his team-leading 32nd goal following a Vegas turnover, snapping a shot from the top of the left circle past Hill's glove side.