Marchand's goal streak reaches five games as Panthers beat Golden Knights

Brad Marchand is playing immoderate of his champion hockey astatine property 37, extending his extremity streak to 5 games

LAS VEGAS -- Brad Marchand, playing immoderate of his champion hockey astatine property 37, extended his extremity streak to 5 games to pb the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 triumph Monday nighttime implicit the Vegas Golden Knights.

Marchand has scored six goals successful 5 games, inching person to his personal-best seven-game extremity streak successful 2016. He besides had an assistance and present stands astatine 998 points for his career.

Jesper Boqvist and Sam Reinhart scored the different Panthers goals, and Donovan Sebrango had 2 assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves.

Tomas Hertl and Ivan Barbashev scored the Golden Knights goals. Barbashev has 4 goals and 2 assists successful 4 games.

Rookie Carl Lindbom, making conscionable his 4th start, stopped 17 shots. He hasn't been eased into the lineup, having besides faced Tampa Bay doubly and Colorado once, a large crushed Lindbom is 0-3-1 with a 3.25 goals-against mean and a .869 prevention percentage.

But the Golden Knights' discourtesy failed to backmost up Lindbom contempt having much than its stock of opportunities. Vegas had 8 high-danger chances compared to 5 for Florida, according to Natural Stat Trick. Mitch Marner faked retired Bobrovsky successful 1 of those chances successful the archetypal period, but skied the puck.

The Golden Knights person felt similar thing but astatine location during this six-game agelong astatine T-Mobile Arena. They dropped to 1-3-1 connected the homestand.

The Panthers caput backmost to South Florida having gone 2-2 connected their occidental roadworthy trip.

This was a gathering of the astir caller Stanley Cup champions. The Golden Knights bushed Florida successful 2023, and Panthers past went back-to-back for their titles.

Panthers: Host Washington connected Thursday.

Golden Knights: Host the New York Islanders connected Thursday.

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