Golden Knights end 2021 with win over Ducks, extend division lead

The Golden Knights closed retired 2021 with a convincing 3-1 triumph implicit the Anaheim Ducks connected Friday astatine T-Mobile Arena.

The Knights won for the 10th clip successful their past 12 outings and accrued their pb implicit Anaheim successful the Pacific Division to 3 points.

Nicolas Roy scored his career-high seventh extremity connected a first-period deflection, and Adam Brooks redirected Dylan Coghlan’s changeable precocious successful the play for a 2-0 advantage.

Mattias Janmark cashed successful a agelong rebound for a 3-0 pb astatine 4:39 of the 2nd and besides missed a punishment changeable adjacent the extremity of the period.

Coach Pete DeBoer was down the seat for the Knights aft exiting COVID-19 protocol. Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and guardant Evgenii Dadonov were successful the lineup aft missing the past 2 games portion successful protocol.

Center Nolan Patrick made his archetypal quality since Oct. 22 aft missing the past 29 games with an upper-body injury.

The Knights finished December with a 10-3 grounds and had 62 victories during 2021, the astir successful the league. They are the sixth squad successful NHL past with much than 60 regular-season wins successful a calendar year.

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