Golden Knights hand Kraken loss in expansion team’s debut

Chandler Stephenson scored with 11:27 remaining, and the Golden Knights handed the Seattle Kraken a 4-3 nonaccomplishment connected Tuesday astatine T-Mobile Arena successful the enlargement team’s debut.

Max Pacioretty scored doubly and added an assist, and Jonathan Marchessault besides had a goal. Mark Stone finished with 3 assists arsenic the NHL’s youngest teams squared disconnected successful the play opener.

The Knights were without forwards Mattias Janmark (COVID-19 protocol) and William Carrier (concussion protocol) successful summation to Brett Howden and Nicolas Roy, each of whom are connected injured reserve.

Pavel Dorofeyev, a third-round prime successful 2019, made his NHL debut aft not appearing successful the preseason. Dylan Coghlan besides was successful the lineup and skated a fistful of shifts astatine forward.

The Knights led 3-0 successful the 2nd play erstwhile Pacioretty deflected Nic Hague’s changeable for his 2nd extremity astatine 6:43 earlier Seattle tallied goals 1:12 apart.

Ryan Donato volition spell down arsenic the archetypal extremity scorer successful Kraken history, arsenic helium fought disconnected defenseman Alec Martinez and deposited a rebound for a power-play extremity astatine 11:32 of the 2nd period. Jared McCann followed with a backhand from the close helping that trickled past Lehner.

Morgan Geekie tied the people astatine 3 successful the 3rd play erstwhile helium bushed Knights goalie Robin Lehner with a wrist changeable from the close faceoff dot.

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