Golden Knights report: Injured defenseman could skate after break

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Golden Knights vs. Lightning

Lightning triumph 4-3

RJ’s 3 stars

3. Lightning halfway Steven Stamkos — He scored the game-winner connected the powerfulness play with a rocket of a one-timer from the near circle. His 453 vocation goals fertile 3rd among progressive players down Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.

2. Knights close helping Mark Stone — He scored doubly earlier leaving the crippled successful the 2nd play with an injury. It was his 2nd two-goal crippled of the season.

1. Lightning goaltender Andre Vasilevskiy — He showed wherefore his trophy lawsuit includes a Vezina, Conn Smythe and 2 Stanley Cup rings. He made 38 saves and kept his squad successful a crippled successful which it was outshot 41-19.

Key play

Knights halfway Nicolas Roy’s second-period goal.

It was 1 of the highlights of the nighttime contempt the Lightning’s comeback. Roy received a walk from defenseman Shea Theodore adjacent the halfway reddish enactment and sped into the violative zone. He deked astir 3 Tampa Bay defenders — including Norris Trophy victor Victor Hedman — to escaped himself up for a changeable successful the slot.

He bushed Vasilevskiy glove-side for his sixth extremity and gave the Knights a 3-1 lead. It was his 15th constituent of the season, tying his vocation high.

Key stat

.789 — Goaltender Laurent Brossoit’s prevention percent aft giving up 4 goals connected 19 shots.

Tuesday’s commencement continued his streaky opening to his Knights tenure. Brossoit has won 5 of his 8 starts, and successful each 5 wins helium posted a prevention percent of .923 oregon above. In his 3 losses, he’s had prevention percentages of .862 oregon below.

Martinez update

Knights manager Pete DeBoer said defenseman Alec Martinez has had “positive developments” successful the past week to 10 days, and the squad has had discussions astir getting him backmost connected the crystal aft the vacation break.

Martinez hasn’t played since getting kicked successful the look by Minnesota Wild near helping Brandon Duhaime connected Nov. 11 and suffering a facial laceration and caput injury. The 34-year-old signed a three-year declaration hold successful the offseason and is the Knights’ second-highest paid defenseman with an mean yearly worth of $5.25 million.

Martinez has 3 assists successful 11 games this season.

“A instrumentality day inactive isn’t connected my radar,” DeBoer said. “It’s heading successful the close direction.”

Knights’ adjacent 10

Vs. Colorado, 7 p.m. Monday

At Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

Vs. Anaheim, noon Dec. 31

Vs. Winnipeg, 1 p.m. Jan. 2

Vs. Nashville, 7 p.m. Jan. 4

Vs. N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Jan. 6

Vs. Chicago, 7 p.m. Jan. 8

Vs. Toronto, 7 p.m. Jan. 11

At Edmonton, 6 p.m. Jan. 14