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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury put a stop to Vegas’ early sophomore slump.Fleury keyed the Golden Knights’ far-fetched run to the Stanley Cup Final in their rookie season and then had a highlight-reel outing to silence a slow start to their second one.Fleury turned away breakaways Womens Jared Spurgeon Jersey , made sliding stops and used great glovework to stop 26 shots to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.“Fleury was outstanding today and he was the difference in the hockey game,” coach Gerard Gallant said.But he almost needed overtime.Cody Eakin bailed out the Golden Knights with the winner with 1:25 left in the game. Eakin ended the scoreless tie with a sensational sequence for the goal. He made a dive for the puck to keep it away from Flyers center Sean Couturier in Philly’s end of the ice. Ryan Carpenter snared the puck and passed it back to Eakin, who fired it from the circle past Brian Elliott for the winner.“It’s just one of those ones where a stick and a bounce, and we were in the right spot at the right time,” Eakin said.Elliott was pulled to give the Flyers the man-advantage and they still couldn’t solve Fleury. Fleury made a diving stop across the crease with 30 seconds left to deny Flyers captain Claude Giroux the tying goal.He beat the Flyers for the 29th time, got his 406th career win and 49th NHL shutout.The Golden Knights had had hit the skids with a 1-4 start that included an opening-night home loss to the Flyers. But on the final game of a five-game road trip, Fleury carried Vegas to a needed win before it returns home next week to open a five-game homestand.Fleury made 10 saves in the second period and all of them were worthy of retweets. He stuffed Scott Laughton on a short-handed breakaway that wiped out the center and sent him crashing into the boards. Laughton crashed back-first into the boards and was down on the ice for a few seconds, then went straight to the locker room. He didn’t return until the third .Moments after that save Jason Zucker Jersey , Giroux was alone on a breakaway, took a nifty skip over a Vegas blade and was also stopped by Fleury. Fleury lay on his right side and snared the puck with his glove a tick before it reached the crease. Giroux’s stick hop was a play-of-the-day candidate — had Fleury not topped him with the save of the month. The Golden Knights tweeted the clip with the caption, “Don’t you Fleury bout a thing.”“You know he had a couple desperate saves there,” Giroux said. “He’s a goalie that doesn’t quit on the puck.”The Flyers were stomped 8-2 in their home opener Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks and were booed off the ice to start a make-or-break year in coach Dave Hakstol’s fourth season. They rebounded 24 hours later with a gritty win at Ottawa and played a solid 60 minutes Saturday against the Western Conference champions. It just wasn’t enough for a team that can’t avoid any more injuries.“This is one of those nights, tip my hat to Fleury in net, they made a play late in the hockey game and it hurts like hell to walk out of here with nothing,” Hakstol said.Elliott rebounded from the eight-goal disaster in his last home start to stop 20 shots against Vegas.“Both teams had a lot of chances. Goalies played well and we were able to get the last one,” Eakin said.Laughton was banged up and forward Oskar Lindblom also hit the locker room in the third after Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb plowed him into the glass. The Flyers were already without two of their top nine forwards — Nolan Patrick and James van Riemsdyk. Patrick could miss up to 10 days after he took a stick to the face against Ottawa. Van Riemsdyk Joel Eriksson Ek Jersey , who signed a $35 million, five-year contract in the summer, is out another month because an injury suffered when was hit with a shot in the second game of the season.The Golden Knights played their straight game without injured center Paul Stastny, who was signed to a $19.5 million, three-year contract in the offseason.NOTES: Gritty continues to get more mainstream exposure than any mascot or mortal in the NHL. Gritty taped a segment at a Philadelphia cheesesteak landmark for “Jimmy Kimmel Live !” that aired this week. “Picked up a side hustle for when Claude’s on the road,” Gritty tweeted . His in-game skits are a hit with fans — especially a videotaped segment that showed him taking out the trash and doing other chores around like the arena like a mascot everyman.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night.Flyers: Host Florida on Tuesday night. LOS ANGELES (AP) The third period has belonged to the Los Angeles Kings all season, and they showed it again with another furious finish against the Edmonton Oilers.Paul LaDue scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 5:27 remaining, and the Kings pulled away late in a 5-2 victory Wednesday night.Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves for his fourth straight win Authentic Marcus Johansson Jersey , although his shutout streak ended at 193:58 – the second-longest in Los Angeles history behind Jonathan Quick’s mark of 202:11 in October 2011. Adrian Kempe and Kyle Clifford also scored for the Kings, who improved to 24-4-2 when tied or leading after the second period and boosted their NHL-leading scoring margin in the third to plus-35.”These are games we want to win,” Clifford said. ”We want to have an identity that we’re a third-period hockey team, so we came out ready to play.”Drew Doughty got his 300th NHL assist and 400th career point for Los Angeles. Current general manager Rob Blake is the only other defenseman in franchise history to reach both milestones.Connor McDavid scored for the third straight game and Leon Draisaitl had a power-play goal for the Oilers, who failed to earn a point for the second time in their past eight games (5-2-1). Cam Talbot made 23 saves.LaDue put the Kings back in front 3-2 at 14:33 of the third with his second NHL goal. Edmonton challenged for goaltender interference, but the play stood as called.Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar added empty-net goals.”They obviously gained some momentum in the second. We took a couple penalties we shouldn’t have,” LaDue said. ”I thought we came out strong in the third and we executed to our game plan, and it paid off.”McDavid tied it 2-all at 10:20 of the second by beating Kuemper between his legs Michael Hutchinson Jersey Womens , giving him seven goals in his last three games. McDavid needed several seconds to collect himself after colliding with teammate Jujhar Khaira in the neutral zone before Michael Cammalleri found him for what would become a 1-on-1 break against Doughty.”Might have been cheating a little bit high glove, and he made a good shot five-hole and made me look silly,” Kuemper said.Draisaitl cut Edmonton’s deficit to 2-1 at 3:28 of the second, scoring the first goal Kuemper allowed after stopping 85 straight shots.Clifford scored his second of the season to give the Kings a 1-0 lead 1:10 into the first period, and Kempe made it 2-0 just 58 seconds into the second with his 16th goal.”We’ve been through that scenario too many times this season,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said.Edmonton had three chances to take the lead early in the third, starting when Darnell Nurse’s shot hit the post. Kuemper then made a sprawling save to stop Cammalleri’s follow-up before Milan Lucic hit the post again.”The post was a good friend of ours tonight,” Kings coach John Stevens said. ”We had some luck there on those plays there http://www.officialdevils.com/authentic-adidas-miles-wood-jersey , but at the end of the day I thought the guys dug in, did a good job there and got the ship righted and found a way to win the hockey game before we hit the road.”NOTES: Kopitar passed Butch Goring for fifth place in franchise history with his 276th career goal. . Oilers D Adam Larsson missed his fourth straight game following the death of his father. … Kings D Alec Martinez (lower body) missed a second consecutive game, but Stevens expects him to be available during the upcoming seven-game road trip.UP NEXTOilers: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.Kings: Visit the Florida Panthers on Friday night to open their seven-game trip.—
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