Mar 14, 2025; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Detroit Crimson Wings heart Michael Rasmussen (27) celebrates his objective towards the Carolina Hurricanes in the course of the third interval at Lenovo Heart. Obligatory Credit score: James Guillory-Imagn Photos
Vegas let a victory slip away on Saturday however the Golden Knights haven’t got a lot time to lament their shootout loss. They should refocus for a Sunday matinee at Detroit.
Vegas allowed a Rasmus Dahlin objective with 14 seconds remaining in regulation, then misplaced to Buffalo in a shootout, 4-3.
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy was irritated with Tomas Hertl, who might have scored an empty-netter within the closing minute. He as a substitute tried to move it to Jack Eichel, which led to a turnover.
“I might wish to see him shoot the puck within the web and finish the sport,” Cassidy stated. “That is what I might wish to see. I feel the entire workforce wish to see that.”
Vegas, which has misplaced three of its final 4 video games, is wrapping up a four-game street journey. The Golden Knights have gone 1-0-2 on the journey, with an time beyond regulation loss in Pittsburgh and a shutout victory over Columbus.
They’d a 2-0 lead on the Sabres on Saturday.
“I feel we had been form of sloppy at instances,” ahead Victor Olofsson stated. “We performed a easy sport early, I feel that form of labored for us, (however) then we received away from it. I imply clearly we have stated it earlier than — they’ve some talent on the workforce they usually could make performs. I feel that is what occurred.”
Eichel scored within the third interval, growing his team-high level whole to 80. Pavel Dorofeyev scored his twenty seventh objective, tying him for the workforce lead with Hertl.
The Crimson Wings have misplaced seven of their final eight video games. They could not get better from a poor second-period efficiency in a 4-2 street loss to Carolina on Friday. Detroit let up three targets in the course of the interval.
“The second interval was unacceptable,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan stated. “It wasn’t simply Carolina-inflicted, it was self-inflicted. Just a few actually dumb play on our behalf. We had just a little chat between the second and third and located a strategy to push just a little extra, however clearly not sufficient.”
Michael Rasmussen scored a third-period objective to make it 3-2 however the Crimson Wings had been unable to provide you with a tying objective earlier than the Hurricanes scored an empty-netter.
“An excessive amount of of a rollercoaster (Friday),” workforce captain Dylan Larkin stated. “A variety of what they received within the second (interval) we gave them, and within the third we had been rolling them and had been the higher workforce.”
Each loss makes it much less seemingly that the Crimson Wings will finish their eight-season playoff drought.
“Everybody on this locker room is aware of what we’re able to,” Detroit ahead Lucas Raymond stated. “We now have a number of belief and perception in ourselves. It is a number of video games left to be performed, and our objective stays the identical. We’ll do all the things we will to push in direction of it.”
The Crimson Wings want extra out of Raymond to catch hearth. The primary-line ahead hasn’t scored within the final 10 video games.
Detroit and Vegas will play once more in Las Vegas on Saturday as a part of the Crimson Wings’ four-game street swing following Sunday’s contest.
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