– by Adesina O. Koiki
A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief
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DALLAS — Though it was only a two-game jaunt away from Sin City, the Vegas Golden Knights made sure to take care of business away from home in the most dominating of fashions.
Chandler Stephenson scored less than three minutes into Saturday’s contest, the first of three goals in the opening period for the Golden Knights during a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars inside of American Airlines Center in a weekend afternoon matchup. Six different players scored for Vegas, while goalkeeper Logan Thompson only had to make 19 saves in front of a stout Golden Knights defense that took advantage of the Stars playing their fifth game in an eight-day span.
Thompson also got the win in the Golden Knights’ last game, on Wednesday in St. Louis, when Vegas also scored six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Blues. Tomorrow is the second of a back-to-back for the Knights, who open up a four-game homestand tomorrow against the San Jose Sharks.
“Well, there was a lot to like. Our checking game was terrific. We didn’t allow them a lot of time and space,” Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Sometimes you get fortunate in the schedule. Let’s face it — this was [the Stars’] fourth game this week. They were on the road and in Florida and came back home. We’ve had a couple days off which was good. We had a good practice yesterday. We wanted to get the right start and we did. We checked well not to allow them to get back in the game. We started well by scoring early and getting an early lead. Those were the two biggest reasons why we were able to get two points.”
*Editor’s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Saturday afternoon’s contest, with photos taken by Dallas-area photographer Ross James. After clicking on the first photo to enlarge the picture, make sure to press the left and right arrow buttons to scroll through the rest of the pictures. There are 22 pictures in total.
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