Dorofeyev hat trick not enough as Vegas' comeback falls short to Predators 

End of game: Dorofeyev chapeau instrumentality not capable arsenic Golden Knights comeback effort falls abbreviated to Predators

Pavel Dorofeyev's archetypal vocation chapeau instrumentality was not capable to propel the Vegas Golden Knights to victory, falling to the Nashville Predators, 5-3, connected Tuesday.

Already with 2 goals successful the game, Dorofeyev scored connected a driblet walk from Victor Olofsson for the chapeau instrumentality and to chopped the Predators pb down to 1 goal. He has present scored 5 goals successful the past 2 games, 3 of which person been connected the powerfulness play.

Vegas pulled goalie Ilya Samsonov for a sixth skater connected the ice, but it backfired. Nashville's Ryan O'Reilly scored into the bare nett with a 2nd near successful the crippled for a 5-3 final.

The Golden Knights struggled successful the archetypal period, getting outshot 11-1 and falling into a 2-0 hole. This inclination continued into the 2nd play erstwhile they were down 4-0 and ne'er recovered. Vegas' champion play was the 3rd erstwhile it outshot Nashville 13-2. The Predators narrowly outshot the Golden Knights successful the game, 23-22.

Jonathan Marchessault picks up his archetypal triumph against his erstwhile team. He had an assistance and a plus-two rating.

The Golden Knights autumn to 29-12-3 connected the year. They volition question to Raleigh, N.C., connected Friday to instrumentality connected the Carolina Hurricanes astatine 4 p.m.

End of the 2nd period: Pavel Dorofeyev sparks Golden Knights comeback against Predators

After going down 4-0, Pavel Dorofeyev scores back-to-back goals to spark an effort astatine a Vegas Golden Knights comeback. They way the Nashville Predators, 4-2, astatine the extremity of the 2nd period.

Justin Barron scored connected a slap changeable to enactment Nashville up 3-0, and Steven Stamkos scored his 2nd extremity of the crippled to marque it 4-0.

Thirty-two seconds aboriginal connected the breakout, Dorofeyev scored connected a cross-ice walk from Victor Olofsson to get Vegas connected the board. He wasn't done there, arsenic he'd people again connected the powerfulness play, from the aforesaid spot helium scored the archetypal goal, to chopped into the Predators lead, 4-2.

Dorofeyev present has 4 goals successful 2 games, 3 of which person been connected the powerfulness play. He leads the squad successful scoring with 18 goals. This each comes aft helium had conscionable 2 goals successful 17 games, anterior to Sunday's 4-1 triumph implicit the Minnesota Wild.

The Predators outshot the Golden Knights, 10-8, successful the 2nd play and person a 21-9 borderline successful the game. It's inactive a large betterment for the Golden Knights arsenic they recorded conscionable 1 changeable successful the archetypal period.

End of archetypal period: Predators leap retired to 2-goal pb against Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights recorded conscionable 1 changeable successful the archetypal play and are trailing the Nashville Predators, 2-0, astatine the extremity of the archetypal period.

Both goals were scored disconnected of faceoffs. On the first, Jonathan Marchessault enactment the puck successful the net, and Steven Stamkos recovered it escaped successful beforehand of the nett to enactment the Predators up 1-0. In the second, Filip Forsberg recovered the escaped puck successful the face-off ellipse and instantly scored to boost the pb to 2-0.

Vegas was outshot 11-1 successful the archetypal play and didn't grounds its archetypal changeable until determination were 2 and a fractional minutes left. The Golden Knights' defence blocked 8 shots.

Pregame: Golden Knights look Predators, Marchessault for archetypal clip this season

For the archetypal clip since the Vegas Golden Knights passed connected re-signing him, Jonathan Marchessault volition look his erstwhile squad arsenic the Nashville Predators big Vegas astatine 5 p.m. today.

Marchessault, who was a cornerstone of the Golden Knights' occurrence from team's inception successful 2017, became a escaped cause successful the summertime of 2024 and was picked up by Nashville.

He played 609 games successful Vegas, scoring 240 goals and 492 points and won the 2023 Conn Smyth Trophy arsenic the Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Marchessault, who didn’t privation to permission Vegas, said playing with the Golden Knights was 1 of his proudest accomplishments.

But General Manager Kelly McCrimmon said Marchessault's projected five-year hold was "too lengthy.” Marchessault would person been 39 years aged by the extremity of the contract.

He yet signed a five-year, $27.5 cardinal woody with the Predators. Nashville has struggled passim the play and is seventh successful the Central Division.

Marchessault is predicted to autumn acold abbreviated of his 42 goals and 69 points past season. He has 14 goals and 31 points this season.

Marchessault said helium had meal with a fewer of his erstwhile teammates Monday and enjoyed seeing them again.

"You spot them each time of your beingness for a batch of years, and past you don’t,” helium said. “It's a pugnacious concern erstwhile it happens and it was large to spot each of them."

The Golden Knights are kicking disconnected a three-game roadworthy trip, the longest they've had successful a month.

They snapped a two-game skid with a 4-1 triumph Sunday implicit the Minnesota Wild, highlighted by 3 points (two goals and an assist) for Pavel Dorofeyev.

Jack Eichel missed the past crippled owed to unwellness but volition instrumentality tonight. That means that the Golden Knights volition play with a afloat roster for conscionable the 4th clip this season.

"I deliberation we've done a bully occupation erstwhile guys person been retired … but it does let america to equilibrium the lines and minutes a small better," Golden Knights manager Bruce Cassidy said.

Players to watch

Golden Knights: Jack Eichel (center) 42 games played, 11 goals, 43 assists, 54 points; Mark Stone (forward) 29 games played, 12 goals, 26 assists, 38 points; Pavel Dorofeyev (forward) 43 games played, 16 goals, 8 assists, 24 points.

Nashville: Jonathan Marchessault (forward) 42 games played, 14 goals, 17 assists, 31 points; Filip Forsberg (forward) 42 games played, 11 goals, 24 assists, 35 points; Roman Josi (defense) 38 games played, 8 goals, 20 assists, 28 points.

Nonactive players

Golden Knights: None to report.

Nashville: Adam Wilsby (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Luke Evangelista (lower body), Cole Smith (lower body).

How to watch

TV: Scripps Sports (Cox Communications, transmission 38), KnightTime+ (streaming)

Betting line

Golden Knights -130 Nashville +110. Over/under: 5.5 (-130/+110)

Who is successful goal

Golden Knights: TBD

Nashville: Justus Annunen - 15 games played, 9-6-0 record, 2.86 goals against average, .897 prevention percentage.