Stone’s hat trick powers Golden Knights past Flames
LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — Mark Stone scored three goals and Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-2 in an NHL game on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena. Carter Hart made 28 saves for the Golden Knights, which improved to 7-2-0. Ivan Barbashev added three assists, Braeden Bowman and Brett Howden also scored, and Mitch Marner had two assists. Stone finished with three shots on goal, Eichel had four, and Barbashev had four. Calgary fell to 1-6-0. Howden opened the scoring on a wrist shot, and Eichel scored unassisted in the first. Bowman scored in the second, and Stone then recorded a backhand, a tip-in and a wrist shot in the third. Barbashev and Eichel each assisted on two of Stone’s goals. Matt Coronato and Jacob Middleton scored for the Flames, with Martin Pospisil collecting an assist. William Karlsson also assisted for the Golden Knights. Attendance was 16,433.