LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights got at least one point from 11 skaters Thursday night, led by William Karlsson's two goals, as Vegas defeated the Boston Bruins, 6-5.
"This was one of our more – it might sound funny – complete games, especially offensively," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "I thought we were the better team most of the night. We gave up the first goal again, but answered right away. And then I thought we took it to Boston in a lot of different areas."
Vegas has given up the first goal in 15 straight games dating back to last postseason, through the preseason and over the first five games of the regular season.
"I thought the score was a little more complimentary than the game myself," Cassidy said. "I'm sure they may feel differently, but that's how I felt as a coach, and that's a good thing. That means we're moving in the right direction.
"Do we have some things to fix? Of course, you do. It's game five. It's the middle of October. We'll have things to fix for a while, but I'd like the direction the game went tonight. We're just going to keep emphasizing better starts. Some of that's puck management."
Jack Eichel became the first player in the NHL to hit double digits in points this season as he finished with a goal and an assist to extend his season-opening point streak to five games.
Eichel leads the league with 11 points, including five goals.
Everything is going in for Jack Eichel right now pic.twitter.com/174eDplfH6
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Captain Mark Stone finished with three assists, upping his season tally to a league-leading nine helpers.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored his sixth goal of the season and moved into a league-leading tie with Ottawa's Shane Pinto.
we lost track of how many goals Pavel is on pace for but it's a lot pic.twitter.com/wr04XropbW
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 17, 2025
Cole Reinhardt scored his first goal as a Golden Knight, while Tomas Hertl also scored for Vegas.
THE RHINO pic.twitter.com/QdMfKuLRSz
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"We got four lines that can do a lot of damage in various ways," defenseman Zach Whitecloud said. "I don't want to specify anyone, because everyone has some things that they do really well that other lines don't necessarily have their identity as, but they can all score and create problems down low, especially off the rush.
"I think we're a good team creating off the rush, especially when we're breaking pucks out well. And I've said it all the time, as long as we get our forwards going with possession out of our own zone, more often than not, they're going to do a great job creating up the ice and managing pucks."
Karlsson finished with two special teams goals, one short-handed goal near the end of the second period and a power-play goal early in the third. It was the latter that not only ended up being the game-winner, but that also moved him within one point of his 400th point as a Golden Knight.
and here's his power-play goal! pic.twitter.com/je3QJgwur9
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 17, 2025
Goaltender Akira Schmid improved to 3-0-0 after stopping 19 shots in what was his third appearance but just his second start of the season.
