The Vegas Golden Knights (8-3-0) fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning (7-2-0) 6-2 on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Brandon Hagel opened the scoring with a power-play goal four minutes into the first period. Ivan Barbashev recorded his first goal of the season with
6:44 remaining, but John Carlson put Tampa Bay back ahead 48 seconds later. Mark Stone scored his second shorthanded goal of the season with
1:30 left, capitalizing on a Braeden Bowman interception to tie the game 2-2 after one period.
Anthony Cirelli scored twice
3:25 apart in the second period to give Tampa Bay a two-goal lead, and Victor Hedman made it 5-2 with two minutes remaining in the frame. Nikita Kucherov added a goal five minutes into the third period as the Lightning secured a 6-2 victory.