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Recap - Golden Knights Defeat Los Angeles 5-2

Vegas skated to a 5-2 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday in NHL action at T-Mobile Arena.

The Golden Knights were a -120 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Vegas got goals from Chandler Stephenson, Phil Kessel, Ivan Barbashev, Jonathan Marchessault, and Nicolas Roy in the victory. Kessel opened the scoring at 2:54 of the first period.

Laurent Brossoit stopped 30 of 32 Los Angeles shots in the victory.

Anze Kopitar, and Vladislav Gavrikov scored for the Kings, finding the net behind Laurent Brossoit.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 10 of 15 shots for the Kings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Vegas scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Los Angeles went 1-for-1 with the man advantage.

Los Angeles lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 37-32.

Vegas heads into a battle against the Stars. Los Angeles, meanwhile, will have their next action against Colorado.