Golden Knights see 7-game win streak snapped with loss to Flyers
You can’t say the Vegas Golden Knights didn’t have their opportunities. Seven of them, in fact.
But the Knights’ proficient power play struggled, going just 1 for 7, and their seven-game winning streak came to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at T-Mobile Arena on Monday night.
The Knights’ lone bright spot on the power play came with Tomas Hertl deflecting a Jack Eichel centering pass with 31 seconds left in the second period to tie the game 1-1.
Other than that, it was a rough night at the office for the fourth-best man advantage in the league.
It went from bad to worse at 7:22 of the third when Flyers right wing Travis Konecny took an Eichel turnover and scored the game-winning, shorthanded goal.
It was Konecny’s second goal of the game. Both came in the same fashion — off a turnover and a breakaway.
“I think early on, we were casual (on the power play),” Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “As it wore on, I thought they were doing a good job taking away some of the things we wanted to do.”
Konecny opened the scoring at 3:46 of the first period when Hertl turned the puck over at the blue line, allowing Konecny to walk in on Adin Hill and beat him glove side.
Hertl took full responsibility on the miscommunication between him and defenseman Kaedan Korczak.
“That’s on me,” Hertl said. “My mistake. Obviously tough, but it was still early in the game so we have to put it quickly behind and keep playing.”
The power play was gifted one more chance at redemption when Flyers winger Owen Tippett cleared the puck over the glass for a delay of game penalty.
The Knights (24-12-12) had three shots on goal in the six-on-four. Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim blocked a last-second chance from Pavel Dorofeyev near the net.
Hill finished with 15 saves in his second start since returning from injury, and captain Mark Stone had an assist on Hertl’s goal to extend his point streak to 12 games, tying the team record set by Eichel (2023-24).
“That was a unique game,” defenseman Noah Hanifin said. “A lot of special teams tonight, a lot of power plays. Just the flow of the game, certain guys were trying to fight to stay in that rhythm a little bit. We had chances to score. We just couldn’t finish on some of our chances.”
The Flyers (23-17-8) snapped a six-game losing streak and became the first road team to win at T-Mobile Arena in 2026.
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