Hertl scores twice in third as Golden Knights beat Sabres 4–1
Vegas won its third straight and finished its four-game road trip 3–0–1.
Tomas Hertl scored twice in the third period to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Sunday at KeyBank Center.
Buffalo cut the deficit to 2–1 when Beck Malenstyn scored his first of the season at 4:26 of the third. Hertl restored the two-goal lead at 5:43, taking a backhand pass from Mitch Marner and shooting over Colten Ellis’s right shoulder. He scored his ninth of the season at 10:00 from the slot off a pass from Ivan Barbashev.
Marner opened the scoring on a shorthanded breakaway at 12:17 of the second. Barbashev set up Jack Eichel for his eighth of the season at 13:43, giving Vegas a 2–0 lead.
Adin Hill made 27 saves as Vegas finished its road trip 3–0–1. Ellis stopped 21 shots for Buffalo.
