Vegas Golden Knights forward Pavel Dorofeyev scored a hat trick in a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.
Tomas Hertl added two assists, while Ilya Samsonov made 18 saves for Vegas (29-12-3), which has lost three of its last four.
“I’ve never seen us that listless and get knocked off pucks and lose battles,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “That’s certainly not us. It’s not the team I’m used to seeing. … We gave ourselves a chance to win. That’s the good news.