VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Brandon Pirri hadn‘t played a minute for the Golden Knights all season. But watching him on the ice at Rogers Arena Tuesday, you would have thought he was a first-line guy from opening night.
Pirri, who was called up on an emergency basis from the Knights’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, arrived in time to score two goals in the Knights’ 5-4 shootout victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
The winner, in the fourth round of the shootout, came from defenseman Shea Thedore after the Knights squandered a power play in overtime and also had a goal disallowed on goaltender interference.