The Vegas Golden Knights prepared for a three-game road trip in perfect fashion by edging a close-fought contest against the Senators, with both netminders on top of their games for their respective teams.
Reilly Smith‘s golden touch in-front of goal continued as he netted his sixth goal of the year from a Jonathan Marchessault helper, although it was a tied game in no time thanks to Thomas Chabot‘s sublime wrister after toe-dragging the puck past Paul Stastny.
Nick Holden ensured that the Golden Knights would take a slender lead into the first intermission break, however, after sending an absolute rocket of a one-timer past Anders Nilsson on the power play.