Golden Knights on record-setting pace in NHL

Rookie Oscar Dansk, Vegas’ third goaltender in only its eighth game, helped keep the expansion Golden Knights’ dream start going in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.

Dansk, making his first career NHL start, finished with 29 saves as the Golden Knights (7-1-0) continued the best start of any expansion franchise in NHL history.

Vegas can tie the record of five consecutive games won by an expansion team when it hosts the Colorado Avalanche on Friday to conclude its seven-game home-stand. The Edmonton Oilers set the record in the 1979-80 season.

Jonathan Marchessault, a forward playing his first game after returning from injured reserve, put the Golden Knights ahead 4-1 on a power-play goal with 9:40 remaining.

In other NHL action, Phil Kessel scored off of a two-on-one with Evgeni Malkin 42 seconds into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 2-1 victory over Edmonton.

It was Kessel’s 299th career goal. Ian Cole scored on the Penguins’ 32nd shot, at 3:24 of the third.

Connor McDavid tied it 1-1 at 17:07 of the third when he lofted a shot from the left dot over the glove of goaltender Matt Murray. Talbot made 42 saves for the Oilers. Murray stopped 29 shots.

Also, after scoring three goals in less than two minutes en route to a victory 5-1 over the Florida Panthers, the Montreal Canadiens got a much-needed win.

Shea Weber scored twice, and Brendan Gallagher added a goal and an assist for the Canadiens. Alex Galchenyuk and Max Pacioretty had the Canadiens’ other goals, and Jonathan Drouin contrubuted two assists.