The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Fleury wins 400th, Golden Knights beat Flyers 3-2

- By Aaron Bracy

PHILADELPH­IA » Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves to become the 13th goalie in NHL history with 400 career wins, and Ryan Carpenter scored the winning goal with 2:40 left to lead the Vegas Golden Knights over the Philadelph­ia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night.

Erik Haula and William Karlsson also scored for the Pacific Division leaders, who won their third straight and completed a 4-1 road trip.

Fleury, who earned his first NHL win on Oct. 18, 2003, became the third active goalie to reach the milestone, joining Roberto Luongo and Henrik Lundqvist.

His best save came 4:20 into the third period when he robbed Travis Sanheim with a tremendous glove save on a wrist shot from the point.

Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds scored for the Flyers, who have lost six of seven. Philadelph­ia sits in third place in the Metropolit­an Division with 81 points, just two points in front of Columbus and three ahead of New Jersey. The Golden Knights were playing their first game since setting a record for road wins by an expansion team with Saturday’s 2-1 shootout victory at Buffalo. Las Vegas improved to 21-12-3 on the road and 45-19-5 overall.

Carpenter netted the game-winner after strong work along the boards by Cody Eakin and PierreEdou­ard Bellemare, both of whom got assists. Eakin got the puck to Carpenter, who fired a wrist shot from the left of the post past Petr Mrazek’s glove side.

 ?? MATT SLOCUM — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? The Flyers’ Petr Mrazek, left, and Vegas Golden Knights’ William Karlsson battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday in Philadelph­ia.
MATT SLOCUM — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Flyers’ Petr Mrazek, left, and Vegas Golden Knights’ William Karlsson battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday in Philadelph­ia.

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