Brisson breaks 2-2 tie to give Golden Knights third consecutive victory.
Brendan Brisson scored his first NHL career goal, capping a 3-2 Vegas Golden Knights victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.
Brisson fired a hard wrist shot toward the net at 9:40 of the third period that beat Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry.
“It was crazy. I just put the puck on net. I saw it went in and I just blacked out from there,” Brisson said. “I don’t even know if I [celebrated]. … The storyline’s perfect. It couldn’t have gone any better.”
Jonathan Marchessault and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored. Logan Thompson made 23 saves for Vegas.
“We were going down that path after the second of another shutout, which has happened a lot to us where we didn’t have enough push back when it was necessary,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I liked our push, and we kept pushing. We didn’t sit back on our heels. … I liked our whole mentality. You need that every once in a while. It keeps the momentum rolling. It could be games you look at later and say, ‘It could have springboard into the next game or stretch.’”
The Golden Knights improved to 27-14-5 on the season. They will head east for a four-game road trip, starting in New Jersey with a game against the New Jersey Devils on Monday.
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