Colton Sissons, Brandon Saad and Reilly Smith scored three goals in 4:14 midway through the third period for the Golden Knights (28-16-14), who were without forwards Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and Mitch Marner, as well as defensemen Noah Hanifin and Shea Theodore following the gold medal game at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Adin Hill made 15 saves to extend Vegas’ winning streak to three games.

Artemi Panarin had two assists in his Los Angeles Kings debut after he was acquired in a trade from the New York Rangers for forward Liam Greentree and two conditional draft picks on Feb. 4. It was Panarin’s first game since Jan. 26 after being held out for roster management purposes by New York ahead of the trade.

Quinton Byfield scored twice, Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist, Anton Forsberg made 19 saves, and the Kings (23-20-14) lost their fourth straight game (0-3-1).

The Golden Knights went up 1-0 at 10:59 of the first period on Dorofeyev’s 27th goal of the season. Tanner Laczynski shot wide of the net from the left circle on a 2-on-1 rush, and the puck caromed off the board to Dorofeyev below the right circle for a sharp-angle shot.

Byfield tied it up 1-1 at 14:31 on the power play when Panarin’s slap pass redirected in off his skate in the slot. 

Panarin has at least one point in each of his four NHL team debuts (one goal on Oct. 7, 2015 with the Chicago Blackhawks; three assists on Oct. 6, 2017 with the Columbus Blue Jackets; one goal and one assist on Oct. 3, 2019 with the New York Rangers).

Kempe put the Kings ahead 2-1 at 14:44 of the second period with a snap shot from the left circle off the rush following a tic-tac-toe pass from Panarin to Kopitar to Los Angeles’ leading scorer.

Sissons tied it up 2-2 at 8:07 of the third period on a backhand from outside the crease. He had missed the previous 12 games because of an upper-body injury.

Saad put Vegas back in front 3-2 at 11:16 on a snap shot from the right circle. It was his first game since Jan. 8 because of an undisclosed injury.

Smith made it 4-2 at 12:21 by cutting through the slot and scoring on the backhand, but Byfield scored from close range at 13:26 to cut the Kings’ deficit to 4-3.

Dorofeyev scored on the power play at 15:59 to put the Golden Knights back up 5-3.

With Forsberg off for an extra attacker, Brandt Clarke made it 5-4 with a slap shot from the point at 18:54.

Ivan Barbashev scored into an empty net at 19:32 for the 6-4 final.