The Vegas Golden Knights (25-15-14) lost their fourth consecutive game in a 3-2 decision against the Seattle Kraken (26-19-9) Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

After falling into yet another two-goal hole, the Golden Knights tied the game with two goals in the second period. However, Seattle’s Kaapo Kakko scored the go-ahead goal just over three minutes into the third period, and the Golden Knights were unable to recover.

Vegas has lost six of its last seven games.

Eeli Tolvanen opened the scoring 6:50 into the first period.

Eeli Tolvanen gets the Kraken on the board early.

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Jared McCann scored on the power play to give the visitors a two-goal lead at 13:04.

The Golden Knights have now given up 59 goals in the first period, which ranks second in the NHL behind the Predators (60). All in all, it was an abysmal 20 minutes for the Golden Knights, and the fans let them hear it as they skated off the ice.

But the Golden Knights bounced back in the second period and reset the score.

Ivan Barbashev scored for the second game in a row to cut the deficit to one at 8:52.

Mitch Marner also scored for the second straight game, potting another clutch equalizer late in a period. This one came on the power play in the final 12 seconds of the second.

But the Kraken had the final say. The game-winner featured an unfortunate bounce for Vegas, as Adam Larsson’s shot hit Kaedan Korczak before Kakko beat Akira Schmid.

Schmid finished the contest with 20 saves on 23 shots for an .870 save percentage.

Jack Eichel recorded two assists and was the best Golden Knight on the ice, particularly in the second period when he played like a man possessed. Eichel put the team on his back, but he didn’t have enough support to help Vegas walk away with any points.

Vegas has now gone 1-4-2 in its last seven games after winning seven straight earlier this month.

Once again, the Golden Knights found themselves trailing 2-0. As a result, they spent most of the game chasing, and the Kraken were able to do enough defensively to hold off Vegas’ late push and get the win. Seattle is now just three points behind Vegas in the Pacific Division standings.

The Golden Knights are clearly capable of delivering a more complete and competitive effort, as evidenced by their performances against Toronto. However, they are losing too many games while making the same mistakes over and over again.

They had their chances against the Kraken, including a late breakaway for Barbashev. But recovering from early lapses is too taxing, particularly for a team riddled with injuries. Relying on late-game heroics can’t be the norm on a nightly basis.

The Golden Knights will take on the Ducks in Anaheim on Sunday before returning home for a back-to-back set against Vancouver and Los Angeles prior to the Olympic break.

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