{"id":539751,"date":"2026-04-04T04:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/539751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:31:38","slug":"golden-knights-score-four-unanswered-goals-to-beat-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/539751\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights score four unanswered goals to beat Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 Mitch Marner had three goals and two assists and the Golden Knights scored three times in the third period to defeat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/calgary-flames\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"calgary-flames\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calgary Flames<\/a> 6-3 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>It was the sixth time in Marner&#8217;s career that he had at least five points in a game and the first since also having five (one goal, four assists) for Toronto against Boston on Jan. 4, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Barbashev had a goal and and two assists, Mark Stone had an assist for his 700th career point and Pavel Dorofeyev added to his club record with his 19th power-play goal this season and 35th overall. Shea Theodore recorded two assists, including the 300th of his career with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Hart, who was\u00a0activated off injured reserve\u00a0earlier Thursday, stopped 19 shots in his first start since Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Coleman scored twice for the Flames and Morgan Frost had the other goal. Dustin Wolf made 28 saves.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights moved six points ahead of Los Angeles for the third and final Pacific Division playoff spot. Vegas is three points behind division leaders Anaheim and Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Flames defenceman Zach Whitecloud\u00a0received a video tribute\u00a0at the first timeout of the opening period. He became emotional, patted his heart and waved to the fans, who roared at the return of one of the more beloved players in franchise history. He was with the Golden Knights since the 2017-18 season and became a regular three years later.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Golden Knights traded Whitecloud\u00a0to Calgary on Jan. 18 for Rasmus Andersson.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary took the lead three times before Vegas answered with the equalizer each time, with the game tied at 3 entering the second intermission.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of the third period was delayed more than 20 minutes because of an issue with a spot on the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Flames: Play at Anaheim on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Knights: Play at Edmonton on Saturday in a crucial Pacific Division matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 Mitch Marner had three goals and two assists and the Golden Knights scored three times&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,896,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-539751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-calgaryflames","11":"tag-flames","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116344565466284372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}