LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Keegan Kolesar had two goals and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 5-0 on Monday night.

Vegas closed a home game 4-0, outscoring its opponents 24-8 during that impressive stretch. Kolesar posted his first career multi-goal game.

Alex Pietrangelo, Mark Stone and Nic Roy also scored, and Adin Hill made 16 saves in the team’s first shutout of the season.

Dan Vladar made 31 saves for the Flames.

Takeaways

Flames: Came in with the fourth-lowest faceoff winning percentage (44.9%) and were even worse on Monday, winning just 42.1% of faceoffs.

Golden Knights: Per Money Puck, the top line of Stone, Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev scored 13 goals in 5-on-5 play, the most in the NHL for a single-line combination.

Key moment

Eichel intercepted a pass from Brayden Pachal across the neutral zone early in the second period, skated into Vegas offensive territory and sent a backhand pass to Stone, who was there to shoot past Vladar for a 2-up lead -0.

Key statistic

Calgary forward Mikael Backlund played in his 999th NHL game. He made his NHL debut on January 8, 2009. He is set to become the 19th Swedish-born player to appear in 1,000 NHL games.

To be continued

The Flames visit Utah on Wednesday. The Golden Knights face the Kings in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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