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Feb 5, 2026; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mitch Marner (93) celebrates with defenseman Ben Hutton (17) after scoring a goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nMark Stone recorded a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights jumped out to a four-goal first-period lead en route to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Adin Hill made 32 saves to pick up his 100th career win (100-67-16).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and an assist, Ivan Barbashev had two assists and Mitch Marner also scored for Vegas, which won its second straight game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Golden Knights enter the Olympic break with a four-point lead over Edmonton Oilers for first place in the Pacific Division.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Trevor Moore scored for Los Angeles, which took its fourth loss in five games (1-3-1). Anze Kopitar picked up an assist for his 1,300th career point, the 39th skater in NHL history to accomplish that feat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Anton Forsberg made 18 saves for the Kings, who head into the break three points behind the Anaheim Ducks in the race for the final Western Conference wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Vegas, plagued by slow starts during a recent stretch that saw it lose seven of eight games (1-5-2), scored four goals in the span of 5:27 midway through the opening period — and they came on four consecutive shots.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Eichel, alone in the left circle, started the spurt at the 8:22 mark with a wrist shot past Forsberg’s glove side. Stone, skating down the slot, then put in a backhand shot off a Barbashev pass at 11:49.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Dorofeyev made it 3-0 with a power-play goal at 13:29, blasting a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle for his team-leading 26th goal, 14 of which have come on the power play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Marner scored 20 seconds later with a one-timer short-side from the lower left circle off a spinning pass from Dorofeyev.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Moore cut it to 4-1 at the 15:03 mark of the first period when he sped past Shea Theodore on the right wing and chipped in a shot over Hill.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kings forward Andrei Kuzmenko had to be helped off the ice late in the first period after being hit in the upper left jaw with a puck. Kuzmenko returned briefly in the second period before being declared out with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n