Bruins fall 6-5 to Knights as Karlsson scores twice

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights held off the Boston Bruins 6-5 on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena, handing Boston a second straight loss and extending Vegas's streak of games with at least one point to five. William Karlsson scored twice, including a shorthanded goal and a power-play tally, while Pavel Dorofeyev recorded his sixth goal of the season to tie for the NHL lead. Jack Eichel reached 10 points on the season and added an assist as the Golden Knights weathered a late Boston rally.

Boston took early leads twice, but Vegas answered quickly on both occasions and seized control in the second period. The Golden Knights scored the first two goals of the middle frame, including the first power-play goal surrendered by Boston this season, to build a 4-2 advantage. Boston killed off a lengthy 5-on-3 sequence that stretched into a double-minor assessed to Pavel Zacha, but a shorthanded break later in the period resulted in Karlsson's third-period opener that made it 5-3. Karlsson added a power-play goal early in the third for a 6-3 lead.

Boston mounted a rally with Mark Kastelic and Michael Eyssimont scoring 1 minute, 12 seconds apart late in the third, trimming the deficit...