Former Red Wings forward Tomas Tatar meets his old team Thursday, but got a chance to tend to his personal affairs Wednesday after being traded to the Golden Knights on Feb. 26.
Steve Carp
Former Golden Knights reporter
A five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year, Steve Carp wrote for the Review-Journal from October 1999 to 2018. He was the beat writer for the Vegas Golden Knights and National Hockey League. He also covered UNLV basketball, USA basketball, the NBA Summer League, boxing, golf and tennis. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1980 graduate of San Jose State with a degree in Journalism, he is member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame.
The Columbus Blue Jackets broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of goals in a 1:46 span during the second period and beat the Golden Knights 4-1 Tuesday at Nationwide Arena.
Veteran defenseman Ian Cole is now a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets after being traded from the Penguins to Ottawa and then to Columbus. He still has vivid memories of facing Marc-Andre Fleury in Pittsburgh last month.
Golden Knights center William Karlsson leads the NHL in Plus/Minus and should be a serious candidate for the Selke Trophy which goes to the league’s top defensive forward.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare appears ready to play again as the Golden Knights veteran center skated without restriction at Monday’s practice and could be available Tuesday vs. Columbus.
Tomas Tatar scored his first goal for the Knights and Ryan Reaves picked up his first assist to help snap the team’s three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over New Jersey Sunday.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 33 shots and the Golden Knights snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday at the Prudential Center.
The Golden Knights have managed to avoid long losing streaks. But they are literally limping into a five-game trip that begins at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Prudential Center against the New Jersey Devils.
Left wing David Perron has tied his career best of 57 points with the first-place Golden Knights. He’ll get a chance to set a personal best Sunday when the Knights play at the New Jersey Devils.
Defenseman Shea Theodore missed six games with a sore throat and respiratory infection and will take Luca Sbisa’s spot in the Golden Knights’ lineup Friday against Ottawa.
Tomas Tatar, the newest member of the Golden Knights, made his debut Tuesday against Los Angeles.
The Palo Verde High School sophomore recently won a Boys 16 national level 2 tournament and will play in next month’s prestigious Easter Bowl tournament at Indian Wells, California.
Dustin Brown’s power-play goal with 1:46 remaining in overtime gave the Los Angeles Kings a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Golden Knights at Staples Center.
The coach is pleased to have Tomas Tatar join the team and add some scoring to the third line.
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is four wins from reaching 400 for his NHL career.