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Minnesota Wild center Mikko Koivu (9) and Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) battle for the puck in the first period during an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn.
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 | 8:26 p.m.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Erik Haula scored in the shootout and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Max Pacioretty scored his first goal for Vegas, tying the game with 1:31 left in regulation. Marc Andre-Fleury made 29 saves for the Golden Knights.
Matt Dumba scored for Minnesota, which was the only team in the Western Conference to sweep Vegas last season. Devan Dubnyk stopped 41 of the 42 shots he faced.
Fresh off last year's five-game loss in the Stanley Cup final to Washington, the Golden Knights reloaded by trading for Pacioretty and signing center Paul Stastny. Pacioretty came up big on Saturday by snapping home a one-timer in the slot from Jonathan Marchessault.
Haula scored the only goal in the shootout against his former team as his shot between Dubnyk's legs ended up trickling in after Dubnyk appeared to make the stop.
Fleury responded after being pulled in the opening 5-2 loss at home to the Philadelphia Flyers. Fleury was pulled after 30:11 against Philadelphia after allowing five goals on 16 shots.
