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\"\"Carnell \u201cGolden Pipes\u201d Johnson<\/p>\n

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\"\"VGK center Jack Eichel<\/p>\n

Just the facts: Anaheim Ducks 4 Vegas Golden Knights 3<\/p>\n

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Story line: VGK\u2019s frantic third period comeback falls short after Ducks\u2019 ill-advised goal challenge<\/p>\n

Vegas goal scorers: Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl, Braeden Bowman<\/p>\n

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Attendance: 17,619<\/p>\n

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VGK record: 1-1-0 for two points<\/p>\n

Quote: \u201cGive Anaheim credit. They did check well.\u201d \u2014 VGK head coach Ryan Craig<\/p>\n

\"\"Vegas head coach Ryan Craig<\/p>\n

Next VGK home game: Vs Toronto Oct. 8<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Story by Alan Snel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Photos by Hugh Byrne<\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS, Nevada \u2014\u00a0\u00a0The Vegas Golden Knights are not afraid of change. In fact, they\u2019re at ease at embracing it since launching the franchise\u2019s successful tenure since 2017.<\/p>\n

General Manager Kelly McCrimmon has pulled off blockbuster trades and player signings, while owner Bill Foley has bought out his original team partners, the Maloofs. And there\u2019s even a new business <\/a>operations president, John Penhollow, who has, in turn, hire<\/a>d his own team including a chief operating officer and chief marketing officer. Penhollow succeeds Kerry Bubolz, hired by Foley at the start.<\/p>\n

And this season, the VGK have switched their radio stations, moving to Beasley\u2019s 107.9 FM (KVGS) with play-by-play man Dan D\u2019Uva and color analyst Gary Lawless from Lotus Broadcasting\u2019s 94.7 FM and before that, 98.9 FM. The radio transition from Lotus to Beasley included a new Knights pregame\/postgame\/intermission host, Doug Latucca. Latucca replaces Ryan Wallis, who has a hockey show, called, \u201cNeutral Ice,\u201d on 94.7 FM, Lotus\u2019 FOX radio station, and has joined the SinBinVegas team.<\/p>\n

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The Knights also have a new head coach, Ryan Craig, who has been groomed by McCrimmon for years to eventually be the top bench man for the VGK. Former Vegas coach Tortorella, who took over for a fired Bruce Cassidy late last season, led the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final with playoff wins over Utah, Anaheim and Colorado before Carolina knocked out Vegas in six games in the Final.<\/p>\n

\"\"VGK coach Ryan Craig<\/p>\n

During Craig\u2019s postgame press conference, there\u2019s even a new soda sponsor as evidenced by the Dr. Pepper soda bottle on the table in front of him and the Dr. Pepper logo on the background board placed behind coaches at the pressers.<\/p>\n

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At tonight\u2019s Ducks-Knights game, there were no fans in the arena areas flanking the castle at T-Mobile Arena. In previous seasons, the VGK called it a \u201cflight deck\u201d and sold standing room only tickets with munchy food like nachos and hot dogs.<\/p>\n

But a team spokesman said, \u201cThe standing-room tickets you\u2019re referring to are not available for every home game during the season. We do still sell those tickets, just not on a nightly basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vegas\u2019 announced attendance was 17,619 \u2014 below the 18K mark in a building with 17,367 fixed seats.<\/p>\n

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Vegas goalie Carter Hart made his second consecutive start in Game 2 of a new 84-game regular season schedule. He defeated Chicago, 5-2, opening night but yielded a breakaway goal to Anaheim winger Beckett Sennecke thanks to a gorgeous pass by Anaheim star center Leo Carlsson in the first period with only eight seconds left in the period.<\/p>\n

That goal was a backbreaker.<\/p>\n

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Anaheim scored three goals at the start of the second period after an evenly-played first period and took a beefy 4-0 lead into the second intermission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t mind our start,\u201d VGK coach Ryan Craig said at his postgame presser of the game\u2019s first period.<\/p>\n

There were lots of Anaheim Ducks fans in the building as Anaheim played its first game of the season.<\/p>\n

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Early in the second period, Alex Killorn gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

And Anaheim struck again on a goal by Jeff Malott.<\/p>\n

And Carlsson mopped up an easy goal after Hart made a nice save and the Ducks were cruising with a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Knights made their move in the final period. Shea Theodore scored for Vegas. And Anaheim challenged the goal, believing there was an offside. But the Ducks lost the challenge, which resulted in a power play for VGK. And Tomas Hertl cashed in and VGK were back in the game, trailing by two goals with more than 13 minutes to go.<\/p>\n

Braeden Bowman gave the Knights another score in the third and the Ducks\u2019 four-goal lead was down to a single tally at 4-3 with two minutes left in the third.<\/p>\n

\"\"Braeden Bowman scores to make it 4-3 in the third period<\/p>\n

Vegas came close with some scoring attempts.<\/p>\n

But the Knights could not notch the equalizer.<\/p>\n

The game was reminiscent of many from last season when the Knights were chasing a deficit and would come back to make the game competitive and close, and even tie the game occasionally.<\/p>\n

Craig was asked about that after the game and said this is a new season.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ryan Craig<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s scores via the NHL:<\/p>\n

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