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DETROIT (AP) The Vegas Golden Knights will need great goaltending Youth Derek Stepan Jersey , a breadth of scoring options and road wins to make a run in the playoffs.In a 4-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night, the expansion team showed off all three.Cody Eakin and Alex Tuch scored two goals apiece, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots and Vegas tied an expansion team record with its 19th win as a visitor.Fleury earned his third shutout of the season and the 47th of his career, which was spent entirely with the Pittsburgh Penguins before they made him available in the expansion draft.”We were never allowed to get any momentum,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. ”He did a good job for sure. ”The Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights had lost four of five, their worst stretch since losing five of six early on in their inaugural season”When we have gone through a tough patch of the season, it’s good to know we don’t let that keep us down,” Fleury said. ”You’re not going to be perfect the whole year. You’re going to have ups and downs Womens Jason Demers Jersey , but we don’t’ stay down long.”And with Reilly Smith and James Neal down with injuries, the 21-year-old Tuch scored twice for the first time in an NHL game and Eakin did it for the first time this season. They had scored 18 goals total this season.”It’s great for them and good for the hockey team,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said.Vegas, coming off a 4-1 loss at Columbus, went ahead 2:24 into the game when Tuch scored. The Golden Knights turned the game into a rout in the second after Eakin scored short-handed midway through the period. Eakin and Tuch had goals 50 second apart.”There is too much poke and hope on a lot of players,” Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg said.Jimmy Howard had 28 saves for the Red Wings, who have lost five straight games for the third time this season.”This is the pain you endure at times when you’re asking some young guys to go,” Blashill said.NOTES: Anaheim’s 1993-94 team also won 19 road games in its first season… Vegas scratched Smith with an upper-body injury Paul Thompson Jersey Womens , and Gallant said he is day to day. … Vegas forward Tomas Tatar, acquired Feb. 26 from Detroit, was welcomed back with cheers from the crowd after highlights were shown of him playing for the Red Wings. … Detroit F Evgeny Svechnikov was recalled from the AHL earlier in the day, and the 2015 first-round pick played for the Red Wings for the first time this season and third time in his career. … Knights D Nate Schmidt, who missed his fourth straight game with an upper-body injury, is expected to join the team in Buffalo. … Detroit was shut out for the second time this season. … Vegas signed former Bemidji State University defenseman Zach Whitecloud as a free agent. … The Red Wings won 6-3 in Vegas early in the season.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Play at Buffalo on Saturday for the fourth of a five-game road trip.Red Wings: Start a five-game road trip Friday night against the Blue Jackets.— SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said he hasn’t reached out to the Dallas Stars about CEO Jim Lites’ expletive-laced criticism of high-priced forwards Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin.Lites ripped Benn and Seguin on Friday, telling reporters their play has been “terrible” and saying owner Tom Gaglardi was frustrated as well. The NHL players’ union called the comments “reckless and insulting Troy Brouwer Jersey Womens ,” but Bettman sounded as if he wanted to stay out of the situation.“We’re never going to condone profanity,” Bettman said during Boston’s 4-2 victory over Chicago in the Winter Classic on Tuesday. “As a general rule I don’t interfere in team dynamics, internal team dynamics.“I’ve known Jim Lites for as long as I’ve been in the NHL and I know him to be passionate. I also respect the fact that Jamie and Tyler are terrific players and have done a great deal to grow the game in North America, particularly in Texas. … I think we saw some frustration there. That comes from the fact that people are very competitive and want to do better.”Bettman made his remarks after announcing the Stars will host the 2020 Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Texas. He also said the Colorado Avalanche will play at Air Force Academy on Feb. 15, 2020, as part of the Stadium Series, but the league wasn’t ready to announce the opponents for those two outdoor games.“We’ll focus on those the next few weeks,” Bettman said.The NHL All-Star festivities are heading to St. Louis for the third time. The Blues also hosted the event in 1970 and 1988.“St. Louis was a great host for the Winter Classic we recently had there http://www.officialavalanche.com/authentic-adidas-sven-andrighetto-jersey ,” Bettman said. “In the final analysis, including the renovation at the Enterprise Center they’ve done, it made it the right time for us to go back.”The Heritage Classic returns on Oct. 26 when the Winnipeg Jets play the Calgary Flames at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.