Vegas Golden Knights survive Ottawa Senators in the skills competition

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Ottawa Senators 2, Vegas Golden Knights 2. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 19-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Brandon Hagel opened the scoring for Vegas Golden Knights at 0:06, Brady Tkachuk tied it for Ottawa Senators at 0:36, Michael Rasmussen put Vegas Golden Knights in front at 9:21, and Brady Tkachuk tied it for Ottawa Senators at 12:03.

Logan Thompson was under siege with 16 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-2.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Ottawa Senators 1, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Ottawa Senators edged the shot clock 15-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Anton Lundell put Vegas Golden Knights in front at 0:59, then Roman Josi tied it for Ottawa Senators on the power play at 11:42.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Ottawa Senators went 1-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-2.

Ottawa Senators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Ottawa Senators 1, Vegas Golden Knights 1. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 14-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tim Stutzle put Ottawa Senators in front on the power play at 10:30, then Brandon Hagel tied it for Vegas Golden Knights at 12:32.

Logan Thompson was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Ottawa Senators went 1-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-2.

Ottawa Senators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

Kasperi Kapanen buries the shootout winner as Vegas Golden Knights top Ottawa Senators.