The Vegas Golden Knights didn’t need Tuesday night to tell them who Mark Stone is, but they got another reminder anyway.
With Vegas rolling to a 6-2 win over the Seattle Kraken, Stone delivered in every way a captain can. He scored a shorthanded goal, added an assist and then made the game feel even more personal in the third period when Victor Olofsson was knocked out after a nasty cross-check from Ben Meyers.
That sequence set off the kind of response fans love to see from a leader. Stone dropped the gloves with Brandon Montour and gave everything he had in the fight, even sending the defenseman to the ice. The moment added another layer to the Stone legend, and it came with a look that gave off “The Shining” vibes afterward.
Vegas had already built a comfortable lead by then, but Stone’s response made the night bigger than the score. He stood up for a teammate, then backed it up on the scoreboard.
The production keeps piling up, too. Stone now has 138 career goals and 262 career assists with the Golden Knights, giving him 400 career points in a Vegas sweater. That makes him the third player in franchise history to reach that total, behind William Karlsson at 403 and Jonathan Marchessault at 417.
He’s also closing in on another franchise mark. Stone is 17 points behind Marchessault for the most points in Golden Knights history, and the expectation is that he’ll pass it by season’s end and stake his claim as “Mr. Golden Knight.”
That label fits the way he’s built his Vegas resume. Think back to Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers, when Stone’s hat trick helped finish the story Bill Foley had been promising. Tuesday night didn’t reach that level in the standings, but it did add another chapter to the same book.
The bigger concern out of the game is Olofsson. If the injury is serious, Vegas would feel it, especially on the power play. For the Golden Knights, though, Stone once again showed the kind of edge that can lift a team when it matters most.
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