Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vegas Golden Knights right wing Cole Schwindt (22) and defenseman Nicolas Hague (14) collide with Winnipeg ...

The Vegas Golden Knights hosted the Winnipeg Jets in the first of two back-to-back games at T-Mobile Arena this weekend.

LAS VEGAS -- Brett Howden scored twice, including the go-ahead goal at 15:55 of the third period, for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-3 victory against the Winnipeg Jets at T-Mobile Arena on Friday. Howden tapped in a backhand, backdoor pass from William Karlsson at the left post.

The Winnipeg Jets drop their second straight game Friday when losing 4-3 to the Vegas Golden Knights on the road. Jets Netminder Eric Comrie did everything he could to help keep Winnipeg in the game but allowed four goals on 30 shots with most of the goals not being at his fault.

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Their first chance to improve on those things comes today against the Vegas Golden Knights, who are also off to a strong start this season. While the Jets lead the Central with a record of 18-5-0, Vegas is the top team in the Pacific at 14-6-3.

The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 Friday night at T-Mobile Arena in an entertaining, back-and-forth game.

Cole Perfetti scored twice in defeat for Winnipeg, their seventh straight regular season loss to the Golden Knights.

Ehlers has registered 19.35 attempts per 60 minutes during the eight-game stretch compared to just 16.98 per 60 across 15 games to start the year. The difference has been converting 62.7% of his attempts into shots to start the campaign compared to just 42.9% of his attempts resulting in shots across the past eight.