Mitchell Marner scored for the Vegas Golden Knights, narrowing the gap with a goal past Andrei Vasilevskiy to make the score 3–4.
"We had good chances, but Tampa capitalized when it mattered," Marner said postgame.
The Vegas Golden Knights (7-3-3) lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning (7-5-2) by a final score of 6–3 on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.
Earlier in the week, the Golden Knights (7-2-3) shut out the Detroit Red Wings (9-5-0) in a 1–0 victory at T-Mobile Arena, with Barbashev netting the decisive goal against John Gibson.
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Author’s summary: Vegas battled hard but couldn’t sustain momentum as Tampa’s offense dominated the final stretch at T-Mobile Arena.