Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist and Adin Hill made 23 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into the NHL points lead with a 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

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The Golden Knights enter the second half of their season tied with Washington and Winnipeg atop the NHL with 59 points

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Konecny has been on a steady rise. He has led the Flyers in scoring each of the last three seasons and four of the past five. An All-Star last February, he finished the 2023-24 season with a career high in goals (33) and points (68), and he’s on pace to shatter his best numbers with 35 goals, 59 assists and 94 points this year.

The last goaltender to win the Hart Trophy was Carey Price in 2014-15. Jay Onrait and Pierre LeBrun agreed that it was rare for a goalie to win the award. LeBrun added that the Vezina Trophy, an award solely for goalies, made winning the Hart tougher for them.

The Vegas Golden Knights are gearing up for another Stanley Cup run, but could move on from this veteran forward before that.

Ex-Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves to improve to 9-0-0 in his past nine starts at San Jose while Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists. Fleury improved to 6-1-0 this season in road starts with his 570th career win.

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Toews has been one of the great winners in hockey. He captained three Stanley Cup championship team in Chicago. He scored goals in Team Canada gold-medal wins at the Olympics of 2010 and 2014. The bigger the game, it seemed, the better he played. He was the kind of contributor that coaches adore.

With every team now having played 40+ games, it’s a great time to reflect on the season so far and look at some of the incredible performances we’ve seen from players around the league.