Hill, Knights stifle Senators to end 3-game losing streak

Danny Webster, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Oct 28, 2026

Published in Hockey

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Adin Hill likely didn’t think he was playing on Tuesday. The Vegas Golden Knights are glad he did.

Hill made 24 saves on a day Carter Hart suffered an injury, and the Knights held on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 at T-Mobile Arena.

Hart left morning skate with an apparent lower-body injury. Coach Ryan Craig did not have an update in the morning.

There was no indication Hart was going to start, but it would have made sense given his effort Saturday in the 2-1 overtime loss in Columbus.

Instead, Hill turned in one of his better efforts of the season to improve to 5-1-0.

Forward Raphael Lavoie broke a tie in the third period with his first NHL goal on a night he wasn’t expected to play.

Braeden Bowman also scored for the Knights (9-4-1), who snapped a three-game losing streak.

The Knights recalled 23-year-old goalie Cameron Whitehead from Henderson of the American Hockey League prior to the game to back up Hill.

Whitehead was forced into the Silver Knights’ starter’s crease following the injury to No. 3 goaltender Carl Lindbom.

Because of salary cap reasons, the Knights had to reassign forward Jonas Røndbjerg back to Henderson. Røndbjerg, who was called up Monday, was supposed to replace Lavoie in the lineup.

Instead, Lavoie played the hero by scoring the go-ahead goal with 11:59 remaining.

Goaltender Jonas Johansson made 26 saves for the Senators (8-5-0).

The last time Hill played was Thursday in St. Louis. Despite a strong effort from Hill, defense and special teams let him down. The Knights lost 6-2.

Hill did his part to, once again, give his team a chance on Tuesday. He turned away the first 18 shots he faced through two periods, including an early save-of-the-year candidate on Ottawa center Tim Stutzle early in the second period.

That wasn’t the most memorable thing Hill did in the second.

With Ottawa center Ridly Grieg getting behind the defense for a potential shorthanded breakaway, Hill skated well out of his crease to play the puck and collided with Grieg.

Moments later, Bowman tapped in a loose puck on the power play with 9.4 seconds left in the period to open the scoring.

Ottawa was given a power play from a scuffle at the end of the second period and capitalized 34 seconds into the third on a goal from forward Shane Pinto.

It’s the sixth straight game the Knights have given up a power-play goal.

Centers William Karlsson and Jack Eichel scored empty-net goals in the final two minutes to end it.