With a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night, Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock moved into a third-place tie on the all-time wins list at 782.

Hitchcock joins legendary Islanders boss Al Arbour, who led New York to four consecutive Stanley Cup victories between 1980-83. Hitchcock, however, accomplished the feat in his 1,456th game, compared to Arbour's mark of 1,607 contests.

The two men ahead of Hitchcock on the all-time list are current Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville (853) and the untouchable Scotty Bowman (1,244).

Hitchcock will have a chance to move into sole-possession of third place Wednesday in Nashville.

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The capacity crowd at T-Mobile arena went completely silent for 58 seconds during Tuesday night's pre-game ceremony, honoring the 58 lives tragically lost in Las Vegas last week.

The Golden Knights also projected the names of all victims on the ice, producing a touching moment.

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In what was already an emotional scene, Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland - who has longstanding roots to the city of Las Vegas - delivered a moving speech to fans and players at T-Mobile Arena prior to puck drop.

If that wasn't enough, Engelland wired home a slap shot for the club's second goal just over four minutes into the opening frame.

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Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis was all smiles Tuesday while attending the inaugural home opener of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights.

Davis, who had a seat behind one of the nets, has already committed to relocating the Raiders franchise to Sin City in time for the 2019-20 NFL season.

Per usual, Davis' haircut game was on point.

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The Vegas Golden Knights wasted no time giving their fans something to cheer about in the team's inaugural home game, scoring three goals in 6:15 to begin the contest.

Tomas Nosek, who was scooped up from the Red Wings in the expansion draft, notched the historic first goal.

Fresh off a moving speech to the crowd prior to the game, long time Las Vegas resident Deryk Engelland scored the game's second tally, which was only the 23rd of his 472-game career.

Just for good measure, the team's leading scorer added a third to chase Coyotes netminder Antti Raanta from the game.

Neal would go on to add another goal later in the period.

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Survivors of the recent shooting in Las Vegas, which killed 58 people, were on hand for the ceremonial puck drop along with team owner Bill Foley, prior to the first home game in Golden Knights history.

The Golden Knights are obviously new to the NHL, but they showed no lack of experience during the pregame ceremony.

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After the tragic mass shooting that shook Las Vegas last week, uniting a city in the wake of tragedy was much more important than a hockey game, and the Golden Knights did an outstanding job tying the two together at their home opener Tuesday night.

For each player who was introduced, a first responder was by their side, as the team paid tribute to their heroic efforts.

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NEW YORK (AP) Carter Hutton made 16 of his 32 saves in the third period to help the St. Louis Blues remain unbeaten with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Carl Gunnarsson and Brayden Schenn scored first-period goals for St. Louis, which improved to 4-0. Jaden Schwartz added an empty-netter with 1:47 left.

Trailing 2-1, the Rangers pressured an injury-depleted Blues squad in the third period, outshooting St. Louis 16-8. New York outshot the Blues 32-23 overall but dropped to 1-3.

Hutton, in his first start of the season, was a significant reason why the Rangers were stymied. His three biggest stops occurred in the third period, beginning with Michael Grabner's short-handed semi-breakaway, later followed by Jimmy Vesey's stuff-in attempt during a goalmouth scrum, and Pavel Buchnevich's try from the low slot.

Buchnevich slammed his stick against the ice in frustration a moment after the whistle blew to stop play.

Even though the Rangers held an 11-7 advantage in shots, it was the Blues who went into the first intermission enjoying a 2-1 advantage. Gunnarsson opened the scoring at 15 seconds with his second of the season, a wide open wrist shot from the slot.

Mika Zibanejad tied the game 2:07 later with his fifth of the season on the power play.

New York was credited with six of the nine shots on goal following Zibanejad's goal, but it was the Blues who went ahead on Schenn's second of the season at 13:30 when the center banked Paul Stastny's rebound off goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

Benefiting a team that has started the season without Patrik Berglund (left shoulder), Jay Bouwmeester (left ankle), Robby Fabbri (left knee), Zach Sanford (left shoulder) and Alexander Steen (left hand) due to injuries, the Blues employed a tighter brand of hockey in a second period in which neither team scored and St. Louis had the two best opportunities.

The first was Scottie Upshall's short-handed semi-breakaway eight minutes into the second, and the other was Schwartz's drive from the left circle with 8:51 left, both of which were stopped by Lundqvist.

Lundqvist also was credited with a goalmouth stop on Stastny during a St. Louis power play in the third. New York's goalie finished with 20 saves.

NOTES: Adam Cracknell made his Rangers debut. New York picked up the 32-year-old right wing off waivers Monday from Dallas. He wore No. 25 and skated on the fourth line with Paul Carey and David Desharnais. . Prior to the game, New York announced rookie Filip Chytil had been assigned to AHL Hartford, and Andrew Desjardins was released from his professional tryout. . St. Louis announced it had reached an agreement with AHL San Antonio to be the Blues' affiliate. According to a statement from the Blues, they will share ''select players'' with San Antonio this season, and ''the official affiliation'' starts next season. . Blues coach Mike Yeo benched Dmitrij Jason for missing a team meeting, and scratched Wade Megan. . New York scratched defensemen Brendan Smith and Tony DeAngelo. It was the second straight game Smith, who signed a four-year, $17.4 million contract with New York on June 28, was a scratch.

UP NEXT

Blues: Visit the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

Rangers: Travel to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets on Friday.

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Get that puck, kid.

Nolan Patrick notched his first NHL goal Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators. Patrick, the second overall pick in June's NHL Draft, followed up the play and buried a pass from Dale Weise past Pekka Rinne.

This tally certainly won't be the last in what many experts believe will be a long and successful career.

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The Vegas Golden Knights will host their first home game Tuesday night, and in honor of the special occasion, here's a look at some interesting tidbits and facts about fellow expansion franchises since 1991.

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