Golden Knights Cruise Past Flames 6-2 as DarkHorse Cashes Easy Money

The Golden Knights dismantled the Flames 6-2 at T-Mobile Arena, and if you tailed DarkHorse's Knights -300, you're sleeping well tonight. This one played out exactly as the goaltending matchup suggested it would—Vegas controlled the ice from puck drop while Calgary's Dustin Wolf continued his nightmare season between the pipes.

Vegas jumped ahead early and never looked back, peppering Wolf with the kind of pressure that's turned him into a sieve over six games. The Knights' offense, humming at 3.75 goals per game coming in, had no trouble solving a netminder sporting an .839 save percentage. Meanwhile, Carter Hart did what elite goaltenders do—made the saves that matter and kept Calgary's anemic attack (2.0 GPG) frustrated all night.

The final score flatters Calgary. This was a methodical beating, the kind Vegas delivers when facing injury-riddled opponents missing key pieces like Honzek and Huberdeau. The 68-point goaltending gap we identified wasn't just a stat—it was the story. Wolf's 4.56 GAA looks generous after tonight's performance.

DarkHorse called it: when goaltending determines 60-plus percent of NHL outcomes and you've got an .839 guy facing a wagon, you lay the juice. Knights improve to 7-2, Flames sink to 1-6, and the pick hits clean. Chalk up another winner.