Hertl's career night sparks Knights' rout of San Jose

Tomas Hertl collected two goals and three assists, Jack Eichel also scored twice, and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights completed a sweep of their season series with the San Jose Sharks for the third straight season with a 7-2 victory on Sunday night.

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It was a career-best five-point game for Hertl and the 46th multi-goal game of Eichel’s career. Pavel Dorofeyev scored a goal and had two assists, Mark Stone had three assists and defencemen Zach Whitecloud and Shea Theodore also scored for Vegas, who won their fourth straight game and 11th in a row over San Jose.

The Golden Knights also improved to 16-0-3 all-time in the regular season against the Sharks in games played in San Jose and 31-2-5 all-time. Rookie Carl Lindbom made 18 saves to pick up his second career victory in his eighth NHL game, and Noah Hanifin added two assists for Vegas.