Pavel Dorofeyev and Kaedan Korczak scored in the third period, and Schmid made 25 saves for the Golden Knights (7-3-4), who have lost two in a row and three of four.
“Really thought should have won the game, to be honest with you,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I’m not walking out of here tonight, going to beat our guys up. Over pockets of the game, we weren’t good enough, of course. All in all, I thought it was certainly a game we should have had the two points in. So, let’s build on the positives, fix a few things, and get ready for another really good team coming in here Monday.”
Dorofeyev cut the lead to 3-2 at 3:56 of the third period on the power play to start the Vegas comeback. Jack Eichel won the draw and Dorofeyev picked up the puck, skated into the slot, and fired a wrist shot into the top left corner.
Korczak roofed a wrist shot off the left post to tie it 3-3 at 14:53.
“Our third period was encouraging,” Golden Knights forward Brett Howden said. “It’s more of how we know how to play and how we want to play. The first two, there was a lot of hesitation. Then, the third, you see none of that. We were on our toes, and we were forward and obviously short.”
Howden gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 5:47 of the first period, one-timing a pass from William Karlsson from below the goal line.
Frank Vatrano tied the game 1-1 at 15:49, redirecting an Olen Zellweger shot from the point.
Carlsson put the Ducks ahead 2-1 at 10:39 of the second period, scoring through Schmid’s five-hole.
“It was also huge,” Carlsson said. “We’re playing our game, having fun with it. ‘Q’ is a great coach. He likes to push us on the bench. We’re just on a heater right now, and it shows.”
