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Golden Knights beat Canadiens 4-3, Barbashev nets 2
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Quick had 25 saves after his trade on Thursday

Ivan Barbashev scored his first two goals with Vegas and Jonathan Quick got his first victory with the Golden Knights in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.

Shea Theodore and Reilly Smith also added goals for Vegas, which got its third straight home win, while Quick, who came from Columbus on Thursday — two days after he was traded from Los Angeles to the Blue Jackets — had 25 saves.

“I think you’ll see a lot more of that,” said Vegas coach Bill Cassidy when asked about Barbashev. “That’s where he goes, that’s where he hangs out. He’s comfortable there, right out in front of the net. He was ready to use his feet, his stick, whatever is necessary.”

Mike Matheson, Alex Belzile and Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored for Monreal, which lost its third straight to finish a four-game trip. Jake Allen had 24 saves.

“I never feel like we’re out of it,” Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. “The good thing (today) was we were only down two (after the first period). It could have been way worse. I know we have the type of game that we can come back.”

The Golden Knights led 3-0 entering the third period, but Montreal’s Mike Matheson scored with at 2:04 to get the Canadiens on the board. It was Matheson’s fifth goal of the season.