from Jesse Granger of the Las Vegas Sun,

Early in the second period of the Golden Knights’ 8-3 loss to New Jersey, Devils’ forward Travis Zajac beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a simple wrist shot to his blocker side.

It was what goalies refer to as a “soft goal,” especially for Fleury, who has played the best hockey of his career this season. Only 36 seconds later, Stefan Noesen got behind Vegas’ defense for a breakaway and put the puck between Fleury’s legs to give the Devils a commanding 4-0 lead.

Fleury was summoned to the bench for the first time as a Golden Knight, where he spent the rest of the blowout loss.

The 33-year-old netminder looked tired in net, and for good reason. It was his 18th start in the last 19 games.

"I was a little slow to react sometimes, but I don’t like making excuses for being tired,” Fleury said. “It’s your job and it’s not easy to be consistent for so many games, but you have to find ways to be good every night."

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