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LAS VEGAS (AP) After his first two games with the Vegas Golden Knights in late February Adidas Max Jones Jersey , there weren’t many fans who were happy with Ryan Reaves.He arrived from Pittsburgh and immediately made his presence known with six penalty minutes in a home-and-home series against Los Angeles, both losses. The Vegas faithful thought team chemistry was ruined.”Ruin the whole team, yeah?” Reaves joked Tuesday as Vegas prepared for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against Washington. ”I apologize to Vegas.”Vegas wasn’t the only one he apologized to. Reaves immediately went to coach Gerard Gallant after those Kings games to acknowledge that while he didn’t necessarily agree with the penalties, he also would not be taking silly penalties and disrupt what Gallant and general manager George McPhee worked hard to build.”He was up front, and he took responsibility, but I said, `Just play your game, that’s why we got you, to play your game and work hard’ and he’s been excellent ever since,” Gallant said Tuesday. ”He doesn’t take penalties, he really doesn’t.”Reaves believes it’s been his on-ice intelligence and hockey IQ that has made him an effective teammate over nine seasons in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and now Vegas, where he’s since become a crowd favorite.”My fights have gone down every year,” Reaves said. ”I only had six this year and all within the first two or three months (with Pittsburgh). I think there’s always going to be physical play in this league, and as long as I can keep up and and be able to catch guys and do it in a way that’s not hurting the team, then yeah, I think I got a spot here.”Especially after scoring what may have been the biggest goals in franchise history.In Game 5 of the Western Conference Final in his hometown of Winnipeg Adidas Andrej Sustr Jersey , Reaves scored the game-winning goal that sent the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final. And in Game 1 against the Capitals on Monday, he scored the game-tying goal before linemate Tomas Nosek put the game-winner past Braden Holtby in a 6-4 victory that gave Vegas a 1-0 series lead.”Playoff hockey you have to be a little smarter, you got to be a little faster, everything is kind of magnified,” Reaves said. ”I think at this time of the year the details have to be there for sure.”Since Reaves was re-inserted into the lineup midway through the second round of the playoffs, the fourth line has clicked more often than not.Shedding his overly aggressive tactics, Reaves has adapted to playing Vegas’ simple north-south game, while learning how to make the right decisions and build chemistry with Nosek and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. The trio is proving it can be just as important as the Golden Knights’ top line of William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith, and that has become extremely dangerous for teams to defend.”I think we just try to outwork whoever we’re playing against,” Bellemare said. ”It won’t maybe work this well every night, but we get the payoff from hard work. Sometimes we can’t explain why suddenly everything clicks. But we are at the right spot at the right time and it worked for my wingers and me. Maybe your fourth line won’t change the game every single game, but when they do it sure helps.”And while Nosek’s two goals in Game 1 against the Capitals extended his point streak to three games, he said it doesn’t matter who scores or tallies points, because it’s never been about individuals on the Golden Knights.”That’s what we’ve done the whole year, 20 guys on the ice and off the ice,” Nosek said ”We support each other. On our (line) Adidas Alex Galchenyuk Jersey , we just try to create some chaos in front of the net, go hard to the net and get some forecheck going, that’s how we roll, and it was good last night. It doesn’t matter who scored the goals either way, we are a team and victory is the most important thing.”—More Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin corralled the puck near his own goal-line and saw Phil Kessel sprinting out of the zone. He flipped a perfect pass to center ice, sending Kessel on a breakaway that resulted in a goal.Carl Hagelin repeated a similar sequence with Kessel later in the second period that ended the same way.The two goals completed a natural hat trick for Kessel and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night.“There’s a fine line between anticipation and cheating and I think Phil has a knack for seeing those windows of opportunity,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “He has explosive speed so he can create separation when he needs to. He has another gear and you could see that on those breakaways.”Vegas scored the first goal of the game, and Kessel had the next three. It was Kessel’s sixth career hat trick and first in four seasons with Pittsburgh. His last hat trick came Feb. 1, 2014, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a 6-3 win against Ottawa.“It’s been awhile,” said Kessel, who switched sticks before his hat trick. “It felt good. I had some good passes and I was able to finish.”Jake Guentzel scored his third goal and Malkin had three assists for the Penguins, who allowed 11 goals in their first two games.“I could see our guys making more of a concerted effort to defend,” Sullivan said. “I think our team is capable of getting to another level. I don’t think we had our swagger like we’re capable of, but from an effort standpoint, you can see they were trying to do the right things.”Casey DeSmith stopped 35 shots in his first regular-season start for Pittsburgh. Starter Matt Murray missed Thursday’s game and is day-to-day with a concussion suffered Monday during practice. Murray participated in Adidas Barrett Hayton Jersey , and faced shots during, Thursday’s optional morning skate.Reilly Smith scored his second of the season for Vegas and 100th career goal. Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas, which lost its third straight and has opened the season with four losses in five games. The defending Western Conference champions lost their fourth game on Nov. 2 last season.Malcolm Subban made 18 saves for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, who spent 13 seasons and won three Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, served as the backup after allowing four goals on 28 shots during a loss Wednesday at Washington. Fans chanted for Fleury — selected in 2017 by Vegas in the expansion draft — after Subban allowed three goals on seven shots in the second period.“We just have to stay positive,” Subban said. “We’ve been generating a lot of shots on net. Eventually, we’re going to start getting some bounces.”Nosek opened the scoring, taking a pass from Jonathan Marchessault along the boards and slipping a backhander behind DeSmith.But Kessel answered for Pittsburgh when he beat Subban with a wrist shot following a Malkin faceoff win.Kessel’s breakaway goal midway through the second put Pittsburgh in front for good. Malkin hit Kessel at center with a stretch pass from his own goal-line and he finished the breakaway with a glove-side wrist shot.To complete the hat trick, Hagelin hit Kessel with a long outlet pass and he beat Subban low to the glove side.“I was just kind of going down and shooting,” Kessel said. “Nothing special. The pucks found me and I had two good plays.”Guentzel’s blocker-side wrist shot 57 seconds later on a backhand feed from Sidney Crosby gave Pittsburgh a comfortable three-goal lead through two periods.Kessel did all the damage before Pittsburgh’s last goal.“We needed the win,” Kessel said. “I think we can get better. We just have to improve each game.”NOTES: Vegas is 0-for-13 on the power play in five games. … Pittsburgh D Juuso Riikola made his NHL debut in place of D Olli Maatta, who was a healthy scratch. … The Penguins recalled G Tristan Jarry from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to back up DeSmith. Pittsburgh assigned D Derek Grant to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. … Tomas Hyka played on the third line for Vegas in place of Oscar Lindberg, who was a healthy scratch.UP NEXTVegas: Close a five-game road trip at Philadelphia on Saturday.Penguins: Play their first road game at Montreal on Saturday.