LAS VEGAS _ Henrik Zetterberg made sure his first visit to Las Vegas was a memorable one.
The captain of the Detroit Red Wings had four points as the Wings became the first team to hand the expansion Vegas Golden Knights a loss. Zetterberg set up Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha and Frans Nielsen en route to an entertaining 6-3 victory at T-Mobile Arena. Nyquist and Mantha each had three points as the Wings improved to 4-1 on the season.
Petr Mrazek made 24 saves.
The atmosphere inside and outside the arena buzzed. Fans milled about the plaza outside, enjoying the spoils of the Las Vegas Strip, and inside the crowd got into every shift as the Golden Knights played just their second home game. A heavy presence of fans in red and white led to numerous "let's go Red Wings" chants. They had reason to cheer as the Wings scored and punched their way to victory.
It was a big night for Zetterberg. He showed off his wiliness in setting up the first goal by Nyquist. Then Zetterberg went to his backhand and scored five-hole on Marc-Andre Fleury to give the Wings a 2-1 lead, at 14:46 of the second period. In the third period, Zetterberg worked the puck behind Vegas' net and sent it out front for Mantha, who spun it into the net for his third goal of the season. Zetterberg fed Nielsen on a rush at 7:03 of the third period.
