LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kirby Dach scored midway through the third period to cap a Montreal Canadiens rally and end the Golden Knights' six-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory over Vegas on Tuesday afternoon.
The Canadiens scored the game's final three goals after trailing 2-0 late into the second period to win for the sixth time in seven games.
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Montreal Canadiens center Alex Newhook (15) and Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens center Nick Suzuki (14) hits the puck down ice against Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) and Montreal Canadiens center Jake Evans (71) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, second right, congratulates Noah Hanifin (15) after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens right wing Cole Caufield (13), defenseman Lane Hutson (48) and left wing Juraj Slafkovsky celebrate after Caufield's goal against the Vegas Golden Knights during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens right wing Cole Caufield, front right, scores against Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
Cole Caufield and Emil Heineman also scored for Montreal, and Sam Montembeault stopped 27 shots and saved two point-blank shots in the final 14 seconds. Jake Evans' five-game goal streak ended.
Zach Whitecloud and Noah Hanifin scored for the Golden Knights, and Adin Hill made 19 saves.
This was just the second defeat this month for the Golden Knights, who went 10-2 in December.
Dach's goal came on a rush. He deked Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb on his way to the net.
Canadiens: They never allowed the Golden Knights to get comfortable offensively. Vegas had several good looks, but struggled to gain much time in the offensive zone.
Golden Knights: Vegas did an excellent job of taking advantage of a favorable schedule this month and appeared to build on that success with a 2-0 lead. The Golden Knights open the new year against opponents in which they likely will be favored and must show this game was a momentary blip.
The Golden Knights were on the verge of taking control up two goals and with a power play midway through the second period. They took three shots, two on goal, but didn't hit the back of the net to allow Montreal to remain within striking distance. The Canadiens took advantage by tying the game at 8:58 of the third and taking the lead at 10:09.
100 — Colefield's goal was the 100th of his career.
The Canadiens visit Chicago on Friday and the Golden Knights host Philadelphia on Thursday.
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Montreal Canadiens center Alex Newhook (15) and Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens center Nick Suzuki (14) hits the puck down ice against Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) and Montreal Canadiens center Jake Evans (71) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, second right, congratulates Noah Hanifin (15) after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens right wing Cole Caufield (13), defenseman Lane Hutson (48) and left wing Juraj Slafkovsky celebrate after Caufield's goal against the Vegas Golden Knights during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Montreal Canadiens right wing Cole Caufield, front right, scores against Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a small plane attempted to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff before crashing through the roof of a building in Southern California, according to air traffic control audio that includes panicked gasping and a female voice saying, “Oh my God,” moments before the crash.
The crash Thursday left two people dead and 19 injured. The plane was owned by Pascal Reid of Huntington Beach, California, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. The Huntington Beach High School girls soccer team posted Friday on Instagram that Reid and his daughter Kelly, a student at the school, died in a plane crash.
“Yesterday our soccer family suffered an unimaginable loss,” the post read. “Kelly was a natural caregiver and always put others first. She will be deeply missed. Her father was at every single game, always so proud of his daughter.”
The coroner's office hasn't yet identified the dead or confirmed they were on the plane.
The plane had just taken off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport when the pilot told the air traffic control tower, “Immediate landing required.”
The pilot initially told the air traffic controller that he planned to land on Runway 6. The air traffic controller then told another aircraft to turn away from that area and told the pilot he could land on either Runway 6 or 24. The pilot responded that he was going to land on Runway 24 instead. Moments later, panicked gasping and an “Oh my God” could be heard just before the audio went quiet.
Federal investigators said the aircraft asked for a return to the airport at about 900 feet (274 meters). It crashed about 1,000 feet (305 meters) short of Runway 24, through a sprawling furniture manufacturing building owned by Michael Nicholas Designs.
According to a preliminary Federal Aviation Administration report, the aircraft crashed under “unknown circumstances.”
Eleven people were taken to hospitals, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said. The injuries ranged from minor to very serious, said Michael Meacham, Fullerton deputy chief of fire operations.
Security camera footage from Rucci Forged, a wheel manufacturer across the street, shows the plane was tilted on its side as it dove into the building, causing a fiery explosion and a black plume of smoke.
Chris Villalobos, an airport operations worker, said the airplane’s owner was a regular at the airport with his own hangar and had frequently taken off from there.
The FAA identified the plane as a single-engine, four-seat Van’s RV-10, a popular home-built airplane sold in kit form. Investigators said the aircraft was built in 2011.
Tim Olson, an aviation enthusiast and an early purchaser of the RV-10 plane kit, said he had exchanged emails with Reid over the years and knew him as a “diligent, responsible” pilot and aircraft builder. Olson said the RV-10 had become popular as an “easy-to-build” plane from a reputable kit manufacturer. He said he has flown more than 1,500 hours on his own plane, even taking it to the Cayman Islands.
“It’s real sad to hear that it ended this way for him,” Olson said. “I know from talking back and forth that he did travel, camped out with his plane around the country a bunch.”
Reid's daughter Kelly is listed on school sports websites as a junior at Huntington Beach High School who played flag football, soccer and lacrosse.
The airport in Fullerton has one runway and a heliport. Metrolink, a regional train line, is nearby and flanks a residential neighborhood and commercial warehouse buildings.
The Fullerton City Council posted a statement on social media calling the crash a “solemn tragedy.”
“The City of Fullerton is committed to providing support for all those affected and working with the agencies involved to uncover the details of this incident,” Mayor Fred Jung said in the statement. “We are grateful for the strength of our community and the compassion we show one another in times of crisis.”
Another four-seat plane crashed into a tree a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the airport in November while making an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, The Orange County Register reported. Both people on board suffered moderate injuries.
Fullerton is a city of about 140,000 people about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.
A mourner weeps as they are embraces before a memorial service at First Christian Church in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, for those killed in a small plane crash the day before. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Mourners arrive for a memorial service at First Christian Church in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, for those killed in a small plane crash the day before. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Daniel Villalbazo, left and Efrain Romero show photos on their mobile phones, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif., after witnessing a plane crash the day before at the warehouse of a commercial building where the accident happened. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Workers line up to enter a warehouse of a commercial furniture factory to collect their belongings Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif., where a small plane crashed the day before. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
People attend a vigil at First Christian Church in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, for those killed in a small plane crash taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport the day before. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
Mourners embrace before a memorial service at First Christian Church in Huntington Beach, Calif., Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, for those killed in a small plane crash the day before. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
People stand outside of a building where a plane crash occurred Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Workers stand near police lines at the scene of a small plane crash, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
A firefighter enters a building where a plane crash occurred Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Firefighter stage outside a building where a plane crash occurred Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Firefighter walk down a ladder outside a building where a plane crash occurred Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Firefighters load a person onto an ambulance after a small plane crashed into a commercial building on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Firefighters stage outside a building where a plane crash occurred, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Firefighters respond to a commercial building where a small plane crashed on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A woman is carried on a stretcher near the site of a plane crash, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
