Trevor Zegras suffers a non-contact injury in the Ducks’ loss

Shea Theodore scored two goals for the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night in a 4-1 win over the Ducks, who lost Trevor Zegras to a potentially serious lower-body injury.

William Karlsson and Alexander Holtz also scored and Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves for the division-leading Golden Knights, who improved to 8-1-1 against the Pacific Division with their sixth win in eight games. Vegas beat the Ducks in all three meetings.

Jackson LaCombe scored a goal and John Gibson stopped 30 shots for the last-place Ducks.

Karlsson scored his fifth goal late in the first period. He has 16 goals and 27 points in 37 games against the Ducks, who drafted the Swede and then lost him in an unfortunate trade with Columbus nearly 10 years ago.

Theodore, another Ducks draft pick sent to Vegas in a dubious expansion draft deal, scored a goal early in the second period.

LaCombe beat Samsonov with a long-range shot through traffic, scoring goals in back-to-back games for the first time.

Holtz scored his first goal since Oct. 22 early in the third period off a pass from Tanner Pearson. Theodore added an empty goal.

Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler returned after an 11-game injury absence.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: They recovered well from last weekend’s 6-0 loss to Utah.

Ducks: They can’t build momentum or consistency, and a long-term injury to Zegras would set them back even further.

Key moment: Zegras needed help getting off the ice after his injury in the second period. He hasn’t regained his 60-point form from two seasons ago, but remains one of the Ducks’ offensive talents.

Key Stats: First – the Knights’ total penalties in their last two games. Vegas made a mistake in Anaheim after going penaltyless against Edmonton on Tuesday.

Next: Vegas hosts Dallas on Friday night. The Ducks host Minnesota on Friday.