The Golden Knights needed to win Tuesday for many reasons.

To get the overtime/shootout monkey off their backs. To win goaltender Carter Hart’s first start in nearly two years. To going into this five-game, East Coast trip with an ounce of momentum.

It’s an opportunity for the Knights to build on something positive. That begins Friday when they face the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Heading east is the Knights’ first test of what should be a favorable December with 13 games and only one back-to-back.

Following the Devils are the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, followed by the New York Islanders on Long Island on Tuesday.

The trip wraps up with stops in Philadelphia and Columbus.

“Going on the road, New York, I think is always a goo

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