LAS VEGAS – Utah Hockey Club head coach Andre Tourigny warned about his team’s preseason success on the power play.

“We’re not playing NHL PK yet,” he said during Friday’s morning skate. “So we’ll see how good we are moving forward.”

Luckily, they got a better look Friday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights played most of their NHL regulars in their debut in Las Vegas.

First, the good news: Utah still scored a power play goal (although their coach wasn’t happy with the session overall).

Now the bad: The Knights won the preseason game 5-2, overwhelming a much less experienced Utah team. So much for Utah never losing a game. The hockey club lost 1:2 in the previous season.

“I think we’re taking risks in the wrong place and we’ve paid for it and we’re giving their offense a little bit of fuel,” Tourigny said. “We lacked execution. We had a hard time making plays, but I think losing the ball and probably puck management is probably the most important thing.”

The final 30 minutes of the game were a Las Vegas rush. The Knights scored four unanswered goals, including three in the third period, turning the close game into a rout.

In the second period, Utah’s Michael Carcone scored the game’s first goal on the power play. After a Vegas equalizer, Ryan McGregor scored on a pass from Aku Raty to put Utah back in the lead.

After that it was all Vegas.

Knights star Jack Eichel tied the score later in the second period, and Vegas’ experience prevailed in the third period. Utah was without Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Guenther and many others among the top three players.

The Hockey Club struggled to find good scoring opportunities and ended up losing 26:16.

“We tried to play through them too much instead of going around them and that leads to a lot of turnovers, lost momentum, frustration and then more pressure,” Tourigny said. “So I think it’s a good lesson to learn.”

One bright spot was goalkeeper Matthew Villalta. The 25-year-old started in the goal area and played the first 30 minutes of the evening. He stopped all nine shots he faced. It wasn’t until he went to the bench that the stir in Las Vegas began.

“I just tried to enjoy the moment,” he said. “It’s my first time playing here at T-Mobile, so of course it’s pretty cool. I just tried to have fun and keep the puck away from the net.”