LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights scored three consecutive goals in the final 3:11 of the third period to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.

Tomas Hertl tied it 4-4 for Vegas with a one-timer on the power play at 16:49, and Keegan Kolesar gave the Golden Knights a 5-4 lead at 17:49 with a wrist shot from the left face-off circle.

Ivan Barbashev scored into an empty net at 18:14 for the 6-4 final.

Barbashev scored twice, Alex Pietrangelo had three assists, and Jack Eichel, Tanner Pearson and Mark Stone each had two assists for the Golden Knights (5-2-1), who won their fifth straight home game to start the season. Adin Hill made 35 saves.

Adam Gaudette scored twice, and Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson each had a goal and an assist for the Senators (4-3-0). Linus Ullmark made 22 saves in his return from missing four games with an undisclosed strain.

Gaudette gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 2:40 of the first period, scoring with a one-timer from below the right circle to the short side. Cole Reinhardt fed him with a no-look pass from below the goal line for his first NHL point.

Giroux made it 2-0 at 12:15 with a redirection that went between the legs of Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb and then through Hill’s five-hole.

Nicolas Roy cut it to 2-1 at 17:23, and Nicolas Hague tied it 2-2 21 seconds later when he threw the puck toward the net and it went in off the skate of Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson at 17:44.

Batherson then put Ottawa back in front 3-2 at 18:33 with a shot from the high slot, but Barbashev tied it 3-3 at 6:40 of the second period by tipping a Pietrangelo shot.

Gaudette’s second goal of the game gave the Senators a 4-3 lead on the power play at 17:44. He scored with a wrist shot to the glove side from the top of the slot.