Mark Stone earned the right to celebrate the goal, even if it wasn’t the prettiest one he scored.

The Golden Knights captain gathered the puck at the goal line on the power play. He flubbed the first pass. The second one bounced off Ottawa Senators center Tim Stutzle’s skate and into the back of the net.

“You take it and run,” Stone said.

He celebrated in typical Stone fashion, leaping into the boards and slamming his hand into the glass — testing the same right wrist he injured that kept him out for 16 games.

Stone picked up right where he left off in his return to the lineup Wednesday in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Senators at T-Mobile Arena.

He wasted no time getting acclimated. Stone played 19:58, third most among forwards, and led all forwards in short-handed ice time (2:17).

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