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Las Vegas — Brett Howden A short-handed goal at 5:28 of the second overtime on Wednesday night gave Vegas a 5-4 victory. Utah Mammoth and put the Golden Knights one win away from winning the first-round series.
The Golden Knights take a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven NHL playoff series Friday night in Salt Lake City.
Vegas Right Wing Pavel DorofievHis six-on-five goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation forced overtime and gave him the sixth playoff hat trick in franchise history. Prior to that, Dorofiev had two goals in 13 career playoff games.
Also for the Golden Knights, Shea Theodore Have a goal and help and Jack Eichel There were two assists. Carter Hart Stopped 33 shots.
John Marino, Lawson Crews And Dylan Guenther Scored for the Mammoths and Clayton Keller There were two assists. Karel Vejmelka Made 31 saves.
Utah rallied in the third period when Guenther tied the game on a rush at 5:54 and Michael Carcon 7:18 in a two-on-one with Bucky.
Both teams continue to struggle on the power play, combining to go 1-for-10. Vegas ended a 13-game power play scoring drought when Dorofeev scored from the right circle to make it 1-1 with 40.2 seconds left in the first period. But the Golden Knights are just 3-for-18 for the series, better than Utah’s 1-for-14.
Vegas also had two short-handed goals in the series, including Howden’s Game 5 winner from the slot. Vegas won the faceoff, resulting in Howden’s victory.
The Golden Knights rallied twice in the first two periods, and goals by Dorofaev and Theodore 1:38 apart in the second period gave them a 3-2 lead. Vegas led for the first time in the third period of this series, but the Golden Knights were the NHL’s best third-period team in the regular season with a plus-47 goal differential.
But both teams are resilient — and physical.
They combined for 86 hits, with each side determined to assert themselves. But they also sometimes incur unnecessary penalties, with the Mammoths having three in the first period with one open-ice interference. Nick SchmaltzA clothesline takedown Ivan Berbashev by Logan Cooley Formally called a holding and a boarding minor Mikhail Sergachev.
The Golden Knights were hardly innocent. Cole Smith A double-minor high-sticking penalty was picked up just 11 seconds into the third period, but Vegas killed it with four minutes left.
