Vegas Golden Knights Win Another OT Thriller
Jack Eichel scored with only 7 seconds remaining in overtime onĀ SundayĀ evening to lift the Vegas Golden KnightsĀ past theĀ Winnipeg Jets by a score of 2-1. Then, for the second game in-a-row, theĀ Golden KnightsĀ needed extra time to cap off a 3-2 victoryĀ TuesdayĀ night againstĀ Washington.
If you look atĀ SundayĀ night’s score sheet, you can see that Vegas outplayed and outshot theĀ Jets atĀ T-Mobile Arena.Ā However, they started out their five-game road trip against theĀ Capitals in a much more closely played game.
Vegas Golden Knights goalie Logan Thompson stopped 19-of-21 shots on goal to record the team’s fifth consecutive victory, and they had to do it in comeback fashion again. TheĀ Caps got on the board first with a power-play goal during the first five minutes of the opening frame from Marcus Johansson.
Jack Eichel did some amazing stick-handling to hold on to the puck in theĀ Washington zone during aĀ VGK power play later in the first period, and then wristed it pastĀ Capitals’Ā goalieĀ Charlie Lindgren to tie the game 1-1.
Washington defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk put the home team back on top just about one minute into the second period, as the teams continued to trade chances without success into the latter part of the third period.
That’s whenĀ William CarrierĀ hopped on the ice during aĀ Vegas Golden KnightsĀ line change to receive a slick pass fromĀ William Karlsson,Ā and wristed it in to tie the game at 2-2 with less than six minutes to play. Disaster almost struck with mere seconds left in regulation when theĀ CapitalsĀ attacked the zone through the middle of the ice, picked up a bouncing puck and slipped it pastĀ Thompson. The goal was immediately disallowed by the referees as time had just expired.
In overtime,Ā Jack Eichel once again showed his mastery at puck-handling, holding on to the biscuit for what seemed like an eternity untilĀ VegasĀ defensemanĀ Shea Theodore got a step pastĀ Washington’s Alex Ovechkin,Ā received the pass fromĀ Eichel,Ā and put it pastĀ Lindgren to cap off the second consecutive overtime victory, and fifth win in-a-row, for Vegas.
TheĀ Golden Knights travel toĀ Ottawa to take on the Senators Thursday night.
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