Dorofeyev transformed on a rebound following Jack Eichel’s shot from the underside of the correct circle. The objective got here after Olen Zellweger tied it 2-2 for Anaheim with 3:05 remaining within the third interval when he scored bar down from the left dot.
Vegas leads the best-of-7 collection 3-2. Recreation 6 shall be at Honda Middle in Anaheim on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SN360, SN, TVAS).
Tomas Hertl had a objective and an help, and Eichel had two assists for the Golden Knights, the No. 1 seed from the Pacific Division. Carter Hart made 34 saves.
Beckett Sennecke scored in his fourth straight sport of the collection, and Cutter Gauthier and Mason McTavish every had two assists for the Geese, the No. 3 seed from the Pacific. Lukas Dostal made 29 saves
Anaheim ahead Ryan Poehling sustained an upper-body harm on Brayden McNabb’s hit at 9:00 of the primary interval and didn’t return. McNabb was assessed a serious penalty and sport misconduct.
Sennecke scored on the following energy play to offer the Geese a 1-0 lead at 12:36, recovering a Cutter Gauthier rebound on the far publish.
Dorofeyev’s power-play objective tied it 1-1 at 16:13. He stole the puck off John Carlson within the offensive zone, skated to the slot, and roofed a wrist shot.
Anaheim outshot Vegas 17-6 within the second interval.
Hart made the save on Mason McTavish’s shot at 11:04, which required defenseman Dylan Coghlan to clear it.
Hertl put the Golden Knights forward 2-1 at 4:38 of the third interval. He recovered a free puck and shot it by means of Dostal’s five-hole after Brandon Saad’s tip try went large.
Hart made a save along with his proper pad on Jeffrey Viel’s breakaway likelihood at 6:15 to maintain it 2-1. Sennecke then hit the publish at 12:37.