The Vegas Golden Knights took down the Utah Mammoth in double time beyond regulation with a 5-4 win in Sport 5 of the First Spherical on Wednesday night time at T-Cellular Enviornment to take a 3-2 lead within the collection.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
Utah broke by first when John Marino discovered the again of the online with slightly below three minutes remaining within the opening body. Vegas evened the rating at one on the person benefit with 41 seconds left within the interval as Pavel Dorofeyev acquired a go from Tomas Hertl in the correct faceoff circle and fired a wrist shot previous Karel Vejmelka. Lawson Crouse scored shortly after the halfway level of the second interval to place the Mammoth again on high, 2-1. Dorofeyev added his second tally of the night time with 4:23 left within the body to deliver the Golden Knights even as soon as once more. After Vegas gained an offensive-zone draw, Shea Theodore corralled the puck, drove to the online and dropped a backhand feed off to Dorofeyev who snapped it upstairs from in tight. The Golden Knights took their first lead of the sport lower than two minutes later when Theodore took a go from Mark Stone on the blue line and lit the lamp on a wrist shot to make it 3-2. Dylan Guenther tied it at three for the Mammoth when he scored on the frenzy at 5:54 of the third interval, and Utah took management once more with 7:18 remaining as Michael Carcone transformed. Dorofeyev accomplished the hat trick with lower than a minute to go within the contest as he gathered a rebound in entrance of the online and buried it to knot it up at 4 and ship the sport into time beyond regulation. Neither group broke the impasse within the first time beyond regulation, forcing a second further body. Brett Howden scored the shorthanded time beyond regulation winner 5:28 into the second time beyond regulation after he pressured Utah right into a defensive-zone turnover and beat Vejmelka far nook to energy Vegas to the 5-4 win. Carter Hart stopped 34-of-38 pictures he confronted, together with all 12 in each overtimes.
TOP PERFORMERS
Brett Howden: Howden potted his third time beyond regulation sport winner of his profession, essentially the most in Golden Knights historical past and he’s the one participant with a number of in that class.
Shea Theodore: Theodore registered a purpose and an help, and netted his tenth go-ahead marker within the playoffs, essentially the most amongst all energetic defensemen.
Pavel Dorofeyev: Dorofeyev recorded his first profession playoff hat trick, giving him 4 objectives in his final two video games, together with the game-tying purpose within the remaining minute of regulation.
Jack Eichel: Eichel (2A) added two helpers, changing into Vegas’ franchise chief in multi-assist playoff video games with 11 and shifting right into a tie for the second most assists in postseason historical past for the Golden Knights with 40.
Carter Hart: Hart turned apart 34 of the 38 pictures he confronted, together with all 12 over the 2 overtimes to earn his third win of the collection.
SERIES AT A GLANCE
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Sport 1: Vegas Golden Knights 4, Utah Mammoth 2 | HIGHLIGHTS
Sport 2: Utah Mammoth 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2 | HIGHLIGHTS
Sport 3: Utah Mammoth 4, Vegas Golden Knights 2 | HIGHLIGHTS
Sport 4: Vegas Golden Knights 5, Utah Mammoth 4, OT | HIGHLIGHTS
Sport 5: Vegas Golden Knights 5, Utah Mammoth 4, 2OT | HIGHLIGHTS
Sport 6: Friday, Could 1 – 7 p.m. PT | Delta Middle
Sport 7 (if vital): Sunday, Could 3 – Time TBD | T-Cellular Enviornment | BUY TICKETS
VGK STATS OF THE KNIGHT
Pavel Dorofeyev is simply the fourth participant in NHL historical past to attain three game-tying objectives in the identical sport.
Brett Howden scored the time beyond regulation Sport 5 winner within the First Spherical on April 29, 2025 (vs. Minnesota) and repeated the feat on April 29, 2026 (vs. Utah).
Mark Stone established a brand new mark for postseason factors in Vegas historical past with 76 since becoming a member of the Golden Knights.
Jack Eichel grew to become the eighth quickest participant to achieve 40 assists within the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the fourth quickest American-born skater in NHL historical past to achieve 50 profession factors (11G, 40A) in his 45 profession postseason video games.
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LOOKING AHEAD
The Golden Knights and Mammoth head again to Utah for Sport 6 of the opening collection on Friday at 7 p.m. PT at Delta Middle. Catch all of the motion on The Spot-Vegas 34 in Las Vegas, ESPN nationally, or pay attention on FOX Sports activities Las Vegas 94.7/1340 and Deportes Vegas 1460.