![]() ![]() David Perron beat Tierney on the draw and Schmidt took a shot that appeared to deflect off the post and out. The Golden Knights then added to the lead after an icing by Brent Burns led to an offensive zone faceoff. Reilly Smith took control near the blue line and found Marchessault alone in front for a goal that trickled between Martin Jones' pads. It started when usually reliable Marc-Edouard Vlasic turned the puck over in his own zone. The Golden Knights took control of this game with some good fortune in the second period. This group believes in each other and that's more than anything you can ask for." We continue to just set new expectations for yourself. I think that we've done a lot more than we thought we were capable of, but we continue to set the bar to new heights with our group. "''The guys have just been having a blast all year with each other. "We're having a lot of fun in this room," Schmidt said. Even the fourth line played a big role Sunday by controlling the puck and hemming San Jose in the defensive zone. Jonathan Marchessault is tied for the team lead with 11 points this postseason, including the first goal in the clincher against the Sharks. William Karlsson scored 43 goals in the regular season and had the overtime winner in Game 3 of this series. That's what's made us successful."įleury has been a big part of that, capped by his fourth career series-clinching shutout, one shy of Chris Osgood's NHL record.įleury allowed just three goals in the sweep against the Kings, posted shutouts in the opening and closing games against San Jose and was brilliant in an overtime win in Game 3 over the Sharks.īut he has had plenty of help. I feel like we're using everybody in the lineup to get wins. ![]() ![]() "We had great chemistry right from the start. "We made ourselves a good team," Fleury said. While the Golden Knights got help from a couple of shots that hit the iron and went out for San Jose and one that went off the post and into the net for a goal by Nate Schmidt that was only detectable on replay, the recipe for success has been speed, tenacity and depth more than luck. The Jets lead that series 3-2 heading into Game 6 at home on Monday night. Next up for Vegas is the Western Conference Final against either Winnipeg or Nashville. Louis won two rounds to win the all-expansion West Division in 1968. The Toronto Arenas won the Stanley Cup in the first postseason in league history in 1918 and St. They became just the third team in NHL history to win multiple series in its first season. They won eight of nine games to open the season to take the league by a bit of shock, posted 109 points to win a Pacific Division filled with playoff-tested teams and then gone 8-2 in the playoffs with a first-round sweep against Los Angeles and a six-game series win over the Sharks. The Golden Knights have done that all season despite being thrown together at the expansion draft last June among players deemed expendable by their former teams. We're not going to get caught up in we shouldn't be here or whatever. "It's a bit crazy thinking about it for sure," defenseman Brayden McNabb said. ![]()
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