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04/28 00:47 CDT Theodore's overtime goal lifts Golden Knights to 5-4 win over
Mammoth; series tied at 2-all
Theodore's overtime goal lifts Golden Knights to 5-4 win over Mammoth; series
tied at 2-all
By JOHN COON
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --- Shea Theodore scored on a snap shot from the high slot
with 51.5 seconds left in overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah
Mammoth 5-4 on Monday night after squandering a three-goal lead, tying the
first-round playoff series at two games apiece.
Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
The Golden Knights appeared to have won the game earlier in OT when Pavel
Dorofeyev tapped in a loose puck with 9:41 left, but the apparent score was
waved off when it was determined Vegas was offsides.
Vegas' Brett Howden scored his second goal of the game on a tip-in with 9:35
remaining in the third period, and the goal forced overtime after Utah had
stormed back with four straight goals.
The Golden Knights raced out to a 3-0 lead with two goals in the first and one
early in the second by Dorofeyev, Howden, and Cole Smith.
Utah countered with four straight scores, capped by Clayton Keller's wrist shot
off a deflection for a 4-3 lead at the 5:10 mark of the third period.
Utah's Karel Vejmelka had 31 stops. Carter Hart had 27 saves for Vegas.
Facing a three-goal deficit, Utah's Nick Schmaltz and Ian Cole scored 29
seconds apart in the second period to set the Mammoth's comeback in motion.
Schmaltz got Utah on the board at the 8:04 mark, and Cole followed with a
50-foot slapshot at 8:33 of the second.
Michael Carcone tied it on another slapshot at 1:44 of the third.
Dorofeyev flicked home a wrist shot to put the Golden Knights in front just 72
seconds into the first. Howden then threaded another wrist shot past Vejmelka's
skate for a short-handed goal with 1:22 left in the period.
Smith's tip-in at 3:27 of the second gave the Golden Knights their third goal.
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