Your Vegas Golden Knights are still atop the Pacific Division after an overtime thriller last night, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. It wasn't pretty, and honestly, the house edge felt against us for a lot of it, but Pavel Dorofeyev — Doro, for those in the know — buried the winner in OT off a sweet feed from Jack Eichel. This was a home game, so the Fortress was rocking, even if the team decided to play with our heart rates for 64 minutes. We're talking a big two points here, keeping the Golden Knights ahead in the division race.
The game started with the Ducks grabbing a power-play goal from Brayden Sennecke, which felt like a punch to the gut after all the hype around the T-Mobile Arena. But Dorofeyev, fresh off a fantastic season, evened it up on our own power play in the first, with Tomas Hertl and Jack Eichel setting him up. Hertl then got one of his own in the third, which we thought was going to be the game-winner, giving us that comfortable feeling. But then, Owen Zellweger tied it for Anaheim with just over three minutes left, dragging us into overtime. That's when Doro and Eichel linked up again, and just like that, the party lights were flashing.
This win is huge. With a 39-26-17 record for 95 points, the Vegas Golden Knights are still first in the Pacific, and on a seven-game point streak, no less! We need to keep this momentum rolling, especially with the playoffs just around the corner. Every point from here on out is a comp, and we need to collect them all. The vibe in Las Vegas this morning is good, like a Sunday after a big win — folks are already talking about where to catch the next game. This team, since 2017, they just know how to win, even when they make it hard on themselves.
Vegas Born, Vegas Raised — Let's Go Knights.
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