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04/30 00:22 CDT Dorofeyev's last-minute goal for Golden Knights sends Game 5
versus Mammoth into overtime tied at 4
Dorofeyev's last-minute goal for Golden Knights sends Game 5 versus Mammoth
into overtime tied at 4
By MARK ANDERSON
AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) --- Vegas' Pavel Dorofeyev's 6-on-5 goal with 52.7 seconds left
gave him the sixth playoff hat trick in franchise history and forced overtime
Wednesday night between the Golden Knights and Utah Mammoth with the teams tied
at 4 in Game 5 of their series.
The teams are 2-2 in the opening-round best-of-seven series.
Utah rallied in the third period when Dylan Guenther tied it at 5:54 on a rush
play and Michael Carcone on a 2-on-1 with 7:18 left.
John Marino, Lawson Crouse and Guenther also have scored for the Mammoth and
Clayton Keller has two assists. Karel Vejmelka has made 19 saves.
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals in 13 career playoff games before this one. Also
for the Golden Knights, Shea Theodore has a goal and assist and Jack Eichel has
two assists. Carter Hart has stopped 22 shots.
Both teams have continued to struggled on the power play, combining to go 1 for
8. Vegas ended a scoring drought of 13 power plays when Dorofeyev scored from
the right circle to make it 1-1 with 40.2 seconds left in the first period. But
the Golden Knights are just 3 for 17 for the series, which is better than
Utah's 1-for-13 showing.
The Golden Knights twice rallied in the first two periods, and goals 1:38 apart
by Dorofeyev and Theodore late in the second put them ahead 3-2. It's the first
time Vegas took the lead into the third period in this series, but the Golden
Knights were the NHL's best third-period team in the regular season with a
plus-47 goal differential.
But both teams have been resilient --- and physical.
They combined for 68 hits, each side determined to assert itself. But those
also sometimes resulted in unnecessary penalties, with the Mammoth taking three
in the first period on an open-ice interference by Nick Schmaltz, a clothesline
takedown of Ivan Barbashev by Logan Cooley officially called holding and a
boarding minor on Mikhail Sergachev.
The Golden Knights were hardly blameless. Cole Smith picked up a double-minor
high-sticking penalty just 11 seconds into third period, but Vegas killed off
the four minutes.
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