Vegas Golden Knights: Theodore’s greatness, other takeaways
It wasn’t easy but the Vegas Golden Knights picked up a huge win in Calgary on Sunday night after edging past the Flames 5-3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Despite blowing a three-goal lead, the Vegas Golden Knights had Shea Theodore to thank after his go-ahead goal propelled his team back to the top of the Pacific Division.
Tomas Nosek was rewarded for his slew of battle scars accrued in recent weeks after knocking home a rebound following some slick stick work by Ryan Reaves.
Nick Holden then recorded his sixth goal of the year after jumping up in the play to join the rush, before burying a nice dish from Nick Cousins on an odd-man rush.
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A dream first period was complete for the Golden Knights who bucked a recent trend by actually starting on top after allowing a goal on the first shot of the game in three of their previous four outings.
The dominance only continued for Vegas early in the second period after Max Pacioretty one-timed a delicious feed from William Karlsson past David Rittich.
However, the tide soon turned and the Golden Knights began to collapse after Milan Lucic skated in on an odd-man rush before wristing a shot through the five-hole of Robin Lehner.
And that was the spark for a complete momentum shift in the game as Dillon Dube made it a one-goal game after ripping a shot from the circle past Lehner.
Vegas appeared to halt the fightback in the third period but, with minutes remaining, Matthew Tkachuk latched onto a dish from Andrew Mangiapane before backhanding a shot past Lehner who had tried to be aggressive.
That could have really knocked the wind out of the Golden Knights but, at 18:50 in the third period, Shea Theodore unleashed a shot from a tight angle that hit a stick before bouncing over Rittich.
It proved to be the game-winner and a crazy contest was iced when Jonathan Marchessault fired the puck into an empty net in the waining seconds.
Although it was far from a Picasso painting, it was a huge win for the Vegas Golden Knights and we had some takeaways from the game…