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A&E
T-Mobile Arena back to full capacity for Golden Knights games
Saturday, May 29, 2021 It’s also possible that vaccinated attendees will not be required to wear masks, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the NHL.
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Sports
Pacioretty’s return, Janmark’s hat trick power Golden Knights to Game 7 victory over Wild
Friday, May 28, 2021 After weeks of questions about his availability and after not seeing him in nearly a month, there was only logical conclusion when Max Pacioretty darted down the tunnel ...
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Sports
Blog: Golden Knights beat Wild in Game 7, advance to second round vs. Avalanche
Friday, May 28, 2021 The sound you heard late Friday night coming from the Strip was 12,156 fans at T-Mobile Arena exploding, shoving aside any narratives that existed coming into the first Game 7 in the building's history.
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News
It's now or never for Golden Knights in playoffs against Wild
Friday, May 28, 2021 The past two games have brought Vegas’ scoring woes back into focus. It’s only two games, but in the playoffs everything is magnified, and the Golden Knights have two goals in ...
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News
Golden Knights can't score, forced into a Game 7 against Wild
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 As the seconds died down in Game 6, the Golden Knights’ two most public leaders summed up the emotions of their fan base. Captain Mark Stone sat with his helmet askew on his head ...
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Sports
Blog: Golden Knights blanked in Minnesota, heading home for decisive Game 7
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 The Golden Knights failed to score for the second time in the series in Game 6 on Wednesday, and the Wild netted three goals in the third period to send Vegas ...
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Sports
Golden Knights will again try to eliminate Wild
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Regardless of the sport, winning the clinching game of a series is easier said than done. Vegas is no exception with a 2-7 record in close-out games since the inaugural season.
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Sports
Golden Knights dominate Wild, but come up short in Game 5 loss at home
Monday, May 24, 2021 Alex Pietrangelo couldn’t catch up to the puck that sealed the Golden Knights’ fate on Monday night. It was a 137-foot bank shot by the Wild from the other end of the ice that landed ...
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Sports
Golden Knights can accomplish franchise first with Game 5 win over Wild
Monday, May 24, 2021 The Wild will be desperate to stave off elimination, knowing if they can steal Game 5 in Vegas they will get Game 6 at home. Win that and who knows ...
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Sports
‘I lost my mind’: Mark Stone’s emotional goal powers Golden Knights to Game 4 victory over Wild
Saturday, May 22, 2021 The Golden Knights went into Minnesota and silenced the crowd. Now they get to come home where they’re expecting anything but silence.
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Sports
Blog: Golden Knights on brink of series win after Game 4 shutout of Wild
Saturday, May 22, 2021 The Golden Knights took care of business in Minnesota, winning both games at Xcel Energy Center, including Game 4 against the Wild on Saturday. Nicolas Roy, Alex Tuch and Mark Stone scored the goals for Vegas,
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News
Golden Knights good guy Nick Holden gets his due in Stanley Cup playoffs
Friday, May 21, 2021 Golden Knights defenseman Nick Holden was placed on waivers because of salary cap concerns at the beginning of the season. He wasn’t claimed. He only played in 17 games regular-season games, and none since early April.
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Sports
Shaky start, strong finish for Golden Knights in crucial Game 3 win over Wild
Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Golden Knights talked this week about how important good starts were. They got the opposite of that Thursday and it couldn’t have mattered less. Hot starts are good, blazing finishes are better. Vegas shook off one of the worst periods of the season and came back ...
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Hockey
Pietrangelo raising his game at right time for Golden Knights
Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Alex Pietrangelo patrolling the blue lines for in Vegas right now is exactly who the Golden Knights need him to be.
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Hockey
Marchessault’s timely goal keys Golden Knights’ Game 2 win against Wild
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Marchessault’s goal came 18 seconds after the Wild scored to take the lead and it very well may have saved the series. It set the table for Alex Tuch to score twice and help the Golden Knights beat the Wild 3-1 at T-Mobile Arena and even the series 1-1.
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Hockey
Minus Pacioretty, Golden Knights urgently looking for right lineup mix
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 The Golden Knights will spend however long Max Pacioretty is out trying to find the best way to replace him. Their chances of coming back against the Wild might depend on it ...
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Sports
Golden Knights let down goalie Fleury in Game 1 loss to Wild
Sunday, May 16, 2021 The good news is the Golden Knights historically have taken Game 1 losses in stride and come out firing in Game 2.
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Sports
Blog: Golden Knights fall in OT of Game 1 to Wild
Sunday, May 16, 2021 Sixty minutes came and went Sunday without one puck filling either net. The Minnesota Wild needed only 3:20 of overtime play to end it and draw first blood in the first-round playoff series. Joel Eriksson Ek was the hero for Minnesota ...
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Breaking News
Wild to challenge Golden Knights out of the gate, but Vegas will enjoy home-ice advantage
Saturday, May 15, 2021 The Golden Knights’ journey to claim the most famous trophy in sports begins Sunday against the visiting Minnesota Wild at T-Mobile Arena in the initial game of a best-of-seven-game series. Puck drop is …
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News
Entering playoffs, Golden Knights shrug off recent struggles against Wild
Saturday, May 15, 2021 The Golden Knights drew the short straw in the West Division playoffs by landing a first-round date with the Minnesota Wild ...
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News
Fleury helped Golden Knights seize Jennings Trophy. The Vezina could be next
Friday, May 14, 2021 Marc-Andre Fleury will eventually be a Hall of Famer. It was a probability before he arrived in Vegas and a certainty now.
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Sports
Golden Knights to face Wild in first round of playoffs beginning Sunday
Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Golden Knights will kick off the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Minnesota Wild as the No. 2 seed in the West Division. The Colorado Avalanche defeated ...
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Features
Trade-deadline acquisition Mattias Janmark has fit in everywhere the Vegas Golden Knights have asked
Thursday, May 13, 2021 He’s played center, left and right wing on the first, second and third lines, becoming a jack-of-all-trades as the team Golden Knights heads into the 2021 playoffs.
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Sports
Avalanche warning: Can anyone stop Colorado?
Thursday, May 13, 2021 Are these playoffs so preordained that Nathan MacKinnon’s name should start being engraved on the Stanley Cup? Sun staffers Justin Emerson and Case Keefer make their cases for why the Avalanche can be beaten, or why they won't be.
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Stone-cold boss: Golden Knights' captain has emerged as a leader on and off the ice
Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Golden Knights were in their worst slide of the year, having lost four of five games from late March through early April, and Mark Stone was in a slump of his own. A tremendous season by the Golden Knights’ best player and team captain was trending down for the first time, as Stone had no goals and just four assists in his past 10 games.
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Golden Knights’ playoff fate will be determined by Colorado result Thursday
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 The Golden Knights’ regular season is over and they are guaranteed a top-two record in the NHL. Whether they finish with the Presidents’ Trophy or second place in the division is entirely out of their control ...
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News
Culture shock: Russian-born Silver Knights adjust to life on and off the ice
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Imagine for a moment that your job transferred you to the other side of the world. Maybe you knew it would eventually happen in your line of work and that the prestige of your profession is higher there. But try to put yourself in those shoes ...
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Hockey
Down 3 skaters, Golden Knights lose game, control of West Division to Avalanche
Monday, May 10, 2021 Colorado is hard enough to beat with a full roster. When you’re short three skaters because of injuries and salary-cap constraints, it’s darn near impossible. Yet the Golden Knights almost pulled it off.
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Golden Knights overwhelm Blues in potential playoff preview
Saturday, May 8, 2021 If the Golden Knights’ first-round opponent in the playoffs is indeed the St. Louis Blues, they can look at Saturday night’s performance and feel like they have an edge.
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Blog: Reilly Smith's hat trick powers Golden Knights over Blues
Saturday, May 8, 2021 It only took the Blues about seven and a half minutes into the second period to record their first shot on goal as opposed to the almost 16 it took in the first, so they made a little progress. The Golden Knights continued their suffocation of the St. Louis offense ...
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Hockey
As postseason nears and crowds grow, Golden Knights notch playoff-worthy win over Blues
Friday, May 7, 2021 The puck hit the back of the net and the largest Golden Knights crowd of the season went bananas. Capacity expanded to 7,567 fans, the largest crowd for an NHL game this season, and the difference was palpable.
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Up-and-down game ends with Golden Knights topping Wild in OT
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 For the second game in a row against the Minnesota Wild, the Golden Knights saw their third-period lead turn into a deficit. This time, though, they staged a comeback of their own to pick up a crucial victory ...
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News
Top prospect Krebs pleased with Golden Knights debut, eager for more
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Peyton Krebs, the organization’s top prospect and 2019 first-round draft pick, arrived in the NHL on Monday and immediately made an impact, finishing with an assist and a plus-2 rating in a 6-5 loss to the Wild.
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Golden Knights lose late lead, drop heartbreaker to Wild
Monday, May 3, 2021 The curse of Xcel Energy Center continued for the Golden Knights on Monday in the most painful way possible. Vegas led by two goals past the 10-minute mark ...
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Golden Knights shake off third-period struggles, beat Coyotes in OT
Saturday, May 1, 2021 A two-goal lead is usually safe for the Golden Knights. It took a little extra on Saturday, but Vegas still came out on top.
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Golden Knights' 10-game winning streak ends with loss to Coyotes
Friday, April 30, 2021 They had to lose eventually. The Golden Knights saw their 10-game winning streak end Friday when they were shut out for the third time this season and fell to the Arizona Coyotes 3-0 at Gila River Arena.
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Hockey
Star players step up as Golden Knights beat Avalanche, move closer to division title
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone went in on the Colorado net 2-on-1. Good things tend to happen when those two get loose for the Golden Knights. The Golden Knights best players came up big in the most important game of the season so far ...
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Breaking News
Golden Knights top prospect Peyton Krebs joining Silver Knights
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 The Golden Knights’ top prospect is returning to the valley. Forward Peyton Krebs completed his junior season in the Western Hockey League Tuesday night. He is expected to join the AHL Silver Knights within the next week, Silver Knights coach Manny Viveiros said. It’s possible he ...
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Hockey
Blog: Golden Knights take down Avalanche, open up lead in West Division
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 The Golden Knights knew how important Wednesday's game was in the hunt for the West Division title. Jonathan Marchessault said yesterday it was "100%" the most important game of the season so far, and Brayden McNabb said it was going to have a playoff-like feel. Vegas extended its franchise-best winning streak to 10 ...
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Hockey
Golden Knights' trust in Nicolas Roy fuels his rise
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 A half of a second is an eternity in a hockey game. Golden Knights forward Nicolas Roy is familiar with that length of time. Earlier this season he was struggling to score and always seemed to be half a second behind. But since the calendar flipped to April ...
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Hockey
Golden Knights enjoy rare break ahead of pivotal stretch run
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 The Golden Knights didn’t practice Monday. They didn’t the day before either, and don’t play again until Wednesday.
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Hockey
Trade deadline pickup Mattias Janmark settling in with Golden Knights
Sunday, April 25, 2021 When Mattias Janmark joined the Golden Knights two weeks ago after being traded from Chicago, he wasn’t necessarily walking into an unfamiliar situation.
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Hockey
Golden Knights glad to punch playoff ticket, remain focused on postseason prize
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Jonathan Marchessault joked that he would have never back in 2017 that the Golden Knights would go to the playoffs four years in a row. “The first year we were just concentrating on winning more than four games,” the Vegas forward said with a grin.
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Hockey
Golden Knights honored to be part of Patrick Marleau’s historic night
Monday, April 19, 2021 The Golden Knights concluded their 3-2 shootout win against the San Jose Sharks in an unprecedented way — by honoring a player on a rival team. Sharks forward Patrick Marleau played the 1,768th game of his career Monday, passing “Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe for ...
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Sports
Golden Knights offense stays red hot to beat Ducks
Sunday, April 18, 2021 Vegas scored five goals for the NHL-best 15th time this season, and is nearly perfect when reaching that mark. The Golden Knights scored two in the first, two in the second and one in the third to beat the Anaheim Ducks ...
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Silver Knights goalie works his way from unknown to AHL star
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Logan Thompson knew he might be sacrificing the potential of a professional hockey career when he signed with Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, out ...
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Reloaded third line sets tone in Golden Knights win over Kings
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The Golden Knights have used nine players and 10 combinations trying to find the magic mixture for the third line. After a trade deadline acquisition, they’re hoping that adding a 10th player to make an 11th blend is the one that clicks.
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Hockey
What Golden Knights fans can expect from Mattias Janmark
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Mattias Janmark could be the player the Golden Knights need to provide a jolt to the offense as the missing piece to the third line.
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Sports
Golden Knights' scorers break slumps to complete rally vs. Kings
Monday, April 12, 2021 Mark Stone scored the game-tying goal late in the second period, Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal in the third and Max Pacioretty added another, helping the Golden Knights overcome a two-goal deficit and beat the Kings 4-2 at Staples Center ...
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Defense dominates as Golden Knights, Fleury blank Coyotes
Sunday, April 11, 2021 Marc-Andre Fleury entered Sunday’s game with 65 shutouts in his career. No. 66 might have been the easiest he’s ever had.