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Knights Use Third-Period Surge to Beat Mammoth in Game 1

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Knights Use Third-Period Surge to Beat Mammoth in Game 1
Vegas erases deficit, beats Utah in game 1

Vegas scored three times in the third to beat Utah 4-2 in Game 1. Stone set a franchise playoff games record in the win.  


Golden Knights rally to beat Mammoth in game 1 as both combine for playoff-high 64 shots...


The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Utah Mammoth 4-2 in Game 1 of their playoff series on Sunday after scoring three straight goals in the third period.


Their combined 64 shots on goal were the most of any matchup so far in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vegas’ 52 hits were also the third most of the playoffs so far, behind the Carolina Hurricanes’ 57 and the Buffalo Sabres’ 53 - both teams won their first games as well.


Before the late Vegas rally, Logan Cooley scored the first goal for the Mammoth to go up 1-0 with nine seconds remaining in the first period, marking the first playoff goal in Mammoth franchise history.


  

He became just the sixth player in league history, joining Wayne Gretzky, to factor into a franchise’s first-ever regular season goal and its first playoff goal.

  
Cooley first assisted on Utah’s first goal on October 8, 2024, scored by Dylan Guenther.




It didn’t take long for the Knights to find the net at the start of the second period. Colton Sissons scored his first playoff goal since 2018 to tie it 1-1 for the Knights.


But Utah responded almost immediately as Kevin Stenlund put the Mammoth back on top 2-1 off a misplay.


The Mammoth put up 11 shots on goal in each of the first two periods, while the Knights stayed right with them, recording nine in the first and 10 in the second.


Despite countless scrums, the Mammoth and Golden Knights went the entire second period without a single penalty, becoming the first pair of teams in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs to do so in regulation.

 
In the third, Vegas began their rally.


After Utah committed their first penalty since the first period, Vegas’ Mark Stone buried a rebound to tie it 2-2.




It marked Stone’s 37th playoff game with Vegas, surpassing Jonathan Marchessault for the most in franchise history.

  
Less than two minutes later, Nic Dowd put his squad up 3-2 for his fifth career playoff goal and his first as a member of the Golden Knights.




Both teams received two-minute minor roughing penalties with 6:05 left in the third. Scrums started after Guenther shot the puck at Vegas goaltender Carter Hart following an offside call, thinking he had a breakaway chance.






Ivan Barbashev drilled the empty-netter from across the ice to put Vegas up 4-2 en route to a Game 1 win.


Sissons and Utah’s Lawson Crouse finished the night with 8.0 player ratings - the highest of all skaters.



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