Photo: Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights celebrated a victory at home on Friday to even the first-round series of the Stanley Cup. The Golden Knights beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 (0-0, 0-0, 2-0), making the four-game winning streak 3-3.
Defender Noah Henifin scored the winning goal in the 50th minute, but 19 seconds before the end of the match, Mark Stone sent the puck into an empty guest goal. Aydin Hill made all 23 saves for the home team, while Jake Outinger saved 28 of 29 shots for the visitors.
The series-deciding game is Sunday in Dallas.
It has already been reported that the Latvian goalkeeper Artūrs Šilovs saved all the opponent’s shots in the victory of the Vancouver Canucks in Nashville on Friday, as the Canucks entered the second round of the Stanley Cup. The Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 1-0 (0-0, 0-0, 1-0) away, celebrating a 4-2 victory in the series.
The Latvian goalkeeper, who played the third game in a row in the Canucks’ goal, dealt with 28 shots by the opponent, saving all the pucks thrown by the opponents and keeping a clean sheet for the first time in his NHL career.
Shilov was recognized as the best player of the game and became the 14th rookie goalkeeper who has finished the Stanley Cup series with a “dry” game. Blügers spent 12 minutes and 55 seconds on the ice in this match, during which he scored once and won the only shot.
Pius Suter scored the game-winning goal 99 seconds before the end of regulation time, after Brock Bosser’s pass from the back of the net, Suter sent the puck into the bottom left corner of the goal.
Jūse Saros also saved 28 pucks in the home team’s goal.
In the second round, the Canucks will meet the Edmonton Oilers.
