Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth in double overtime to lead series 3-2
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Updated · The New York Times · Apr 30
Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth in double overtime to lead series 3-2
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Apr 30
At T-Mobile Arena, Brett Howden scored the winner after Utah turnovers, while Pavel Dorofeyev recorded his first playoff hat-trick in the 5-4 Game 5 victory.
Vegas erased another deficit when Dorofeyev tied it with 52 seconds left, and Carter Hart made 34 saves as Utah went 0-for-5 on the power play.
The Golden Knights have won two straight overtime games and now head to Salt Lake City for Friday's Game 6, with special teams and Dorofeyev's surge shifting momentum.
After two overtime heartbreaks, can the upstart Mammoth prove the experts right and pull off the upset?
Can Vegas's elite defense overcome its 'putrid' goaltending to survive this chaotic playoff series?