Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said the Panthers deserved to score a goal in the second period. A loose puck was up for grabs when Duclair barely skated a full stride and instantly ripped a wrist shot that was deflected off Zach Whitecloud's stick before beating Hill to tie the score at 2. The Golden Knights took a 2-1 lead midway through the second when Shea Theodore scored his first goal of the playoffs.ĭuclair's goal was the product of a faceoff scrum that was just to the left of goaltender Adin Hill. The Panthers' lead was short-lived, with Jonathan Marchessault scoring later in the period for a 1-1 tie. Technically, that happened again Saturday, given that they trailed in the first period when Eric Staal scored. That's the number of times the Golden Knights have fallen behind in a game during these playoffs only to come back and win. I thought the third period, obviously they're a good team and they create stuff, but overall I thought we had a pretty solid period." "It was an unfortunate bounce there at the end of the second, so I still thought we had played a pretty solid second period there and started to gain some momentum," Golden Knights captain Mark Stone said. Duclair's goal set up a third period that saw both teams become a bit more aggressive, but the Golden Knights exploded for three goals in a 5-2 win Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas led 2-1 until Florida's Anthony Duclair tied the score with 10.2 seconds left in the second period. LAS VEGAS - The Golden Knights won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Panthers by doing something they have done throughout the postseason - rallying from an early deficit before surging to a late lead and winning. NHL, Florida Panthers, Vegas Golden Knights Third-period surge lifts Golden Knights past Panthers in Game 1 You have to wait and create vulnerability, and he waits for vulnerability or he creates it and he really, really focused on that.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser The great hands are there, but you can’t impose your will anymore. “The message to him was protect the puck, learn to protect the puck, learn in situations when to use that skill that he had. He reads layers of, I can influence this to open up this in this particular situation, and other times, I have nothing here, or, It’s too much of a risk, so I’ll just put the puck in. “It’s situational awareness: I know exactly how much time and space I have to get to a certain point where it’s going to be virtually an empty-net goal. He knows his skill set, he knows his identity, he knows situations,” Granato said. He wheeled around, waited until chaos along the crease took star goaltender Frederik Andersen out of the play and fired into an almost-empty net. He was aware of the clock, the positioning of the goalie, the shape of Carolina’s penalty-killing defense and the space he could get to in front of the net. The final seconds ticked away in the third period and Tkachuk wound up with the puck behind the goal. The Flames and Predators then nearly made it all the way to a shootout when Tkachuk, with less than a second left in overtime, chased down another rebound the slot, stuck his stick between his legs - because it was the only way he could get to the puck - and rifled a game-winning goal over the right shoulder of four-time All-Star goaltender Pekka Rinne. Calgary was down by three goals to the Predators at the start of the third period in Nashville and stormed back within one in the final minute when Tkachuk scored a game-tying goal on a rebound with 38.4 seconds left. It was Halloween of 2019 and Tkachuk was in the early stages of his first All-Star season with the Flames. He does, however, remember the first time he scored in overtime in an NHL game. Tkachuk doesn’t remember his first game-winning goal, either. Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in the third period of Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals series at the FLA Live Arena on Wednesday, in Sunrise, Fla.
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