From Bruce Cassidy:
“I’d like to offer my congratulations to Patrice on a legendary career. It was a privilege and an honor to work with such a first-class player and person. Thank you for all you have done and I wish you, Steph and your children all the best.”
The Golden Knights are the first team in NHL history to have four different goalies earn wins in four consecutive games. (Patera, Quick, Thompson, Brossoit)
Vegas is the only team to have every player, including goaltenders Adin Hill and Logan Thompson, record at least one point this season. Hill and Thompson are the only goalie tandem to each have a point.
Vegas enters its 501st all-time game tonight with the best record through 500 GP of any team in NHL history (293-161-46, .632).
.632 --
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.618 -- Edmonton Oilers
.582 -- Montreal Canadiens
.562 -- Boston Bruins
Jack Eichel nets his seventh playoff goal to hit the 30-point mark in his 24th career game. Eichel is the fifth active player to reach 30 playoff points in 24 games or fewer.
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Statement from the Vegas Golden Knights:
We appreciate the league’s diligence on this matter and respect the decision. The club will have no further comment.
Vegas is the first defending Cup champion to ice an opening night lineup made up entirely of players whose names are on the Cup from the year before since LAK in 2012-13.
Jonathan Marchessault is just the third player in the last 35 years to score in each of the first three games of a Stanley Cup Final (Steve Yzerman, Jake Guentzel)
Jonathan Marchessault has recorded the 95th multi-goal game in the NHL this season but the first for a member of the first-place
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It is Marchessault's franchise-leading 21st multi-goal game with the VGK
Jack Eichel is the fourth 30-goal scorer in franchise history (also Marchessault 2x, Pacioretty 2019-20, Karlsson 2017-18). For the first time, Vegas has multiple 30-goal scorers in a single season.
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Logan Thompson made 43 saves in Game 3 against Dallas to match his career-high and the franchise record for most saves by a goaltender in Vegas postseason history.
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Logan Thompson stops 39 of 40 Jets shots, good for a .975 percentage to mark his fourth straight start where he has allowed just one goal. It is the longest stretch of its kind in his career.
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Eichel posts back-to-back three point outings bringing him to 50 points this season (20G, 30A). It marks his seventh 50-point season in his nine-year career and his second with Vegas.
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Alex Pietrangelo is the 19th VGK player to score a goal this season, the most of any NHL team.
Most Players with a Goal
19 - VGK
18 - CGY
17 - CAR. CBJ
Adin Hill stops all 23 Dallas shots to post his third career shutout against the Stars in the postseason. Hill’s three clean sheets matches Curtis Joseph for the most playoff shutouts against Dallas in NHL history.
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Jonathan Marchessault scores to extend his playoff point streak to 12 games, tied for the third-longest streak by an active player (also Matthews, 12GP 2022-23).
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Jack Eichel's first OT goal as a Golden Knight gives VGK consecutive wins against WPG for the first time in series history and an 8-2-0 start through 10 games
With their win on Monday, the Golden Knights became the only road team to win Game 1 of their opening series in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Via
@PR_NHL
: The Golden Knights extended their road point streak against the Sharks to 14 games (11-0-3), tied with the Lightning (11-0-3 vs. CHI) for the longest active such run versus a single franchise.
The dragon unveiled during tonight’s game open at T-Mobile Arena:
•Measures 34’ wide and 15’ tall
•Features 3D printed claws and head
•Took eight weeks to fabricate and install
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Shea Theodore's 7th career OT goal with VGK establishes a new franchise high (any position; had been in a three-way tie with 6). It's his 8th career OT goal overall.
William Karlsson's goal gives him a career-best eight-game point streak (4g-6a in that time). He leads the team in goals (4) and points (12) on the season.
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William Karlsson surpasses last year’s goal total with his 15th of the year. VGK joins COL and TBL as the only teams with three 15-goal scorers (also Marchessault, Eichel).
Jack Eichel moves into a three-way tie for the team lead with his 11th goal of the season (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault).
VGK is the only NHL team with three players with 11 or more goals on the season.
Jack Eichel recorded his third career hat trick, all at KeyBank Center. It’s his first hat trick and first four-point game as a member of the Golden Knights.
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Alec Martinez's +5 performance tonight marked the best single-game plus/minus mark for a VGK player in franchise history. Martinez added an assist and blocked four shots.
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Jack Eichel (2A) is the seventh player in the NHL's modern era (since 1943-44) to record multiple-point games in each of his first two Stanley Cup Final games.
Jack Eichel has his 16th goal and 40th point in game 37, becoming the third VGK player to record 40 points in fewer than 40 GP (the others: Mark Stone, 32 GP in 2020-21, and Jonathan Marchessault, 38 GP in 2017-18.)
Mark Stone and Jonathan Marchessault are appearing in the 100th playoff game of their careers tonight. Stone and Marchessault are the 50th and 51st active skaters to reach the 100-game mark in the NHL.
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The Vegas Golden Knights will open their Second Round Stanley Cup Playoffs series with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday and Friday at T-Mobile Arena, with times and broadcast information TBD.
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Jack Eichel's 23rd point is the most ever for a
@GoldenKnights
player in a playoff and ties Adam Fox for the most points by a U.S. player in his first 20 career playoff games.
Noah Hanifin scores his second goal of the postseason and joins Brayden McNabb as Vegas’ other defenseman to have multiple goals in the first round. Colorado is the only other team to have two blue-liners with multiple goals.
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Logan Thompson stops 21 shots good for a .955 save percentage against Seattle to earn his 50th career win, all with Vegas. Thompson is the second goalie in VGK history to reach mark.
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Phil Kessel has played 988 consecutive NHL games. His next-closest teammate, William Karlsson, has played 65.
All of the other VGK skaters' active consecutive game streaks combined are less than half of Kessel's current one (442).
Jack Eichel scores his 22nd goal of the season to mark his 499th career point (202 G, 297 A). Eichel can become the 5th fastest active U.S.-born player to record 500 points.
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With
#NHLAwards
on Monday, worth noting that the 2023
@GoldenKnights
are the first
@StanleyCup
champion without a regular-season awards finalist since 1995 (and only the fifth in the modern era, h/t
@PR_NHL
)
Last night VGK set franchise records for:
- Most penalties, game (15)
- Most penalty minutes, game (75)
- Most penalties, period (11)
- Most penalty minutes, period (62)
Jack Eichel will miss tonight’s game with a lower body injury; he is day-to-day.
Alex Pietrangelo remains out of the lineup for personal reasons.
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Marchessault has the first three-goal period in VGK playoff history and the fourth hat trick in a game (the first on the road):
- Stone, 4/14/19 vs. SJS
- Janmark, 5/28/21 vs. MIN
- Marchessault, 6/6/21 vs. COL
- Marchessault, 5/14/23 at EDM
Vegas is the only NHL team that features seven players with at least seven points on the season. The Golden Knights are also one of four teams (EDM, MIN, PIT) to feature four players with four-plus goals.