Every young hockey player has dreams about playing in the NHL and in their dreams, they see themselves scoring a big goal in the 7th game in a playoff series. Last night, Mattias Janmark’s dream not only came through, he also scored a hat trick in the VGK’s Game 7
The Las Vegas-based Golden Knights had the most wins in the NHL s truncated 56-game schedule with 40. They shared the most points with Colorado at 82, losing a tie-breaker for the No. 1 seed in the West.
This matters not. The Golden Knights are in trouble. They not only have lost all momentum in their opening series; the Knights will be fighting against the Minnesota Wild s unprecedented history in Game 7s on Friday night in T-Mobile Arena.
The crowd will be more than 12,000, the Vegas pregame histrionics will get em in a frenzy, but all Wild followers know what the Knights can expect to hear for 20-30 seconds when the result becomes clear:
Parise s goal packs a punch as Wild brings series back to St. Paul
Veteran winger tallied first goal of postseason after being scratched the first three games by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com
LAS VEGAS Zach Parise s vantage point for Monday night s Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena was quite a bit different than it was for the first two games of the series played here last week.
After being parked high above Section 103 as a healthy scratch for Games 1 and 2, Parise had a front-row seat to the festivities as the best-of-7 series made its Vegas return.
The veteran winger s goal midway through the first period gave the Wild a lead it wouldn t relinquish as Minnesota staved off elimination in a 4-2 victory, forcing a Game 6 Wednesday night in downtown St. Paul.