Avalanche faces Golden Knights for two games at T-Mobile Arena by Andy Vernier / ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime at Ball Arena on Wednesday in Game 2 to take a 2-0 lead in the second round. The best-of-seven set now shifts to Vegas for the third contest of the series on Friday at T-Mobile Arena.
Mikko Rantanen scored the game-winning goal in overtime his second career playoff marker in the extra frame while netminder Philipp Grubauer made a postseason career high 39 saves and Brandon Saad found the back of the net for the fifth consecutive contest. Reilly Smith and Alec Martinez scored for the Golden Knights, with Shea Theodore assisting on each of the tallies. Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury started in between the pipes for the first time in the series and let in three goals on 25 shots.
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