Golden Knights win in overtime to even series 2-2 with Mammoth

[p]Theodore, who had zero points in the series ahead of his goal, got one past Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka after he lost his stick. [/p][p]Jack Eichel finished with three assists on the night. [/p][embed guid="2992f821-3de5-45f9-a38a-77309bfd2ecc" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048998485857329347?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Vegas is now 7-7 in overtime as the road team in the playoffs (12-14 all-time). [/p][p]They had thought they originally scored the game-winner, but it was called back after being offside. [/p][embed guid="687b818b-5655-4b39-b7bd-f60aacd4af95" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFDZtBfJy0" social-type="youtube" /][p]Game 5 will head back to Vegas on April 29th, as they also join the Minnesota Wild-Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens-Tampa Bay Lightning as the only series these playoffs to reach 2-2 after four games. [/p][h2]Recap & Highlights[/h2][p]The first period was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vegas-golden-knights/fTT0TsUg/"]all Vegas[/a]. They scored twice, held [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utah-mammoth/hnwxhtVp/"]Utah[/a] to just three shots, and killed both of their power plays. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dorofeyev-pavel/4YwjaJ5r/"]Pavel Dorofeyev[/a] scored his first goal of the playoffs to put the Golden Knights up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]1-0[/a] just 1:12 into the game. [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barbashev-ivan/0bfYBWDO/"]Ivan Barbashev[/a] (2) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eichel-jack/roOYYdOm/"]Jack Eichel[/a] (3) picked up the assists. [/p][p]Heading into this game, Vegas was 42-15 in the playoffs after scoring the opening goal, making their .737 win percentage the fourth-highest in the NHL. [/p][embed guid="0c3753f3-3dc2-402a-b91a-ab30091d9141" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048944623448428627?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Utah's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carcone-michael/2mtWsezN/"]Michael Carcone[/a] had a chance following Vegas' goal to make it 1-1, but he missed a wide-open net. [/p][p]It would've not only been his first goal of the playoffs, but the first playoff point of his entire career. [/p][p]That mistake proved costly. [/p][embed guid="6c09b8e1-f03c-459c-889f-f70fd507d16a" url="https://x.com/BR_OpenIce/status/2048950340570038405?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]On Utah's second power play of the first, they would get caught sleeping as Vegas doubled their lead. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howden-brett/SjH2nDdA/"]Brett Howden[/a] scored the short-handed goal for his first of the playoffs to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]2-0[/a] with under two minutes left in the first. [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marner-mitchell/Agmv3YoI/"]Mitch Marner[/a] picked up his third assist of the series. [/p][p]Howden became the sixth player in Golden Knights history to score a short-handed playoff goal. [/p][embed guid="9035acc8-b75d-455f-b483-20e5b77010e1" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048954325448228877?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Things wouldn't get much better for the Mammoth to start the second.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-cole/pdYXGCxn/"]Cole Smith[/a] scored his first career playoff goal off a tip-in only 3:16 into the second as Vegas tripled their lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]3-0[/a]. [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hanifin-noah/G4XHU9OO/"]Noah Hanifin[/a] (3) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sissons-colton/WvzcZKBD/"]Colton Sissons[/a] (2) earned the assists.[/p][embed guid="1351b688-9e2e-4397-8834-c4d75eb382d3" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048954325448228877?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, it took just 29 measly seconds for the momentum to completely shift in Utah's favor. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schmaltz-nick/z5I6ox6i/"]Nick Schmaltz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cole-ian/UZ3jsIVF/"]Ian Cole[/a] would both score their first goals of the playoffs within 29 seconds of each other to make it a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]3-2[/a] game - tying the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tampa-bay-lightning/YVE3zk1c/"]Tampa Bay Lightning[/a] for the fastest goals between two teammates these playoffs.[/b][/p][p]It would be Schmaltz's first career playoff goal in his 11th NHL season, while it was Cole's fourth in his 16th season. [/p][p]Utah had a chance to tie things up after they went on the power play for the third time in the game shortly after their two goals, but couldn't get it done. [/p][p]However, that would change in the third...[/p][embed guid="621f71ac-62b6-4fc0-aacc-848d5348c0e3" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ftt1McNO08" social-type="youtube" /][p]To follow suit, Utah would get up on the board to tie the game just 1:12 into the third period. [/p][p][b]After missing on an open net during the power play earlier in the game, Carcone wouldn't miss on a second opportunity as he scored his first career playoff goal to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]3-3[/a]. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sergachyov-mikhail/AmhpA7gL/"]Mikhail Sergachev[/a] (2) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guenther-dylan/tfwZEKb2/"]Dylan Guenther[/a] (3) picked up the assists.[/p][embed guid="d3deb283-cd34-47c6-9677-b6cda393728c" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048974746621005865?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Utah wouldn't stop their rally, and all it took was a few more minutes before the fans in Salt Lake City could be heard from across the country. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keller-clayton/2VIMuNat/"]Clayton Keller[/a] would score his first of the playoffs off a Schmaltz and another Sergachev assist to make it four straight goals to take their first lead of the game. [/b][/p][p]Sergachev joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/granlund-mikael/lUeWxpf3/"]Mikael Granlund[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guentzel-jake/Mq78JKxK/"]Jake Guentzel[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lacombe-jackson/WGymA2rC/"]Jackson LaCombe[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zuccarello-mats/dUgUZg2M/"]Mats Zuccarello[/a] as the only other players these playoffs to record three assists in a single game. [/p][embed guid="9be8f641-f2a8-475a-a656-741b6e92cec1" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048976340494237880?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]But that Utah lead would last all but five minutes. [/p][p][b]Howden scored his second goal of the game off a tip-in to tie the game at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=Wh7LN32b"]4-4[/a] with 9:35 left in the third period. [/b][/p][p]Eichel and Hanifin both picked up their second assist of the game and their fourth of the series. [/p][embed guid="4cffe58f-452f-4651-8aa7-1634d0b54ece" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2048979633790398689?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The game would remain scoreless for those final nine minutes as it went into overtime, where the Golden Knights would come away with the win. [/p][p]Vegas outshot Utah 36-31, while the latter outhit the former 55-43. [/p]