Utah defeat Vegas in Game 2 for their first playoff win in franchise history

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utah-mammoth/hnwxhtVp/"]Mammoth[/a] goaltender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vejmelka-karel/4UyylGIE/"]Karel Vejmelka[/a] earned his first career playoff win after putting up 19 saves. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cooley-logan/f7XbrluK/"]Logan Cooley[/a] became the youngest (21y, 353d) American player in NHL history to score a goal in each of his first two playoff games after he scored the eventual game-winning goal that put the Mammoth up one late in the third period. [/p][p]Game 3 (April 24th) and Game 4 (April 27th) will now head to Utah, where the fans will be able to watch their first-ever Stanley Cup Playoffs games in Salt Lake City.[/p][embed guid="ea412212-8c7a-47c2-a925-00f6b52c5617" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBn70DvGi2E" social-type="youtube" /][h2]Recap & Higlights[/h2][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vegas-golden-knights/fTT0TsUg/"]Golden Knights[/a] had three power play opportunities in the first period and made sure to capitalize on the first one. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stone-mark/02z8HDV4/"]Mark Stone[/a] scored his second of the playoffs to put the Knights up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=WW54YaaJ"]1-0[/a].[/b][/p][p]He now needs three more points to surpass [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marchessault-jonathan/j5IFXmLj/"]Jonathan Marchessault[/a] (75) for most in franchise playoff history.[/p][embed guid="ed12ad5c-8e76-46cc-a248-2b899b38eeb4" url="https://x.com/goldenknights/status/2046778869651513770?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Much like the Knights, the Mammoth would also score on their first power play...sorta. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weegar-mackenzie/dbRaRYAh/"]Mackenzie Weegar[/a] would be credited for his goal of the playoffs to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=WW54YaaJ"]1-1[/a], but it would come from Rasmussen Anderson accidentally kicking the puck into his own net.[/b][/p][embed guid="5775d984-4505-46d7-86d1-d0dc3d5fc884" url="https://x.com/bardown/status/2046784668356268410?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Utah originally had a 4-on-3 power play and a 5-on-4 power play right after earlier in the second period but failed on both attempts. [/p][p]Fans even received a ref hot mic moment after Utah's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carcone-michael/2mtWsezN/"]Michael Carcone[/a] was given a two-minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct.[/p][embed guid="623e9317-3e62-4156-9a57-0f1813abe13b" url="https://x.com/br_openice/status/2046789261056229782?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]As it would take Utah 17 minutes to get on the board in the first period, it would take them 15 minutes to do so again in the second. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guenther-dylan/tfwZEKb2/"]Dylan Guenther[/a] would score his first goal of the playoffs off a one-timer to give the Mammoth a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=WW54YaaJ"]2-1[/a] lead that lasted only 62 seconds. [/b][/p][embed guid="a3788ade-be00-4114-bdc4-8950dc33bfcd" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2046793672671289708?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Vegas wouldn't let Utah have the lead for more than a minute and some change. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barbashev-ivan/0bfYBWDO/"]Ivan Barbashev[/a] scored his second goal of the playoffs to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=WW54YaaJ"]2-2[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eichel-jack/roOYYdOm/"]Jack Eichel[/a] picked up his second assist of the night. [/b][/p][p]Six minutes into the third period, Utah would have a perfect chance as they went on the power play. But they would only put up one shot as the Vegas penalty kill continued to dominate until Utah pulled ahead...[/p][embed guid="12cabce9-e59d-4dce-82fc-dbd335c1b5b8" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhRi9ZtdGgI" social-type="youtube" /][p]In the end, Utah went 0-for-4 on the power play in Game 2. But the Mammoth continued to prefer playing at even strength. [/p][p][b]Cooley would send home his second goal of the playoffs with six minutes left in the third to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=WW54YaaJ"]3-2[/a] en route to a win.[/b][/p][image alt="Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden Knights Game 2 stats" id="98b7b585-e18d-437d-8880-aede0221cdff" credit-line="EnetPulse / Flashscore" guid="2f2f573a-3aa8-450c-841c-e9fc0bbc4510" original-width="1080" original-height="1350" /]