Seven players scored goals and Marc-Andre Fleury posted his third shutout in five playoff games as the Golden Knights dismantled the San Jose Sharks 7-0 Thursday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals.
David Schoen
Reporter: Golden Knights, NHL
Email: dschoen@reviewjournal.com
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David Schoen covers the Vegas Golden Knights/NHL and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. Prior to arriving at the R-J in 2008, the Southern California native was a reporter and editor at the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal. A University of Wisconsin graduate, he enjoys golf, Arsenal Football Club, and Ed Hochuli's lengthy penalty explanations.
The Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks had more than a week to prepare for the Western Conference semifinals after each team swept its first-round series. Too bad neither team needed that much time.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant was named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL coach of the year, the league announced Wednesday.
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury enters the second-round series against San Jose as the early leader for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
Jonathan Marchessault garnered plenty of attention from Los Angeles in the opening round of the playoffs. It should be much of the same when the Golden Knights face San Jose in the Western Conference semifinals.
San Jose’s Joe Thornton continues to practice with the Sharks’ extra forwards as he recovers from an injured medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb is the fourth player in NHL history to score a series-clinching goal against the team he played for in the previous season.
Fresh off a four-game sweep of Los Angeles, the Golden Knights learned their second-round opponent Wednesday night when San Jose beat Anaheim to take their series 4-0.
Marc-Andre Fleury posted his second shutout and Brayden McNabb’s second-period goal proved the game-winner as the Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 to sweep their Western Conference quarterfinal series Wednesday night.
The prevailing storyline at the start of this Western Conference quarterfinal series was whether the Golden Knights would hold up to the physical pounding that historically comes with playing in the postseason.
Third period goals by James Neal and Cody Eakin rallied the Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series Sunday night.
The Golden Knights’ depth has been the difference and is one of the biggest reasons they own a 2-0 advantage over Los Angeles in the best-of-seven series.
Erik Haula scored at 15:23 of the second overtime to give the Golden Knights a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinals Friday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty was suspended for Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinals against the Golden Knights, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Thursday.
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will have a hearing Thursday with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his “illegal hit to the head” of Golden Knights forward William Carrier in Game 1.
