LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have one recreation left to win the Pacific Division, and Michael Amadio is a key purpose why they’re in that place.
He had two objectives and an help in a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night time.
Edmonton’s 2-1 additional time victory over Colorado on Tuesday prevented the Knights from clinching the Pacific.
Reilly Smith had a three-point recreation, scoring on the rebound off a shot by linemate Amadio. Smith additionally picked up assists on Amadio’s objectives. Jonathan Marchessault scored on a 5-on-3 energy play and William Karlsson had two assists for Vegas.
Laurent Brossoit made 20 saves and ran his season report to 6-0-3, helped by a Vegas protection that allowed 4 pictures on purpose within the third interval.
“If you can really put your thumb down on teams in the third period, it bodes really well for the playoffs because there’s no quit in the playoffs,” Knights coach Bruce Cassidy mentioned. “They’re going to keep coming and coming. In the regular season, sometimes teams will take the foot off the gas because they’ve got another game coming up. So you have to get into those habits of playing a full 60 (minutes).”
PHOTOS: Amadio scores 2, leads Golden Knights previous Kraken 4-1
Yanni Gourde scored for the Kraken, who performed the second recreation of a back-to-back.
“We had a good burst probably the last 15, 16 minutes of the first period, but just couldn’t find any energy in the second and third,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol mentioned. “They played well. They were on top of us.”
The Knights, who’re 4-0-3 of their final seven video games, lead the Pacific and Western convention with 109 factors. They will face the Kraken once more Thursday night time in Seattle within the regular-season finale for each groups. A win offers Vegas the division title, whereas a loss, mixed with an Oilers’ victory over San Jose would give Edmonton the highest spot within the division. Edmonton, which has 107 factors, owns the tiebreaker.
“We learned a lot about how (the Kraken) play, and we’re going to try to do the same thing when we go there,” Amadio mentioned. “But it’s a tight race, so all the points matter.”
Seattle had its five-game profitable streak – all towards groups out of the playoff image – halted. The Kraken, who’ve 100 factors and have secured a postseason berth, are two factors behind Los Angeles within the race for the Pacific’s third-place playoff spot.
Amadio had his second profession two-goal recreation. His different occurred Feb. 17, 2018, towards Buffalo when he performed for the Kings. It was his second three-point recreation of this season.
“He’s been awesome all year,” Smith mentioned. “I’m a big advocate of how well he plays and very fortunate to play with a guy like that. He’s got some much poise … and he makes a lot of smart plays. So I think he’s probably deserving of more ice time and more opportunity.”
Smith’s three factors have been a private greatest this season. He is one purpose shy of 200 for his profession.
Seattle’s Jared McCann had his three-game purpose streak halted, in addition to his five-game level streak.
DOUBLE WHAMMY
The Kraken received hit with two minor penalties 3:05 into the third interval. Will Borgen was assessed an interference penalty and Jesper Froden was referred to as for hooking
Vegas took benefit when Marchessault scored 18 seconds later for a 4-1 lead.
“I didn’t like going down 5-on-3 in that situation,” Hakstol mentioned. “They were probably marginal (calls). To go down 5-on-3, I thought that was a tough spot. That didn’t dictate the outcome of the game in any way, shape or form.”
UP NEXT
The groups meet once more in Seattle on Thursday night time within the regular-season finale for each.
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