Jack Eichel, Nicolas Roy and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and an assist, Chandler Stephenson had four assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 7-2 Friday night to clinch a playoff berth for the sixth time in seven seasons.
"You don't want to be or say that you were stressed, but we knew we had to win one game and we felt confident about that tonight," Stephenson said.
Stephenson had four assists for the third time in his career and first time this season, reaching the 50-point mark for the third consecutive season. "It was just a great feeling," Hertl said."I'm more happy about being able to clinch the playoffs today, but I feel very good to score the first one in the building because it's a lot of fun to play here."had a rough night facing his former team, allowing seven goals on 30 shots, the most he has given up since thescored eight on him Nov. 12.
The Golden Knights scored three goals on special teams, including two on power plays for the third time in five games.wearing an Eichel jersey, were ready to party as the Knights not only assured themselves of another playoff spot but also snapped a three-game losing streak. "It's a resilient group," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said."I think the process of getting here had some ups and downs this year. ... I think we were able to put past most of those days and focus on what's next. We've done a good job of that this year.""We've got to be way better than that against any team," Wild coach John Hynes said."It doesn't matter who you play, so we'll have a good discussion tomorrow.
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