RECAP: Game 1, First Round

The Utah Mammoth fell to the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2, to start this First Round series. Logan Cooley and Kevin Stenlund scored for the Mammoth in the loss. Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced. Read more about Game 1 below.

FIRST PERIOD

11:55: Roughing penalties Tanev (UTA) and Lauzon (VGK). 4-on-4 hockey for two minutes.

16:32: Roughing penalties Durzi (UTA), Andersson (VGK), and Howedn (VGK). Utah power play.

19:49: UTA GOAL: Cooley (Schmidt, Crouse). 1-0 UTA

End of Period Stats:

Shots: UTA 11, VGK 9

Power Play: UTA 0/1, VGK 0/0

Penalty Minutes: UTA 4, VGK 6

Hits: UTA 10, VGK 15

Blocked Shots: UTA 7, VGK 4

Face-Off %: UTA 38.9 (7/18), VGK 61.1 (11/18)

SECOND PERIOD

3:44: VGK GOAL: Sissons (Smith, McNabb). 1-1 Tie.

5:07: UTA GOAL: Stenlund (Durzi, Cole). 2-1 UTA

End of Period Stats:

Second Period Shots: UTA 11, VGK 9

Total Shots: UTA 22, VGK 18

Power Play: UTA 0/1, VGK 0/0

Penalty Minutes: UTA 4, VGK 6

Hits: UTA 24, VGK 34

Blocked Shots: UTA 16, VGK 7

Face-Off %: UTA 44.7 (17/38), VGK 55.3 (21/38)

THIRD PERIOD

3:45: UTA penalty, Kerfoot (hooking)

5:33: VGK PPG: Stone (Hertl, Marner). 2-2 Tie.

7:21: VGK GOAL: Dowd (Hanifin, Sissons). 3-2 VGK.

13:55 Roughing penalties Yamamoto (UTA), Kolesar (VGK) 

18:21: VGK EN GOAL: Barbashev (unassisted)

End of Game Stats:

Total Shots: UTA 33, VGK 31

Power Play: UTA 0/1, VGK 1/1

Total Penalty Minutes: UTA 8, VGK 8

Total Hits: UTA 30, VGK 52

Blocked Shots: UTA 19, VGK 17

Face-Off %: UTA 44.8 (26/58), VGK 55.2 (32/58)

PRE-GAME

Projected Lines - Utah

Keller - Schmaltz - Crouse

Yamamoto - Cooley - Guenther

Peterka - Kerfoot - Carcone

McBain - Stenlund - Tanev

Sergachev - Weegar

Schmidt - Marino

Cole - Durzi

Vejmelka

Projected Lines - Vegas

Marner - Eichel - Stone

Barbashev - Howden - Dorofeyev

Smith - Hertl - Kolesar

Smith - Dowd - Sissons

McNabb - Theodore

Hanifin - Andersson

Lauzon - Korczak

Hart