Golden Knights keep playoff hopes alive with win over Flames

Logan Thompson, a goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights, won a crucial win on Thursday against the Calgary Flames in his first professional start.

Thompson, a Calgary-born 25-year-old, made 35 saves during a 6-1 victory which kept the Golden Knights in playoff contention with seven regular season games remaining.

Thompson said, “It is something I will remember for my whole life.” said. “Really excited and couldn’t be happier.

“My brother and sister were here, along with a few friends I made growing up. They were so happy to make it tonight.

The Golden Knights (41-95-25) finished two points behind the Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators and held down the wild-card berths in the Western Conference with 89 points each.

The Stars pulled out a point from a 3-2 overtime defeat to the Minnesota Wild while the Preds were defeated 4-0 by Edmonton Oilers.

Each Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson had a goal for Vegas and two assists. The Knights had four other goal scorers: Jack Eichel and Nicolas Roy. Mattias Janmark also contributed two assists.

The Flames (45-20-9), the Pacific Division’s top team, required a single point in order to win an NHL playoff slot. This was the second West West club to achieve this feat after the Colorado Avalanche.

However, the Golden Knights managed to score six unanswered goals in the second period at Saddledome.

“We are clearly a more desperate than they are in terms of the standings,” says Knights head coach Peter DeBoer. said.

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At 9:04 in second period, Jacob Markstrom, Flames’ starter, was pulled by Dan Vladar. He had allowed four goals on 17 shots. Vladar stopped six of eight shots.

Markstrom lost three goals in the second period of Tuesday’s 5-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken and was replaced by Vladar.

“I don’t like doing that,” said Flames head coach Darryl Sutter. “I’m not a goalie guy. Tonight was different. Because it was after the second half, I was trying to build momentum for our team.

“Tonight, I felt the players really let him down.” “I didn’t want him to go.”

“He was very solid for us.”

Dillon Dube scored Calgary’s sole goal in front an announced 17,070 at Saddledome.

Thompson’s 11th career appearance was also his 13th appearance at an NHL game. He scored a 6-3 record over a stretch that he played in the NHL when Robin Lehner, Laurent Brossoit and Laurent Brossoit were both injured.

DeBoer stated, “I think he won 4 in a row before Lenny returning and then we ran alongside Lenny trying to get him back to speed because he had missed some time.” said. “L.T. “L.T.

“We haven’t had a lot success in the building but he was really strong for us.”

The Flames were hoping for a sixth consecutive win on Thursday. The hosts took an early lead with Dube’s power play goal in the second period, but they couldn’t score again.

At the halfway of the second period, Vegas led 4-1. Markstrom was replaced by Vladar.

Matthew Tkachuk Flames forward said, “They’re very, very desperate teams fighting for their lives.” said. “The season they had, we know that they are a far better team than the standings.

“If you want your year to be great, you’ll have to get through them. We are sorry that we lost the ball tonight against them, but we will have another chance at them.

Brayden McNabb, Knights defenseman, blew a skate blade that was blocking a shot. He couldn’t get up in the first period.

McNabb was attempting to block another shot when his teammate Chandler Stephenson took McNabb’s stick. McNabb then had to walk through the gate to get to the bench.

Keegan Kolesar’s hit to Chris Tanev’s head by Flames defenseman Chris Tanev earned him a minor. However, a Blake Coleman hooking penalty and a Rasmus Andersson holding penal gave the Knights a four on three that they didn’t cash in on a late-first-period goal.

Milan Lucic, Calgary’s goalkeeper, was trying to take Kolesar on when he took a holding minor. Dadonov scored the goal that gave us the lead just seconds after the penalty expired.

Tkachuk: “We didn’t like the hit, and loved what Looch did trying after him,” said. “(Kolesar), wanted nothing of that and didn’t want any part of kind or anything else after that.”

The Flames will be at home against the Arizona Coyotes, while the Knights will face the Oilers in Edmonton Saturday.