Vegas Golden Knights make history with first-round sweep of LA Kings

Sport360 staff 14:26 18/04/2018
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Mail
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • The Golden Knights are into the Western Conference semi-finals in their inaugural season.

    The Vegas Golden Knights became the first team in an inaugural season to sweep the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after claiming a narrow 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

    Brayden McNabb put Vegas ahead four minutes into the second period and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury held on to deliver the shutout as the newcomers took the series 4-0.

    The Golden Knights progress to play the winners of the San Jose Sharks’ first-round series with the Anaheim Ducks. Leading Anaheim 3-0, the Sharks are a win away from the second round.

    The Washington Capitals got their first win of the playoff series as they edged a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in a third game decided in overtime.

    Lars Eller scored the tiebreaker nine minutes into a second overtime period to put the series 2-1 in Columbus’ favour.

    The Blue Jackets won both the preceding games on Washington’s ice, while the Capitals beat Columbus on their territory on Tuesday.

    Mark Scheifele scored a brace as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 2-0, bringing them to within a game of progressing to the second round of the Western Conference.

    Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves in a seventh shutout of the season as he helped the Jets to a 3-1 series lead.

    Scheifele’s opener came in the final minute of the first period, with the second into an empty Wild net with 11 seconds left in the game.

    Recommended