Vegas Golden Knights at Utah Hockey Club

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Vegas Golden Knights

11-4-2

Final
4 - 2

Utah Hockey Club

7-7-3

Karlsson scores 2 late goals and Golden Knights rally for 4-2 win over Utah

William Karlsson ices the win for the Golden Knights

Karlsson scored twice in the final 73 seconds, adding an empty-netter with 28.2 seconds left. Tomas Hertl had a pair of power-play goals to help Vegas erase a two-goal deficit. Adin Hill made 32 saves for the Golden Knights.

Logan Cooley and Mikhail Sergachev scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 25 saves.

Cooley blasted in a 30-foot slap shot in the first period and Sergachev scored on a second-period power play to put Utah ahead 2-0.

Hertl got Vegas on the board when he tapped in the puck later in the second and then tied it in the third on another close-range blast.

Takeaways Golden Knights: Creating shots didn’t come easy for Vegas, but success on the power play helped turn the game around.

Utah: Better-than-usual defensive form kept Utah competitive, but diminishing returns on offense in the third period made it tough to prevent a rally.

Key moment Hertl snapped the puck past Vejmelka’s shoulder with 11:37 left in the third to tie the game.

Key stat Utah had 16 shots on goal in the first period, its most in a period this season.

Up next Vegas hosts Washington on Sunday, while Utah hosts the Capitals on Monday.

Regular Season Series

VGK leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 11:16	Logan Cooley Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Matias Maccelli (6), Dylan Guenther (7)
Goal	2nd Period 6:59	Mikhail Sergachev Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Clayton Keller (9), Alexander Kerfoot (3)
Goal	2nd Period 13:37	Tomas Hertl Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Nicolas Roy (7), Jack Eichel (21)
Goal	3rd Period 8:23	Tomas Hertl Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: William Karlsson (5), Jack Eichel (22)
Goal	3rd Period 18:42	William Karlsson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Kaedan Korczak (3), Cole Schwindt (5)
Goal	3rd Period 19:31	William Karlsson Goal (4) Backhand, assists: none

Statistics

VGK		UTAH
25	Blocked Shots	8
30	Hits	12
7	Takeaways	3
29	Shots	32
2	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	4
66.7	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	39
39.1	Faceoff Win Percent	60.9
11	Giveaways	14
6	Total Penalties	4
23	Penalty Minutes	11

Utah Hockey Club Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Sean Durzi, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 17
Anson Thornton, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 6
Juuso Valimaki, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 6
Terrell Goldsmith, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 6
Alexander Kerfoot, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 6