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KNIGHTS CATCHING FIRE

KNIGHTS CATCHING FIRE

March 6th 2019



 Before the start of the game, The Fortress would honor NHL legend, Ted Lindsay with a moment of silence. The Knights entered the match coming off the high of a four-game winning streak, albeit against lackluster teams. The Calgary Flames were looking to avoid a 3-game skid and add to their road win streak. The game definitely had a playoff feel to it with these two division rivals going head to head.

 Penalties plagued the Flames early on, and the Knights were able to capitalize on those mistakes with a perfect PP goal from Theodore. That goal marks 11 goals for Theodore this season and 64 points for Mr. Mark Stone. With Shea's goal he set the franchise record for goals in a season by a defenseman. Mark Stone tied his career best on points in a season. 

 Johnny Gaudreau put the biscuit in the basket and tried to sneak one by Flower, however Gallant’s coach’s challenge would show Matthew Tkachuk catching the right hand and stick of Marc Andre Fleury. This would have been a career high for Gaudreau. The Flames continued to cripple themselves in the first period, showing a bad overall effort. 

 The Knights started off the 2nd on a Power Play. They weren’t able to capitalize on that but the effort didn’t look bad either. The Flames continued with their undisciplined play and the Knights joined them with some messy hockey! VGK successfully killed 2 penalties, completely robbing The Flames of their Power Play.

 Halfway through the 2nd and just 1 second after the Knights killed the penalty, Flames Travis Hamonic scored a goal off the assist of the hot handed Sean Monahan and Matthew Tkachuk. Up until this point, Fleury had gone 200 minutes and 1 second between goals.

 There was a bit of a melee throughout the rest of the period both Stastny and Backlund got boxed for roughing. While closing out the 4 on 4 Tkachuk crashed right into Fleury. Screams of DON’T TOUCH MY GOALIE were heard very loudly in our living room!

 Miller and the Flower gave Tkachuk the business. Tkachuk jumped up tied up will Miller going to the ice and getting right up to get in Fleury’s face and Fleury came back at him along with the rest of the Golden Knights. This almost sparked a huge brawl between these rivals. Miller received a 2 for roughing and Tkachuk received 2 for roughing and 2 for goalie interference.  

 The Knights started off the 3rd on another PP that the Flames promptly killed off. Both teams played well in the 3rd but the Knights would show a little more than the Flames. Sometimes just a little bit more is all you need. VGK maintained their defensive play with cleaner puck possession then they had shown in the 2nd. A key takeaway by Jonathan Marchessault would set up the play that would eventually link up to Deryk Engelland and whaddaya know, Deryk put the wrister home! This ended a 37 game drought from Engo. The goal was assisted by Reilly Smith and William Karlsson. With this assist # 19 got his 100th point as a Vegas Golden Knight.
The Flames pulled David Rittich with 2:34 left on the clock leaving the net wide open and empty. I do love an empty netter, but it was not to be. Engelland’s goal was the game winning goal against his former team. Fleury ended the game with 33 saves and a .971 save percentage. This moving him up to 8th on the all-time wins list with a total of 437 wins. 

5 outta 5 looks good this time of year and I am excited to see what the boys have!!!


3 STARS OF THE GAME


Deryk Engelland with the Game Winning Goal

Shea Theodore PP Goal
Flower with 33 Saves



CALGARY FLAMES


1st PERIOD
3  Penalties
      14  Shots on Goal
   0  Giveaways
    2  Takeaways 

Coaches Challenge has a Goal called back on Johnny Gaudreau for goalie interference 

2nd PERIOD
1  Penalties

         9  Shots on Goal
   2  Giveaways

   4  Takeaways
                   2  Off Setting Penalties

GOAL
G) Travis Hamonic: Scoring his career high 7th goal on the season
A) Sean Monahan: 72nd point on this season
A) Matthew Tkachuk : 63rd point on the season

3rd PERIOD
  0  Penalties
        11  Shots on Goal
    1  Giveaways
    1  Takeaways


VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS



1st PERIOD
0   Penalties
         9   Shots on Goal
   4   Giveaways

   3   Takeaways

PP GOAL
G) Shea Theodore: 11th goal is most in franchise history by defenseman in a season
A) William Karlsson: 42nd point of the season
A) Mark Stone: His 64 point on the season tying his career high in points

2nd PERIOD
 2   Penalties
       14  Shots on Goal
   4   Giveaways

   5   Takeaways
                    2   Off Setting Penalties


3rd PERIOD

  1   Penalties

       15  Shots on Goal
   1  Giveaways

   4  Takeaways

GOAL
G) Deryk Engelland: Game winning goal
A) Reilly Smith: 100 career point with VGK; 13 point in his last 13 games

A) William Karlsson (2) 24th assist on the season


This weekend VGK will head to Canada were they will facing off against Calgary for the last time this season on Sunday night.

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