Game One? Game Won! Golden Knights Kick Off Postseason Comeback Win Over Mammoth
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are a different animal. Players can go an entire 82-game regular season without throwing a single hit; in the postseason, that’s downright unthinkable. Playoff hockey is known for tight checking, high emotion, and intense physicality.
The Vegas Golden Knights are no strangers to that atmosphere, and it showed in their 4-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth. Despite having a roster with little playoff experience, the Mammoth got to their game quickly and outshot the Golden Knights 11-9 in the first period. However, the Golden Knights boasted the lion’s share of scoring chances, generating 11 while holding Utah to 5.
The Mammoth broke the ice with just 11 seconds remaining in the first. Nate Schmidt found Logan Cooley all alone at the left dot, and Cooley one-timed it home. Pittsburgh’s own Logan Cooley with a ROCKET of a one-timer from the right circle.
Old friend Nate Schmidt with the beautiful pass. 1-0, Mammoth pic. twitter.
com/FcKtB3EiG2 — Hannah Kirkell (@h_kirk6) April 20, 2026 In the second period, the Mammoth continued their solid play. They outshot the Golden Knights 11-10 and generated four high-danger scoring chances while holding Vegas to three. The Golden Knights found the equalizer at 3:44 in the second.
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