How the Golden Knights reacted to their dramatic overtime win over the Utah Mammoth

Vegas Golden Knights center Brett Howden (21) skates past the bench after scoring a short-handed goal against Utah Mammoth during the first period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 27, 2026. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News The Vegas Golden Knights just won one of the most outrageous playoff games you’ll ever see in the NHL. Playing in front of a hostile road crowd, Vegas jumped to an early 3-0 lead in Monday’s first-round matchup against the Utah Mammoth.

Utah responded with four unanswered goals — including two in a 30-second span — before the Golden Knights scored again to force overtime. Vegas’ first goal of the bonus period was negated due to an offsides call, only for Shea Theodore to find the back of the net for the win less than a minute before the start of double OT, deflating the raucous Delta Center crowd. With the chaotic 5-4 victory, the Golden Knights have tied the series at two games apiece, and more importantly, prevented Utah from taking a 3-1 series advantage.

“We just didn’t quit,” Theodore said. “Even in the second (period) when we’d given up a couple (goals), you know, we had a lead going into the third and were feeling good about our game. We never stopped.

” Added Vegas head coach John Tortorella, “We started really well, lost ourselves for a bit, momentum swung to (Utah’s) side, but we hung in there. “... Everybody contributed, and going down in the third period, getting scored on twice, and coming back to win, that’s something we can lean on as we keep on moving in these games.