Orange Crush! Golden Knights Dominate Game 6, Leave Orange County with Series Victory

The Golden Knights dominated Game 6, taking the series 3-2. The Vegas Golden Knights (4-2) scored early and often, including two from Pavel Dorofeyev , as they routed the Anaheim Ducks (2-4), 5-1 in Game 6 to advance to the Western Conference Final for the fifth time in their nine-year history. Consider that only half of the NHL’s 32 teams, all of which have been in existence much longer than the Golden Knights, have been to a Conference Final five or more times.

Further, the Golden Knights have now won 14 series, which is the most in the NHL since the franchise entered the league, passing Tampa Bay. They also improved to 9-1 all-time when leading a series 3-2. Just 1:02 into the game, William Karlsson sprung Mitch Marner on a breakaway and all Marner did was score, perhaps, the most spectacular goal of the post-season.

Marner stopped in front of Anaheim netminder Lukas Dostal , turned to his backhand, slid backwards with the puck in tight on Dostal, then pulled the puck through his legs and knocked it in on his forehand while he still had his back to Dostal. It was Marner’s seventh goal of the post-season and his league-leading 17th post-season point. Marner would also figure into the Golden Knights’ second goal a little over seven minutes later.

With Anaheim on the power play, the Golden Knights broke out of their own zone. Despite being down a man, the Golden Knights skated into the Anaheim zone on a three-on-two break. Marner skated into the zone unscathed, while Brett Howden drove hard towards the net and got behind the Anaheim defense.