One-goal night: Vegas Golden Knights slip past Utah Mammoth

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Utah Mammoth 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 13-9, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Oliver Kapanen opened the scoring for Vegas Golden Knights at 0:12, Anton Lundell extended the lead for Vegas Golden Knights at 0:32, Brock Nelson cut the deficit for Utah Mammoth at 5:30, and Olli Määttä extended the lead for Vegas Golden Knights at 10:59.

Karel Vejmelka was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Utah Mammoth went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-3.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Utah Mammoth 2, Vegas Golden Knights 0. Utah Mammoth edged the shot clock 11-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jared McCann cut the deficit for Utah Mammoth at 1:02, then Brayden McNabb tied it for Utah Mammoth at 12:46.

Joonas Korpisalo was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Utah Mammoth went 0-for-1 while Vegas Golden Knights went 0-for-1.

Utah Mammoth owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Utah Mammoth 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2. Vegas Golden Knights edged the shot clock 10-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

J.T. Compher put Vegas Golden Knights in front on the power play at 3:44, Cutter Gauthier tied it for Utah Mammoth at 7:32, and Filip Hallander put Vegas Golden Knights in front at 12:45.

Karel Vejmelka was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vegas Golden Knights went 1-for-3.

Vegas Golden Knights owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.