LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights looked nothing like the team that opened its second-round series with a 7-0 shellacking of the San Jose Sharks.
Instead of the team that looked crisp with every pass, and sharp with every shot on goal, the Golden Knights were undisciplined and sloppy through the first 40 minutes and the Sharks took advantage, leading through much of regulation before pulling off a dramatic 4-3 double-overtime victory on a game-winning goal from Logan Couture off a brilliant cross-ice feed from Kevin Labanc in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.
San Jose’s Brent Burns, who had two goals, said the Sharks fixed what they needed to for Game 2, but the win meant nothing more than tying the series and it’s now just a best-of-five, not seven, against a Vegas team that will be looking for revenge.
“It’s just one game,” Burns said. “Obviously we had to win it, but it’s one game, so.”
FLURRY ON FLEURY
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After allowing just three goals through the first five games, Vegas netminder Marc-Andre Fleury allowed three in the second period alone on Saturday. His shutout in Game 1 was his third of the postseason, but the Sharks peppered him throughout Game 2, outshooting the Golden Knights, 47-29.
The 14-year veteran said the lack of discipline, and even his own mistakes, are nothing to dwell on if the Golden Knights want to steal back home-ice advantage.
“We have a good bunch of guys, we’ve been through a lot together this year,” Fleury said Sunday. “You win 7-0 or you lose like last night, you always got to start fresh every night. I think we’ve been doing that, for the first round and the first game of San Jose. Every game is a new start, you got to start from scratch and try to win that one.”
Burns’ second-period goal ended Fleury’s scoreless streak of 143:51, dating back to Game 3 of the opening round versus Los Angeles.
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