The Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Dallas Stars 4-0 – as brash captain Jamie Benn is sent off less than two minutes into Game 3
- Knights goaltender Adin Hill made 34 saves for his first career playoff shutout
- Stars captain Jamie Benn was sent off less than two minutes into the game
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Adin Hill made 34 saves for his first career playoff shutout and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights took the lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars in the game 3 Tuesday evening.
The Golden Knights own a 3-0 best-of-seven series lead and have won five straight heading into Game 4 on Thursday night in Dallas.
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Marchessault, William Carrier and Alex Pietrangelo also scored and Nicolas Roy had two assists for the Golden Knights.
Vegas chased Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger with three goals in the opening 7:10. Oettinger made two saves before being replaced by Scott Wedgewood, who stopped 10 of 11 shots he faced until the end of the course.
Stars captain Jamie Benn was ejected less than two minutes into the game for cross-checking Golden Knights captain Mark Stone.
Vegas Golden Knights’ Alex Pietrangelo, second from right, celebrates his goal against the Stars
Star captain Jamie Benn was called for a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for a cross-checking penalty against Mark Stone during the first period
Dallas outshot Vegas 34-16.
Marchessault, who scored the tying goal with 2:22 remaining in Game 2 regulation on Sunday as Vegas won its second straight in overtime 3-2, gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at just 1:11. of the third game.
Jack Eichel spotted Marchessault skating to an open area in front of the Dallas net and sent him a cross pass. Marchessault stopped the puck as he skated back in the left circle and scored with a quick wrist shot.
Less than a minute later, Benn was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for cross-checking Stone in the face with the Vegas forward on his back on the ice.
Dallas beat Vegas 34-16 but lacked edge to cut overall series deficit
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The Stars held Vegas to a shot in the first four minutes of the power play and nearly scored on a two-on-one, but the Golden Knights went the other way after Hill was saved and Barbashev scored the race for a 2-0 lead at 5:57.
Carrier scored high with a backhand to give Vegas a 3-0 lead at 7:10, and Oettinger had his night early for the third time in the 2023 playoffs.
Pietrangelo scored a second after the end of the Golden Knights’ second power play, hitting the net with a wrist shot above the right circle for a 4-0 lead at 8:28 of the second period.
The Stars also lost forward Evgenii Dadonov to a lower-body injury early in the first period and were down to nine forwards after Max Domi received a 10-minute misconduct with 22 seconds left in the second. period.
The second period was interrupted after the start of Domi’s penalty and intermission because fans threw debris on the ice.
