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Ryan Hartman and Nick Bjugstad also scored
goals and Jared Spurgeon added two assists for Minnesota, which
has rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series with
its second straight victory. Game 7 is Friday night in Las Vegas
with the winner facing No. 1 seed Colorado in the second round.
Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 21 saves for the Golden Knights.
Vegas, which finished with 40 shots on goal, including 21 in the
second period, in a 4-2 loss on Monday, managed just 13 total
shots over the first two tight-checking periods which ended
tied, 0-0.
Hartman gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead at the 4:21 mark of the third
period, taking a crossing pass from Fiala at the end of an
odd-man rush and then firing a wrist shot over a sliding Fleury
from the bottom of the right circle for his second goal of the
series.
Vegas appeared to tie it midway through the period when Chandler
Stephenson fired a shot from the right point that beat Talbot on
his stick side. But the goal was quickly disallowed for
goaltender interference as Alex Tuch was ruled to have hit
Talbot in the blue paint.
The Golden Knights unsuccessfully challenged the call and were
assessed a delay of game penalty. Fiala then made it 2-0 with a
power-play goal at 9:35, his first goal of the series, on a
wrist shot from the top of left circle past a screen by Joel
Eriksson Ek and through Fleury's pads.
Bjugstad then made it 3-0 with his first goal of the playoffs,
taking a pass from Nico Sturm breaking down the slot and beating
Fleury with a backhand shot on his blocker shot to seal the win
with 4:43 remaining.
--Field Level Media
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