In Dallas, the visiting Vegas Golden Knights had four shots on goal at center, and two at third on Tuesday night. For the matchup, the Stars outscored the Knights, 34-16 in the match.
Under most circumstances, you would think it was exploding for the stars.
And you will be wrong, deeply wrong.
Vegas stormed early in the game and pulled out a 4-0 win in Game 3 to take a 3-0 lead in the series.
Jonathan Marchesault scored on Vegas’ first shot of the night with 71 seconds left in the game to take a 1-0 lead over the Golden Knights.
Really, that was the game.
Dallas had no answer for the Golden Knights in the first period who took a 3-0 lead going into the opening 7:10 of Game 3 of the Western Conference Final.
Ivan Barbashev scored at 5:57 of the first period, outside of a power play, to give the Golden Knights a 2-0 lead.
William Carrier scored at 7:10 to increase the lead to 3-0.
It wasn’t Dallas’ night, and Jimmy Bean took a big cross, game misconduct penalty in the first two minutes of the game. That set the tone for the overpowered Superstars from the opening encounter.
son The ejection was just 42 seconds after Vegas led 1+0.
Adin Hill made 34 saves to seal the win.
Game 4 is set for Thursday in Dallas.
Alex Pietrangelo scored his first goal of the post season near the halfway point in the middle frame to take a 4-0 lead, the final score.
At 19:38 of the second clip, Dallas’ Max Dumy thought the star wasn’t playing from behind nearly enough and took a series of penalties including roughness, cross-checking and misconduct.
Ben and Domi will almost certainly face disciplinary calls this week.
Vegas was 10 shots in the first period for a 3-0 advantage, then settled for a defensive play that ended Dallas’ offense for the next 40 minutes.
The Stars have a lot of soul-searching ahead of Game 4 on Thursday. They weren’t ready for the first home game of the series, and couldn’t generate any response.
All 23 of Dallas’ shots during the final 40 minutes of the game were from the outside, and Hill was given a clear field of view for both of them.
Jake Oettinger started first and made two saves on five shots in the first 7:10 of the game, before getting the hook.
Scott Wedgwood made 10 saves in a doormat role.