Malcolm Subban was forced to watch the Golden Knights-San Jose Sharks game on television from near the tunnel leading to the ice because there was no room for him on the visitors’ bench.
Steve Carp
Former Golden Knights reporter
A five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year, Steve Carp wrote for the Review-Journal from October 1999 to 2018. He was the beat writer for the Vegas Golden Knights and National Hockey League. He also covered UNLV basketball, USA basketball, the NBA Summer League, boxing, golf and tennis. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1980 graduate of San Jose State with a degree in Journalism, he is member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame.
Coach Gerard Gallant moved David Perron back to the second line and dropped Alex Tuch to the third line during Game 2 Saturday vs. San Jose but he hasn’t decided if it will remain that way for game 3 Monday.
San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski is playing at a high level and helped get his team back even in the best-of-seven series.
The Knights had the game-winning goal disallowed in the first overtime in losing game 2 to San Jose, 4-3 after center William Karlsson had given the team a 2-0 second-period lead.
Golden Knights center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was on the ice for Game 2 against San Jose after being cross-checked in the face by the Sharks’ Evander Kane in Game 1
Veteran forward Reilly Smith leads the team in playoff scoring with six points and had three assists in Thursday’s 7-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Brayden McNabb has registered a point in each of the Golden Knights’ last two games, both shutout wins.
The third-line center scored the game-winning goal as the Golden Knights shut out San Jose 7-0 in game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.
The Golden Knights managed just one goal in 12 attempts with the man advantage in their opening-round sweep of Los Angeles.
The Golden Knights will get prime-time TV coverage in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
If the regular season was any indication, the Golden Knights-Sharks Western Conference semifinal series that starts Thursday at T-Mobile Arena should provide some fireworks.
The veteran defenseman joins Philadelphia’s Wayne Simmonds and Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler as finalists for the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award which will be handed out June 20 at the NHL Awards Show at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Golden Knights defenseman Jon Merrill was in the lineup during the team’s opening-round sweep of Los Angeles and will remain on the ice for round two against San Jose.
The NHL announced the Golden Knights-San Jose Sharks second-round series will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.
The two former Minnesota Wild players helped the Golden Knights advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.