Vegas 4, Winnipeg 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 28, 2024
Where: Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Referees:
Brandon Blandina, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
15225
By Field Level Media
Ivan Barbashev scored twice in the third period and Logan Thompson made 39 saves to lead the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
Pavel Dorofeyev and Jack Eichel also scored goals and William Karlsson had two assists for Vegas (40-25-8, 88 points) which extended its points streak to five games (4-0-1) while completing its second straight regular-season series sweep of the Jets with a victory.
Thompson won his fourth consecutive start, allowing just one goal in each game.
Sean Monahan scored for Winnipeg (44-23-6, 94 points) which lost its fifth straight game (0-4-1). Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 of 25 shots.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 15:56 mark of the opening period when Dorofeyev fired a wrist shot from near the left faceoff dot past a screen and into the top far right corner of the net for his 12th goal of the season.
Winnipeg tied it early in the second period when Monahan deflected a Nikolaj Ehlers shot from the right point over Thompson's right shoulder. For Monahan, it was his 23rd goal and 10th since joining the Jets in a Feb. 2 trade from the Montreal Canadiens.
The Jets missed an excellent chance to take the lead midway through the third period when Ehlers, alone in the right circle, fired a shot at an open right side of the goal into the side of the net.
Barbashev then put Vegas back in front with 5:29 to go when he snapped a backhand shot over Hellebuyck's right shoulder and into the top left corner of the net.
Winnipeg pulled Hellebuyck for an extra attacker with 2:05 remaining and Barbashev sealed the win with an empty-netter, his 18th goal of the season, with 1:45 to go.
Eichel then added another empty-netter with 34 seconds left to finish the scoring.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Vegas |
|
Winnipeg |
|
Ivan Barbashev 2 |
Points |
Sean Monahan 1 |
|
Ivan Barbashev 2 |
Goals |
Sean Monahan 1 |
|
William Karlsson 2 |
Assists |
Dylan Demelo 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Logan Thompson .975 |
Save Percentage |
Connor Hellebuyck .920 |
|
Logan Thompson 39 |
Saves |
Connor Hellebuyck 23 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Vegas
|
27 |
4 |
0-1 |
5-5 |
22 |
38 |
| Winnipeg
|
40 |
1 |
0-5 |
1-1 |
24 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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Winnipeg will play their next game at home against Ottawa. The Jets have a W/L % of .659 after a win and .517 after a loss.
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Vegas will play their next game on the road against Minnesota. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .525 after a win and .576 after a loss.
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