{"id":270732,"date":"2021-06-11T00:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/knights-double-up-avs-to-win-series-in-game-6\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T07:39:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:39:32","slug":"knights-double-up-avs-to-win-series-in-game-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/knights-double-up-avs-to-win-series-in-game-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights double up Avs to win series in Game 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check News for NHL Games<\/a><\/h2>\n<h1>Knights Double Up Avs to Win Series in Game 6. Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves and Alex Pietrangelo and Max Pacioretty each had a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights clinched their West Division second-round playoff series with a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 on Thursday night in Las Vegas.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View more sports details about NHL at CBSSPORTS<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Nick Holden, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar and William Carrier also scored goals and Shea Theodore added two assists as Vegas closed out the best-of-seven series.<\/h2>\n<p>The Golden Knights will play the North Division&#8217;s Montreal Canadiens in the NHL semifinals, with Game 1 scheduled for Monday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Second Round, Gm 6: Avalanche @ Golden Knights 6\/10\/21 | NHL Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jEnPfiu3BA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was the 89th career playoff victory for Fleury, moving him past Billy Smith and Ed Belfour into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time postseason wins list.<\/p>\n<p>Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen and Andre Burakovsky scored goals and Nathan MacKinnon added two assists for the Presidents&#8217; Trophy-winning Avalanche, who ended the season with their first four-game losing streak of the season. Philipp Grubauer finished with 17 saves.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado won its final five regular-season games and its first six playoff games before Vegas got hot over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche needed just 23 seconds to grab a 1-0 lead. Toews took a crossing pass from MacKinnon on a two-on-one following a Theodore turnover and fired a shot from the left circle past Fleury&#8217;s glove side.<\/p>\n<p>Vegas came back to tie it just 52 seconds later on Holden&#8217;s first goal of the playoffs, a shot from the left point that went through Grubauer&#8217;s pads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WE LOVE WINNING SERIES ON HOME ICE \ud83c\udff0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KnightUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KnightUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/87UTpsZEqS\">pic.twitter.com\/87UTpsZEqS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenKnights\/status\/1403200260634206210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights took a 2-1 lead at 15:06 of the opening period when Karlsson one-timed a crossing pass from Alec Martinez from the right faceoff dot just between Grubauer&#8217;s skate and the near post for his fourth goal of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado tied it 2-2 early in the second period on a power-play goal by Rantanen, his fifth tally of the playoffs. But Vegas regained the lead at the 14:27 mark of the period when Kolesar deflected Pietrangelo&#8217;s wrist shot from the right point past Grubauer&#8217;s glove side.<\/p>\n<p>The teams then traded goals before the end of the period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andre \ud83d\udc4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAvsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoAvsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PnbOvx9cEv\">pic.twitter.com\/PnbOvx9cEv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Avalanche\/status\/1403181328053403657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Colorado tied it on Burakovsky&#8217;s first goal of the playoffs on a wrist shot from the right circle around Martinez and off the left post and in at 16:52. Knights Double Up<\/p>\n<p>Pietrangelo answered with 18 seconds left in the period with his first goal of the playoffs. The rebound of an Alex Tuch shot caromed off the dasher boards to a wide-open Pietrangelo by the right side of the net.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nhl\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check the schedule of NHL Games at ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carrier gave Vegas a two-goal lead at 11:46 of the third period, sweeping in a rebound of a Theodore point shot for his first goal of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado pulled Grubauer for an extra attacker with 3:25 remaining, and Pacioretty sealed the win with an empty-net goal 15 seconds later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check News for NHL Games Knights Double Up Avs to Win Series in Game 6. 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