SEATTLE — On the verge of a fifth loss in six games, the Vegas Golden Knights put together a late rally that may have ended the hopes of the Seattle Kraken getting back into the Western Conference playoff race.
Jonathan Marchessault scored his second goal of the game with 16 seconds left to force overtime, Jack Eichel scored 3:01 into the extra session and the Golden Knights beat the Kraken 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Vegas rallied from a 4-2 deficit midway through the third period, picked up a big two points in the standings and moved nine points clear of Seattle in the chase for one of the wild-card spots in the Western Conference. Vegas is also six points clear of Minnesota and eight points in front of St. Louis, but the victory could knock Seattle from the viable list of teams trying to chase down the Golden Knights.
“The desperation was for sure there and that’s what our team needs for the remainder of our year,” Eichel said. “We need to be desperate every night and points are at a premium. It was important to get two (points) tonight.”