2019 Looks Like 2018 for Golden Knights: Another 18,300 Plus Crowd, Shutout, Free Donuts, Win

 

 

VGK dominated play, shooting 48 shots on goal compared to the Kings’ 17.

 

By ALAN SNEL

LVSportsBiz.com

 

LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

 

Another 18,300 plus sellout that packed T-Mobile Arena.  Another Marc-Andre Fleury shutout that meant a dozen free Krispy Kreme donuts for fans in attendance (Flower’s NHL-leading sixth shutout of the year). Another goal by a VGK sniper named Brandon Pirri.

 

The Golden Knights turned the page on 2018 and began 2019 with some likely suspects — delirious fans, a goalie leading the NHL in wins and a second-line forward that has a knack for finding the back of the opponent’s goal net.

 

 

 

The Knights rolled out a fun Anti-Resolution ticket bundle deal  for the Jan. 1 game that allowed fans to purchase a ticket for as low as $65 and receive a free hot dog and soda, too. Groups of four tickets that were purchased meant five Golden Knights-branded cigars were thrown into the deal.

 

With the Golden Knights selling out their season tickets and hundreds of fans on a waiting list, the Anti-Resolution ticket deal for Tuesday went fast. VGK President Kerry Bubolz said the Jan. 1 Anti-Resolution tickets were gobbled quickly because there weren’t too many to begin with.

 

 

 

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The Golden Knights’ attendance Tuesday was more than its average of 18,293, which is 105.3 percent of capacity at T-Mobile Arena, where the team considers a sellout at 17,367.  The next home game is Sunday at 1 p.m. when the New Jersey Devils come to the Fortress after the Devils came back and defeated the Knights in OT in New Jersey during the VGK’s metro New York City roadtrip.

 

Many Knights fans also came to T-Mobile Arena Tuesday after attending the VGK-Arizona Coyotes game in Arizona Sunday, making Gila River Arena a version of T-Mobile Arena South.

 

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