Golden Knights Score Shootout Win, 3-2, Over Ottawa Before 18,171 Thursday

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

So much for that easy win against the Ottawa Senators.

The Senators took the Vegas Golden Knights to overtime and a shootout, with the VGK securing the win thanks to a Jonathan Marchessault score in the shootout.

The Knights squeezed out the shootout victory, 3-2, before an announced crowd of 18,171 at the Big Ice House by the Strip.

After five home dates, the Golden Knights are averaging 18,272 fans a game at T-Mobile Arena, which is filling the venue to 105.2 percent of capacity. Last season, the Knights averaged 18,319 fans a game.

LVSportsBiz.com caught up with VGK goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, Reilly Smith who scored his sixth goal of the season and Marchessault after the game.

Here’s coach Gerard Gallant after the game:

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Scenes around the arena.

 

 

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The very first VGK fan on line to get into the Big Ice House by the Strip is this fella Steve, who shows up at 4:15 p.m. before home games where the doors open about 5:45 p.m. That means Steve waits an hour and a half for the doors to open. He doesn’t mind it. He chats with fellow fans until his wife shows up via Uber. Here’s his story:

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Check out a new VGK retail item — just came in and displayed at the upper concourse retail concessions stand tonight.

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