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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