By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Vegas Golden Knights played their 56th and final game of the 2021 pandemic season in San Jose Wednesday and they took care of business by handily disposing of the Sharks, 6-0.
Now, the Golden Knights will wait until Thursday evening to see the outcome of the Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles Kings game in Denver to find out the West Division playoff matchups. If the Avs beat the Kings tomorrow, Colorado plays the St. Louis Blues, while the VGK play the Minnesota Wild in round one. The Avalanche dispatched of the Kings, 6-0, in Denver tonight.
We wanted to finish the (regular) season on a good note and I thought we did, we played a good 60 minutes overall. — Jonathan Marchessault
The Knights scored twice in each period and cruised to the win. Future Hall-of-Famer Marc-Andre Fleury notched his sixth shutout of the season with Fleury and fellow Knights netminder Robin Lehner combining to snare the Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed in the NHL.
The Knights won their 40th game out of 56, including eight-for-eight with a season sweep of the once-formidable San Jose Sharks.
More importantly, we won 40 of 56 games we played. I thought we played from game one right until the final buzzer of game 56 and threw our best record on the board. — Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer
The Golden Knights were leading 4-0 in the final period when Dylan Sikura scored his first two goals of his career to wrap up the scoring.
The Knights finished 40-14-2 for 82 points.
The VGK’s Alex Pietrangelo (7th) and Keegan Kolesar (3rd) scored in the first period, while William Carrier (6th) and Jonathan Marchessault (18th) were the Knights goal-scorers in period two. And VGK coach Pete DeBoer said Alex Tuch had a “tweak” and was shut down, but he’s OK.
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