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Big VGK Crowd Copes With Interstate Closure, Packs Arena On Strip With 18,355: Carolina 3 Vegas 1

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   Story by Alan Snel   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

Just the facts: Carolina Hurricanes 3 Vegas Golden Knights 1

Golden Knights goal scorers and game scoring: Jonathan Marchessault scored his 28th goal from in close midway through period one; It was VGK 1 Carolina after one period; early in the second period, Andrei Svechnikov scored on a gorgeous backhander that beat Adin Hill top shelf; early in third period, Seth Jarvis scored a short-handed goal to give Carolina a 2-1 lead; then Stefan Noesen scores to give Carolina a 3-1 lead. Final: Carolina 3 Vegas 1

Storyline: Fans coped the best they could to arrive at T-Mobile Arena given the I-15 closure for the Tropicana Avenue road project. VGK give up short-handed goal in third period as Carolina takes lead, which was the turning point of the game.

Attendance: 18,355

Next VGK games: Road game vs San Jose Sharks Monday at 1PM; home game vs Nashville Predators Tuesday at 7PM

VGK record: 31-17-6 for 68 points, 12 points behind first place Vancouver

VGK coach’s observation: Turning point was giving up short-handed goal early in third period. Second straight game where Vegas entered third period tied, and ended up losing the game (lost to Minnesota Monday).


Alan Snel: Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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