Overview
- Logan Cooley scored with six minutes left Tuesday in Las Vegas to seal Utah’s 3-2 win and the franchise’s first postseason victory.
- Dylan Guenther posted a goal and an assist, Kailer Yamamoto added two assists, and Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves including a last-second stop on Mark Stone.
- The matchup stayed bruising and choppy with 72 combined hits and 14 penalties, while Utah’s power play is 0-for-5 through two games and Vegas is 2-for-5.
- Mark Stone and Ivan Barbashev scored for Vegas, and the loss was John Tortorella’s first in regulation since taking over on March 30 after an 8-0-1 start.
- After the split in Las Vegas, the series shifts to Salt Lake City for Game 3 on Friday, with rising physicality underscored by a $5,000 fine to Utah’s Sean Durzi earlier in the week.