Mammoth defeat Golden Knights for their first home playoff win in franchise history

[p]Despite being outshot a brutal 31-12, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utah-mammoth/hnwxhtVp/"]Mammoth[/a] found a way, as it marked the first-ever playoff win seen by a Utah home crowd in the history of the NHL. [/p][p]Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka put up 29 saves en route to the Mammoth's win.[/p][p]Game 4 between the Mammoth and Golden Knights is scheduled for April 27th. [/p][h2]Recap & Highlights[/h2][p]Despite being outshot 18-8 at one point, the Utah Mammoth got out to a commanding lead that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vegas-golden-knights/fTT0TsUg/"]Vegas[/a] was unable to rally back from. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weegar-mackenzie/dbRaRYAh/"]Mackenzie Weegar[/a] got things started for the Mammoth with his second goal of the playoffs to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]1-0[/a]. [/b][/p][embed guid="02be88c1-db2e-4fb5-b94c-66ed7cadc8bb" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2047861027715334476?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Three minutes later, Utah would go on their first power play of the game after Vegas' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcnabb-brayden/2V8pjAjF/"]Brayden McNabb[/a] received a two-minute minor for high-sticking. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guenther-dylan/tfwZEKb2/"]Dylan Guenther[/a] took advantage and scored his second goal of the series to put the Mammoth up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]2-0[/a] with under three minutes to go in the first. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cooley-logan/f7XbrluK/"]Logan Cooley[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keller-clayton/2VIMuNat/"]Clayton Keller[/a] both recorded their first assists of the playoffs on the goal. [/p][embed guid="d384fc57-9da5-4ae0-abcf-9e78b6c58158" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2047864928434839963?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Entering the second period, which only saw one penalty (Utah), the Mammoth would continue to pile on their lead. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/crouse-lawson/fsBYJ7Nc/"]Lawson Crouse[/a] scored his first goal of the series to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]3-0[/a]. [/b]Much like on Guenther's goal, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schmaltz-nick/z5I6ox6i/"]Nick Schmaltz[/a] and Weegar both picked up their first assists of the playoffs.[/p][embed guid="eaabc931-65f7-4af9-93a0-ff20fc68f8b4" url="https://x.com/utahmammoth/status/2047870073680138393?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Crouse found the net a second time to give the Mammoth a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]4-0[/a] lead. It was the fastest two goals (5:42) by one player of any team in these playoffs[/b][/p][p]Utah's four goals marked the first time in this series that the Mammoth had scored more than three in a game, doing so in just the first two periods of Game 3.[/p][embed guid="16b70ca3-4980-4103-9113-07772dbd9fd4" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2047874594590044590?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Vegas would finally get on the board themselves heading into the third period down by three.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eichel-jack/roOYYdOm/"]Jack Eichel[/a] scored his first goal of the playoffs, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stone-mark/02z8HDV4/"]Mark Stone[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barbashev-ivan/0bfYBWDO/"]Ivan Barbashev[/a] recorded their first assists, to cut the Utah lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]4-1[/a]. [/b][/p][p] Vegas entered the third, outshooting Utah 23-11. The Mammoth committed a whopping 18 giveaways to Vegas' eight. [/p][embed guid="27e032fd-578b-4417-aef3-7ffb4371e6e4" url="https://x.com/goldenknights/status/2047876889361228193?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]Not much was going on for most of the third until Vegas started to show some life late. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dowd-nic/t4reWfKu/"]Nic Dowd[/a] scored his second of the playoffs for Vegas to cut the lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/utah-mammoth-hnwxhtVp/vegas-golden-knights-fTT0TsUg/?mid=bu9DPPXo"]4-2[/a] with 3:08 remaining in the game. [/b][/p][p]But after going to an empty net with two minutes to go, Vegas couldn't surmount a rally as the series is now 2-1 in Utah's favor. [/p]