Vegas Golden Knights (0-1) at Winnipeg Jets (1-0) Saturday, May 12th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 0 2 Winnipeg Jets 3 1 0 4 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Vegas Golden Knights 6 7 8 21 Winnipeg Jets 12 10 4 26 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Vegas Golden Knights 0/1 2 2/4 2 12 Winnipeg Jets 2/4 6 1/1 1 8 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS030321.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES030321.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 1:05 WPG Dustin Byfuglien (5) Mark Scheifele (6) Blake Wheeler (13) EV 1-0 Blake Wheeler fed Mark Scheifele at the Jets blue line. Scheifele moved into the Vegas zone and dropped a pass back to Dustin Byfuglien who fired a slap shot blocker side on Marc-Andre Fleury and in. 1 6:49 WPG Patrik Laine (4) Blake Wheeler (14) Paul Stastny (9) PP 2-0 While on the power play, Paul Stastny passed to Blake Wheeler on the right wall. Wheeler sent a pass across the ice to Patrik Laine in the left circle and he one- timed a shot blocker-side on Fleury. 1 7:35 WPG Joel Armia (2) Ben Chiarot (3) EV 3-0 Ben Chiarot sent a pass into the Vegas crease that bounced off the skate of Joel Armia and in. The goal was initially waved off for goalie interference, but after a coach’s challenge by Winnipeg it was determined to be a good goal. 1 8:10 VGK Brayden McNabb (2) Jonathan Marchessault (8) Reilly Smith (11) EV 3-1 Jonathan Marchessault took the puck behind the Jets net before sending a pass to Brayden McNabb in the left circle. McNabb wristed a shot that hit the bottom of Connor Hellebuyck’s glove and in. 2 9:54 WPG Mark Scheifele (12) Dustin Byfuglien (10) Blake Wheeler (15) PP 4-1 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler sent a pass to Dustin Byfuglien at the point. Byfuglien let a shot go that was redirected by Mark Scheifele in the slot under the arm of Fleury and in. 2 15:55 VGK William Karlsson (5) Jonathan Marchessault (9) Shea Theodore (4) PP 4-2 While on the power play, Jonathan Marchessault sent a hard pass across to William Karlsson at the top of the crease. Karlsson redirected the puck past Hellebuyck and in. Jets Notes • The Jets won their first ever Western Conference Final playoff game tonight. • Winnipeg led 4-2 after two periods and improve to 9-0 in the playoffs when leading after the second period. • After failing to score a first period goal in their last three home games during the playoffs, the Jets scored three times in the first period tonight. • Dustin Byfuglien’s goal 1:05 into the first period was the fastest goal in NHL history to begin a game by a franchise making its conference finals/semifinals debut since 1974-75) • Winnipeg went 2-for-4 on the power play tonight and are now 10-for-36 (27.7%) during the playoffs. Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Trouba tied Josh Morrissey with a team-high four blocks. Brandon Tanev • Tanev finished with a game-high six hits. Paul Stastny • Registered his ninth assist of the playoffs tonight and has now registered at least a point in eight of his last nine games (5G, 8A). Blake Wheeler • Wheeler had three assists tonight to give him an NHL playoff leading 15 assists. It’s the second time in these playoffs Wheeler has registered three assists in a game (Game 5 vs. NSH, 6-2 W) Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien had two points tonight (1G, 1A). It’s his fifth multi-point game of the playoffs, which leads the NHL. • Byfuglien scored his fifth goal of the playoffs tonight. During his last trip to the Western Conference Final with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010, Byfuglien had four goals in a four-game sweep of the San Jose Sharks. • Played a game-high 24:44. Joel Armia • Armia took a team-high five shots. Josh Morrissey • Morrissey tied Jacob Trouba for the team-lead with four blocked shots. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele scored his NHL-leading 12th goal of the playoffs tonight. • Schefele finished the night with two points (1G, 1A). It’s Scheifele’s ninth multi-point game of the playoffs. • Scheifele has a goal in eight of Winnipeg’s 13 playoff games and has four goals in his last four games. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck stopped 19-of-21 shots to register his ninth win of the playoffs, which ties Washington’s Braden Holtby for the NHL lead. .