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Golden Knights’ playoff clinching put on hold
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Gabriel Landeskog beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a nifty move in the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche kept expansion Vegas from clinching a playoff spot by beating the Golden Knights 2-1 Saturday.
Semyon Varlamov stopped all three shots in the shootout. He finished with 39 saves, including seven in overtime.
Carl Soderberg was back on the ice after missing two games with an illness and contributed with a first-period goal.
Colorado remains in the thick of the playoff picture as the team picked up its 26th home win, which is tied for the third-most in Avalanche history.
This game had a playoff-like atmosphere, with the crowd cheering every hit and shot.
The two teams turn around and play in Vegas Monday.
Fleury recently had some fun with reporters who asked about what happened Tuesday when he left a game for an undisclosed reason (he also didn’t play Thursday). Fleury joked it was a chance to catch up on his favorite soap opera.
“I was in net, and I just realized that ‘Days of our Lives’ was coming on, and, ‘Oh, I didn’t DVR it,'” Fleury said in an interview posted on the Golden Knights’ website. “Rushed home. My DVR wasn’t working. I spent a couple of days at home to make sure I wasn’t missing any of it. I got caught up now.”
San Jose 5, Calgary 1: Evander Kane scored twice to give him six goals in his past two games against Calgary and the San Jose Sharks won their seventh straight game, beating the Flames 5-1.
Kane followed up his four-goal performance in Calgary a week ago with another impactful performance, scoring a short-handed goal in the second period to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead and an insurance goal in the third. He also used his physical play to get into a scrum with Mikael Backlund and a fight with Travis Hamonic.
Chicago 3, N.Y. Islanders 1: Anton Forsberg stopped 28 shots to help the Chicago Blackhawks snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders.
Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad scored in the second period, and Brent Seabrook added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks.
John Tavares scored late in the third period and Jaroslav Halak finished with 22 saves as the Islanders lost for the fifth time in six games and 13 in their last 15 (2-9-4).
Chicago was eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since 2008 following its 5-1 loss to Colorado Tuesday, and pushed the struggling Islanders to the verge of being knocked for the second straight year.