Marchessault gets a penalty shot and makes no mistake!

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Marchessault gets a penalty shot and makes no mistake!

This could prove to be a pivotal moment for the Las Vegas Golden Knights in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

Although it has often felt that the round robin portion of the Qualifying Round has lacked the intensity of some of the elimination games, admittedly that could be a result of the lens through which I view those games, the Saturday afternoon matchup between the Golden Knights and the Avalanche proved to be quite a spirited affair and a hotly contested one at that. That may be due in large part to the fact that the reality of what the round robin could potentially mean to these teams has started to settle in with several the Qualifying Round elimination series coming to an end. In the case of these two teams the top seed in the West was on the line in this game.

Both teams were tied at two goals a piece coming into the game's third period but an excellent pass from Shea Theodore to Jonathan Marchessault would result in the tie being broken. The pass gave Marchessault a partial break against Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer and although it looked like Marchessault was going to have relatively little room to work with on the play he was hauled down and a tripping penalty was, correctly, called by the National Hockey League officials on the ice. The official calling the penalty immediately signaled towards center ice to indicate that the Golden Knights had been awarded a penalty shot and it was none other than Marchessault himself who took the shot. 

The talented Golden Knights forward made no mistake on his opportunity and although goaltenders are generally favored in the shootout overall you can hardly blame Grubauer for letting this one get by him. The Avalanche goaltender had done a pretty good job of covering his angles, but Marchessault found just barely enough room on the glove side to put this one in. The shot went off the far post and bounced up just underneath the crossbar into the netting at the top of the net. It was a brilliant shot on the part of Marchessault and one that could prove to be a the deciding factor in this third period.


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