{"id":482683,"date":"2024-05-04T05:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482683"},"modified":"2024-05-04T05:31:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T09:31:51","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-force-game-7-with-2-0-win-vs-stars","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/vegas-golden-knights-force-game-7-with-2-0-win-vs-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights force Game 7 with 2-0 win vs Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a crucial Game 6 showdown, the Vegas Golden Knights kept their playoff hopes alive with a commanding 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Hanifin emerged as the hero for the Golden Knights, scoring the eventual game-winning goal midway through the third period. Hanifin&#8217;s clutch performance broke the scoreless deadlock and propelled Vegas to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Adin Hill played a stellar game between the pipes, recording 23 saves to secure his third postseason shutout. Mark Stone sealed the win for the Golden Knights with an empty-net goal in the final seconds of the game.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Vegas, the defending Stanley Cup champion, avoided elimination and forced a decisive Game 7 in the Western Conference first-round series. Game 7 is set to take place on Sunday in Dallas, where both teams will battle it out for a spot in the next round against the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a strong performance from Dallas goalkeeper Jake Oettinger, who stopped 28 of 29 shots, the Stars saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Hanifin&#8217;s clutch goal proved to be the difference-maker in a tightly contested matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Hanifin, acquired from the Calgary Flames in a trade earlier this year, showcased his playoff prowess with his second career playoff goal, highlighting his impact on the Golden Knights&#8217; postseason journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB9NNSUu-Gk?si=lYOt_bZSGs7SNVY4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a crucial Game 6 showdown, the Vegas Golden Knights kept their playoff hopes alive with a commanding 2-0 victory over the Dallas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482690,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17191,17212],"news_category":[16709,14084],"gn_keywords":[18103,17982],"acf":{"announce":"Adin Hill kept a clean sheet with 23 saves to keep Knights' playoff hopes alive","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482685,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482683\/revisions\/482685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482683"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482683"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}