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SEATTLE (AP) — On the verge of a fifth loss in six games, the Vegas Golden Knights put together a late rally that may have ended the hopes of the Seattle Kraken getting back into the Western Conference playoff race.
Jonathan Marchessault scored his second goal of the game with 16 seconds left to force overtime, Jack Eichel scored 3:01 into the extra session and the Golden Knights beat the Kraken 5-4 on Tuesday night
Vegas rallied from a 4-2 deficit midway through the third period, picked up a big two points in the standings and moved nine points clear of Seattle in the chase for one of the wild-card spots in the Western Conference. Vegas is also six points clear of Minnesota and eight points in front of St. Louis, but the victory could knock Seattle from the viable list of teams trying to chase down the Golden Knights
The desperation was for sure there and that’s what our team needs for the remainder of our year,” Eichel said. “We need to be desperate every night and points are at a premium. It was important to get two (points) tonight.”
Marchessault’s tying goal came with the Vegas net empty. A shot from Eichel bounced off the stick of Chandler Stevenson and fell to Marchessault with an open net
Marchessault also scored on the power play in the second period and has 37 goals this season, including five in his past two games.
But the turning point for Vegas was William Karlsson’s 23rd goal with 7:37 remaining to pull the Golden Knights within 4-3. It came less than a minute after Oliver Bjorkstrand gave the Kraken a two-goal lead.
“We’re aware of the standings and they’re behind us, chasing us, so to get away with the win was huge,” Karlsson said.
In overtime, both Vegas goalie Adin Hill and Seattle’s Philipp Grubauer made big stops, but Eichel was sprung free on a breakaway and scored his 20th of the season to give the Golden Knights their second straight victory. It was also Eichel’s 200th career goal.
Seattle trailed 2-1 going to the third period, but staged a three-goal rally to take a 4-2 lead and seemed on the verge of a crucial two points to try and narrow the gap in the playoff chase.