As the final game of the 2024-2025 NHL Preseason ends, the Golden Knights are finally at the threshold of the regular season. Just days away, the opening “Knight” for Las Vegas’s NHL season is set in the fortress against the Colorado Avalanche at 10:00 p.m. EST. The final preseason game exposed the Knights’ readiness for the upcoming competition.
Period One
The first period in game six erupted with the Golden Knights’ show of force on their offensive capabilities. Areas of improvement highlighted in earlier Preseason games were the Golden Knights’ ability to connect passes. In the final game of the preseason, the Knights have developed strong passes and added style. These intelligent passes gave way for Pavel Dorofeyev to score early in the first period for Las Vegas. Attempts from San Jose to gain the Knights’ line were in vain during the first half of the first. However, the defensive line tweaks Bruce Cassidy has made during this preseason were not without growing pains.
During a chaotic double screen (players blocking the goaltender’s view), resident goaltender Adin Hill lost his stick, allowing San Jose to shoot the puck directly where Hill’s stick would have been, evening the score 1-1. A few minutes later, the growing pains continued in Vegas. Noah Hanifin and Nicolas Hague, a new defensive pair, broadcasted their inexperience playing with one another, creating the perfect scoring opportunity for the Sharks, who capitalized on it. With the Knights trailing on the board 2-1, Alexander Holtz and Tomas Hertl matched the Sharks’ score once again with a rapid goal. Two penalties occurred in the first, with Adin Hill catching a delay of game for playing the puck outside of the trapezoid.
Period Two
Period two in the final game six of the Golden Knights’ preseason was spent in the Shark’s defensive zone. Early in the period, the Knights scored early. The goal scorer was Pavel Dorofeyev once again, with a fantastic tip on the puck on Zach Whitecloud’s shot on goal. The Vegas defensive lines learned their lesson from the previous period and noticeably improved their ability to clear the puck and break up rushes from the Sharks. During the second period, two penalties were placed on Vegas. Both transgressions were placed on Keegan Kolesar and Brayden McNabb, but the Knights flaunted their improvement on the power play kill, preventing the Sharks from scoring.
Period Three
Beginning the period with a score of 3-2, the final period in game six took an unsuspected turn. The San Jose Sharks scored quickly but soon after drew a penalty. Bruce Cassidy pulled Adin Hill from the net for two extra attackers, and Mark Stone scored on the power play. The Knights continued the pace with another goal from Pavel Dorofeyev, set up by Tomas Hertl. Dorofeyev and Hertl will be guaranteed linemates after the undeniable chemistry between the two. Both teams caught intersecting penalties, where the Golden Knights’ gameplay took a devastating turn.
With neither club scoring during the power plays, the score was 5-3. In the last remaining minutes of the final period of game six, Sharks player Luke Kunin scored on Aiden Hill, but the Knights did not respond. Eager to tie the game, the Sharks once again pulled their goaltender, and Kunin scored again with only two minutes remaining. With the Golden Knights struggling to catch up to the sudden change in gameplay from the Sharks, San Jose scored yet again with twelve seconds left in the period. They eliminated the Knights’ decent lead in roughly three minutes of the final period in game six.
Are The Knights Ready?
With such a dominant two-and-a-half period played by the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the Sharks taking the lead was the last thing anyone anticipated. The Golden Knights’s performance in game six was commanding, improved, and strategic until the last half of the third period. This article’s conclusion was heading in the direction of high praise and a breakdown of the improved passes, sustained puck possession, line pairings made in heaven, and key players to watch, but with the opening Knight of the regular season here, losing such a wide lead in such a short amount of time can not happen if the playoffs are the intended goal. The Golden Knights 2024-2025 NHL Preseason record ends with 3-3.
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