Jimmy Vesey scored his first goal with the club to help complete a comeback in regulation Tuesday night, then Charlie Coyle had the lone tally in the shootout as the Avs defeated the Vegas Golden

Dorofeyev gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 18:39 of the first period. He took a return pass from Theodore on a give-and-go odd-man rush before chipping a backhand by Wolf's glove for his 10th goal in 18 games. Smith made it 2-0 at 9:57 of the second period when he tipped Theodore's point shot by Wolf's outstretched glove.

The Golden Knights will continue to be without injured forward Tomas Hertl this weekend. He is second on the team with 31 goals and third with 59 points, but has returned to practice.

While the Golden Knights lost in the first round last season, they took home the Stanley Cup during the 2022-23 campaign and reached the Stanley Cup Final during their inaugural season in 2017-18. They can now turn their attention to yet another run at a championship after clinching their playoff spot.

Jack Eichel scores three times for his first hat trick in two years to help the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday in St. Paul... A hot start by the Vegas Golden ...

Theodore has a career-high 54 points (seven goals, 47 assists) in 62 games, fourth for Vegas in scoring behind forwards Jack Eichel (93 points), Mark Stone (67) and Tomas Hertl (59). He leads Golden Knights defensemen with 19 power-play points and is averaging 21:49 of ice time per game, second for Vegas behind defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (22:24).

Victor Olofsson broke a tie with 3:14 left off William Karlsson’s nifty feed from behind the net and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Sunday night.