The Golden Knights’ penalty kill units had a sensational night Friday and were largely responsible for a series-tying 5-3 victory at San Jose.
But Knights coach Gerard Gallant hopes he doesn’t have to use them nearly as much when the series shifts to T-Mobile Arena for Game 3 Sunday.
“Going forward, if you take nine penalties in a game, you’re not going to have too good of an outcome,” defenseman Shea Theodore said. “I think we have to watch that.”
The Knights accumulated 22 penalty minutes after racking up 34 in Game 1, a number that was inflated by two late-game misconducts issued to Tomas Nosek and Ryan Reaves.