Golden Knights top Mammoth 5-3 on a three-goal second

Vegas turned a tied game into a rout in the second period and held off Utah's late push for a 5-3 win at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights scored three times in 5:09 of the second and never gave the lead back.

Jack Eichel put Vegas up 1-0 at 2:15 of the first. Lawson Crouse tied it 1-1 at 8:07. Then Victor Olofsson took over. He scored at 3:07 of the second to make it 2-1, and set up Ivan Barbashev goals at 4:51 and 8:16 for a 4-1 lead. Olofsson, the player of the game at 8.6, finished with a goal, two assists and six shots on goal.

Jack McBain cut it to 4-2 at 16:39 of the second. Dmitri Simashev made it 4-3 at 9:07 of the third. Brett Howden answered 72 seconds later with a tip-in for 5-3.

Vegas moves to 13-5-2 and 28 points. The Mammoth fall to 10-8-1. Chirp's Sim had the Golden Knights at 57% before the game.