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Dorofeyev’s OT winner in Game 5 gives Golden Knights series lead

Las Vegas Review-Journal·Danny Webster, L.E. Baskow·20 days ago
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Hunched in pain and lying on the ice for several seconds, it looked like Pavel Dorofeyev’s night was over. The puck came off the stick of defenseman Jackson LaCombe and hit Dorofeyev inside his right knee. Dorofeyev eventually got up and skated to the back under his own power. He came back late in the second period. “I just blocked a shot,” Dorofeyev said. “It’s kind of a (expletive) part of my job, but it hurts more when I miss.” He didn’t miss on Tuesday. Dorofeyev is the reason why the Vegas Golden Knights are a win away from going back to the Western Conference Final. Dorofeyev notched his second goal of the game at 4:10 of overtime, and the shorthanded Knights a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5 of their second-round series at T-Mobile Arena. The Knights lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 and will have a chance to close it out in Game 6 at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday. After the biggest game of his life, the soft-spoken Dorofeyev was a man of few words. “It was so good,” Dorofeyev said.…

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