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Knights in Must Win Situation for Game 4

The Utah Mammoth recorded their first ever playoff victory with a hard fought 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night and followed that up Friday with their first home playoff victory in franchise history soundly defeating the Knights 4-2 to take a 2-1 series lead in the opening round of the Stanly Cup Playoffs.

The win was monumental in several facets as it was not only the first playoff victory, but it also proved this young team can play and succeed in a tough environment and fight through adversity and then use their own home crowd to their advantage. They certainly did that with a convincing performance where they scored the first four goals of the game.

Despite being outshot 32-12, Utah controlled the game and made the most of their opportunities scoring four times in the game's first 30 minutes. The peppered the net and Carter Hart stayed on the ice the entire game although he wasn't at his best.

"I have full faith in him," said Vegas head coach, John Tortorella. "He has an attitude and a mental toughness about him at that position. He'll be fine."

The Knights were 0 for 4 on the power play while Utah converted their only opportunity. Vegas is 1-8 in the last two games with a one-man advantage.

The Golden Knights came into this series as a heavy favorite and now find themselves in a fight. The pressure is on to find a way to win and re-claim home ice while setting up a best-of-three to determine which team advances to the second round. If not, a 3-1 deficit feels like a tall hill to climb against a young, fast Mammoth team that looks every bit like it belongs in this series against a team with real Stanley Cup-winning pedigree.

Game 4 is tonight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City before the series shifts back to Las Vegas for Game 5 on Wednesday.