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Golden Knights blanked again by Mammoth, scoreless streak reaches 147 minutes

Golden Knights blanked again by Mammoth, scoreless streak reaches 147 minutes

For the second straight game at T-Mobile Arena, the home crowd chanted an opposing goaltender’s name. This time it was Karel Vejmelka, who stopped all 28 shots he faced as the Utah Mammoth defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Thursday night.

The shutout extends Vegas’s scoreless drought to 147 minutes and 9 seconds, with their last goal coming at the 12:51 mark of the third period against Chicago on Saturday. The Knights (31-24-14) finished their four-game homestand 2-2, having scored 10 goals in the first two games before being blanked in the final two.

Goaltender Adin Hill was pulled just 8:12 into the contest after allowing three goals on Utah’s first three shots. Mammoth captain Clayton Keller scored twice, and Jack McBain added a third before Hill was replaced by Akira Schmid, who made 14 saves in relief. Utah’s final goal came later in the game.

Hill entered the night with strong numbers — a .924 save percentage and 1.62 goals-against average since March 8 — but the Knights managed only three combined goals in three losses over that stretch. Coach Bruce Cassidy had urged his team to shoot more after Tuesday’s loss to Buffalo, when they had 20 missed shots. They finished with 28 on Thursday but couldn’t beat Vejmelka.

The Knights open a three-game road trip Saturday against the Nashville Predators.

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