Locked On Golden Knights - Daily Podcast On the Vegas Golden Knights

The Stanley Cup Final becomes a best of three series after the Hurricanes took Game 4 5-3.  The Golden Knights missed the opportunity to take a commanding 3-1 series lead as they played a sloppy game, had poor puck management and had 23 giveaways, mostly unforced turnovers.  The Golden Knight let in the game winner as Jordan Staal scored as a result of a Shea Theodore turnover. Brayden McNabb also...

The Golden Knights are looking to ride momentum and tighten its grip on the series tonight in Game 4.  A win by the Golden Knights will put the Hurricanes in a 3-1 hole that could be nearly impossible to get out of.  A lot of questions are to be answered tonight.  We will see who is still hurting from a physical third game?  Can Mitch Marner continue his torrid pace - he had the hat trick and four...

Dylan Larkin has put the Golden Knights on his list of three teams he would be open to sign with via a trade.  He requested a trade last week after the Red Wings failed to make the playoffs for a tenth consecutive season.  This was one of the Wings most disappointing seasons as they collapsed late in the season.  They blew leads and couldn't get any complimentary scoring late in the season.  Accor...

The Golden Knights outlasted a game Carolina Hurricanes team 5-4 in double O.T.  to take a 2-games-to-1 series advantage in the Stanley Cup Final. Game 4 is set for Tuesday night in Las Vegas.  Following a scoreless first period, the Golden Knights scored four times in the second, including Mitch Marner's natural hat trick.  Tomas Hertl led off the scoring spree with a power play goal.  Then it wa...

As we preview Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the major concern for VGK is the status of Brayden McNabb.  He was hit with an 87 mile per hour slap shot in the first period of Game 2.  He flew back with the team yesterday but we aren't sure if he will be playing tonight after getting hit in the face.  Each team has come back from multi-goal deficits in the series.  VGK returns to home ice with the...

John Tortorella told the media that he would challenge the contraversial goalie interference call 10 out of 10 times. His decision led to a power play for Carolina in the third period and led to a Canes goal.  VGK blew a 2-0 lead, as both Brett Howden goals came in the first two periods.  It appeared VGK was in cruise control before a frenetic Carolina comeback. The Canes won 4-3 in overtime.  Log...

The Golden Knights will look to go up 2-games-to-none in Carolina tonight.  VGK, as we saw in the Avs series, is not content with a split in Carolina.  John Tortorella said Wednesday that he feels his team wants to seize momentum heading back to Las Vegas for Games 3 and 4.  But, he said his club has to clean up a lot especially in the turnover department.  We will see if the Canes come out fast a...

The  Golden Knights rallied from a 2-0 deficit to come back and defeat the Carolina Hurricane 5-4 in a wild affair in Raleigh.  VGK leads the series 1-0 and takes back home ice advantage.  Tomas Hertl scored the game-winning goal late on a feed from Colton Sissons on give and go.  The VGK rally began when Shea Theodore scored a goal through traffic in the first period. John Tortorella saw his team...

Game 1 Showdown!   VGK and Carolina collide in Raleigh tonight as the Golden Knights are chasing their second Stanley Cup while Carolina hasn't been to a Cup Final in two decades.  We look for aggressive offense, tight defensive pressure and a battle between two red-hot goaltenders.  Both teams are playing their best hockey of the post-season.  We have our keys to the game and series our predictio...

Our Chris Gawlik joins Zachary Martin for a Crossover with Locked On Hurricanes as they preview the Stanley Cup Final. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Golden Knights must get production from its two superstars - Jack Eichel and Mitch Marner - if they are to capture the second Stanley Cup in franchise history.  Those two players are the points leaders in the playoffs currently.  Yes, the supporting cast must deliver, but Eichel and Marner must continue their scoring and playmaking to ignite their teammates.  We talk about the coaching matchin...

Bonus episode: Early preview VGK vs Canes, McCrimmon tells Leafs fans to "Get over it!", and Cassidy still being blocked by VGK.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

GM Kelly McCrimmon defending his firing of Bruce Cassidy and the hiring of John Tortorella late in the season.  McCrimmon, in an NHL.com interview said the Golden Knights were sinking from first to third place and could have been slumping out of the playoffs entirely, so he had to make a change. Torts has dramatically revived the season and has led VGK to its third Cup Final in nine years.  The te...

The Golden Knights are now 19-4-1 under John Tortorella.  As VGK prepares for its third Cup series, Torts has a minute to catch his breath after being hired behind the bench with just eight games remaining in the regular season.  He will try to become just the fifth coach in NHL to win a Cup after being hired in-season.  None have been hired with just eight games remaining.  Torts returns to the C...

The Golden Knights completed the four-game sweep of the President's Trophy-winning Avalanche with a hard fought 2-1 victory over the Avs at the Fortress Tuesday night.  The story of the game and the series was the teams suffocating defense, blitzing the puck, neutralizing the Avalanche through the neutral zone, covering passing lanes and blocking shots.  John Tortorella said the team "checked our...

VGK is looking to wrap-up its Western Conference Final with a sweep tonight over the ailing Colorado Avalanche.  The Golden Knights enter tonight with a 3-0 series lead against the Avs who have major injury concerns with Cale Makar still injured and Nate MacKinnon and Val Nichushkin hurting from Game 3 injuries.  Cole Smith should be in the lineup according to John Tortorella.  The Avs have come o...

The Golden Knights rallied from a three-goal deficit for the first ever in the playoffs to pull off a comeback win over the Avs 5-3 to put themselves a win away from the Stanley Cup Final.  VGK erased the 3-0 first period lead by tilting the ice in the second.  They finished off a power play opportunity in the period on a Marner to Stone connection.  William Karlsson and Keegan Kolesar also potted...

VGK's top line fueled the 3-1 Game 3 win over the Avalanche to take a commanding 2-games-to-none lead in the Western Conference Final. Ivan Barbashev had two goals and a assist, Jack Eichel scored the tying goal in the third period and Pavel Dorofeyev had two assists in the win.  The Avs got on the board first on the Ross Colton goal late in the first period.  But Colorado appeared to try and milk...

The Golden Knights already have taken back home ice advantage but can VGK extend the series lead and go up 2-0?  It will be a difficult task because the Avs haven't lost back-to-back games since March, nearly four months ago.  Both teams feel they can play better heading into the second game of the series tonight in Denver.   The status of Mark Stone of VGK and the Avs Cale Makar, two key pieces,...

The Golden Knights seized home ice advantage by stealing Game 1 of the Western Conference Final 4-2 over the Colorado Avalanche. The script is now flipped as VGK got contributions from Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, as well as depth pieces Dylan Coughlan and Nic Dowd.  VGK's defense came up big blocing 23 shots in the game and Carter Hart was stellar again saving 36 of 38 shots on net.  The teams...

The WCF begins tonight in Denver as the Golden Knights will look to advance to the Cup Final.  But, it won't be an easy task.  The Colorado Avalanche are probably the best team in the league.  John Tortorella said Tuesday that the Avs have been by far the best team in the NHL.  How will VGK respond to the underdog role?  What will VGK do to steal a win in Denver?  We have some insight into how VGK...

Our Tony Cordasco and Chris Miceli of Locked on Avalanche have a preview of the Western Conference Final.  We talk about storylines and there are many.  We have key players to watch, burning questions, X-Factors and more.  Get an inside look at the W-C-F, which begins Wednesday.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

Jack Eichel and Nathan McKinnon are primed for and epic duel on the top line, but it probably will come down to forward depth and contributions by complimentary players.  We break down the forward lines and we look at how they will match up.  Both John Tortorella and Jared Bednar are probably going to make a lot of in-game adjustments, but the matchups will matter in the WCF, which gets underway s...

VGK is facing repercussions as a result of John Tortorella and the team defying league media protocols.  The latest incident happened last week when Tortorella blew off the post-game media session to say that he and the club had to catch a flight back to Las Vegas.  Torts was fined $100,000 as a repeat violator.  And the Golden Knights face losing the 2nd round pick in this year's draft.  The appe...

The Golden Knights closed out their second round series vs the Ducks with a resounding 5-1 victory in Anaheim Thursday night.  VGK advances to the Western Conference Final for the fifth time in their nine-year history.  The Golden Knights now play the Avalanche in the WCF.  VGK started off with a spectacular Mitch Marner between-the-legs goal off a stretch pass from William Karlsson just 1:02 int...