The Golden Knights take nothing for granted in the return against Montreal

The Vegas Golden Knights take nothing for granted.

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The victory in the first Stanley Cup semifinal over the Montreal Canadiens was convincing, and three goals up to the Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Carey Price in great form testifies to strength. But, Golden Knights players and leaders state, there is no reason to relax before the second match, the night before Thursday, Swedish time.

– We in no way underestimate the Canadiens, we really do not take anything for granted, Vegas coach Peter DeBoer assured at a zoom-broadcast press conference after training on Tuesday.

– We know the character Montreal has in the team and we ourselves have been in that seat when people have calculated us. I know how we responded to that, and I know how they (Montreal) responded in the past. We have won a match. I think we can play better but I’m sure they say the same thing, said DeBoer.

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Montreal will not sell itself cheaply. The Golden Knights camp knows that. Immediately after the 1-4 loss in the first match, Montreal coach Dominique Ducharme explained that he hoped the team could “get a smoother performance throughout the next match” and stated that “we need to have all our four chains and six backs playing on “Today I do not think we had it and we can not afford it at this stage of the season. I look forward to seeing everyone do better next match”. Ducharme was also pleased with how the Canadiens started the first game.

When the Golden Knights regular goal scorers William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault, Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone did not fully succeed in the first match during the night until Tuesday, instead stepped third Mattias Janmark forward as a goal scorer from his forward position in the match’s best attacking formation with Alex cloth and Nicolas roy. Three slopes, Shea Theodore, Alex Martinez and Nick Holden contributed with each goal.

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to bake Brayden McNabb, 30 and from Saskatchewan, Canada, praised the team’s third chain.

– They add breadth to the team and a fantastic speed that I think can be a little scary for the opponents’ defenders. Roy can pull up the attacks and Janmark and Tuch… they can get a huge amount done. We saw that from Janmark last time, McNabb said.

The match was not only the first semifinal, but also the first across division boundaries.

– We had not played against Montreal in a year, so for me it was probably a bit about adapting to them and how they play, said Vegas Swedish forward William Karlsson to NHL.com/sv. But for the most part, it’s about focusing on ourselves and our own game. But sure, it was a small process.

William Karlsson, the 28-year-old from Märsta is making his eighth season in the NHL and has played in the Golden Knights since the team’s premiere season 2017-18. Karlsson believes that there is a special bond between the ten players who have been involved from the start, the players that other clubs thought they could spare when Vegas had to choose players in the expansion draft 2017. And that it is important now that Vegas is starting to get really close. high NHL heights.

– Yes, there is a bond between us, and it will always be there. And not only between us “first-years”, but also between us and the city and us and the fans. And with that, I do not want to take anything from any of our other players; this is a good bunch, said William Karlsson.

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Karlsson currently tops the Golden Knights’ internal points statistics with twelve points (4 + 8) after 14 matches. He is also one of the team’s best teasers. A message of strength, says Peter DeBoer.

– With us you can say that “he tops the points league now” and a little later “he tops it now”… we have no player who averages two points per game, as many other clubs have. In that case, Mark Stone is probably the closest. However, we have several other really, really good players. “Karly” does nothing now that he has not done all along. It’s nice of him to keep his game up. And now that chain begins (with Karlsson, Marchessault and Reilly Smith) really to click too: they produce and they do it with great confidence. It knows they can do it in every game, said Peter DeBoer.

The match in the match is played between two of the generation’s best goalkeepers: Vegas Marc-Andre Fleury and Montreal’s Carey Price. But Peter DeBoer does not think that the goalkeeper match in the match will be decisive:

– Yes, it’s a fantastic matchup there. But we do not see it as “Flower” against Price. It’s our team against their team. The goalkeepers are of course large and important parts of the team, but here so many other factors come into play, said DeBoer. I expect both goalkeepers to play great… but this is determined by other factors.

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In any case, William Karlsson thinks that those who watch the match should keep an extra eye on Fleury and Price:

– I have seen Price on TV, and I have had tickets on the front row to Fleury in recent years… They are always just as fun to watch. They offer an extra show in the show.

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