{"id":563335,"date":"2026-04-30T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/563335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:48:40","slug":"mammoth-collapse-late-as-vegas-wins-in-double-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/563335\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammoth Collapse Late as Vegas Wins in Double Overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Utah Mammoth<\/a> were 52 seconds from seizing control of the series, but in one brutal swing of momentum, everything changed.<\/p>\n

Utah now returns to Salt Lake City facing elimination after a crushing 5-4 double-overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series on Wednesday night. What looked like a signature road win slipped away late, leaving the Mammoth trailing 3-2 in the series with no margin for error the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

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Vegas completed the comeback behind a dramatic night from Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a>, who delivered a hat trick and buried the game-tying goal with just 52 seconds left in regulation. Brett Howden<\/a> then struck short-handed in the second overtime, finishing off a gut-punch defeat that swung the series back in the Golden Knights<\/a>\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n

The game was a wild, emotional tug-of-war from the opening puck drop. Utah grabbed the lead twice in the first two periods on goals from John Marino<\/a> and Lawson Crouse<\/a>, but each time Vegas answered quickly and refused to let the Mammoth build any breathing room.<\/p>\n

After Shea Theodore<\/a> gave the Golden Knights a 3-2 advantage heading into the third, Utah responded with the kind of push that seemed destined to change the night. Dylan Guenther<\/a> buried the equalizer, then Michael Carcone<\/a> scored his second goal of the series to put the Mammoth ahead 4-3 late in regulation.<\/p>\n

With the clock winding down and Utah on the verge of a massive win, Dorofeyev ripped home his third of the night to silence the celebration and force overtime.<\/p>\n

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Neither side could end it in the first extra frame, but in the second overtime Howden capitalized on a short-handed chance to complete Vegas\u2019 stunning escape.<\/p>\n

Now the path is simple for Utah: win Friday night at Delta Center or the season is over. A victory would force a winner-take-all Game 7 back in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Puck drop for Game 6 is set for 8 p.m. Friday in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

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