Golden Knights hold off Sharks in Game 5 Status

The Vegas Golden Knights hung on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 in Game 5 of the Western Conference Second Round at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.

Vegas leads the best-of-7 series 3-2. Game 6 is at San Jose on Sunday.

The Golden Knights took a 4-0 lead on Alex Tuch's second goal of the game at 8:36 of the third period before allowing three straight goals.
Jonathan Marchessault scored into an empty net at 18:39 to make it 5-3.

"We were physical, we played hard," Tuch said. "It was a good game for everyone."

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for his 69th Stanley Cup Playoff victory, surpassing Andy Moog for 10th all-time.