STATELINE, NV – The Tahoe Knight Monsters, proud ECHL Affiliate of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, got the best of the Tulsa Oilers again, winning on Saturday night by a final score of 7 to 3. 
The first period featured a goaltending showdown as Tahoe’s Zane McIntyre and Tulsa’s Christian Propp both posted shutouts in the opening 20 minutes, resulting in a 0-0 tie after the first.
In the second, it only took Devon Paliani and the Tahoe power play 72 seconds to get on the board, making it 1-0. Just 13 seconds later, Tulsa responded as Ryan Lautenbach tallied his third goal of the season to tie the game again. However, the rest of the middle frame would be controlled by Tahoe as Paliani tallied his second goal of the night, and Trent Swick and Casey Bailey added on to make it 4-1 Knight Monsters headed into the final period.
In the third, Mike O’Leary continued Tahoe’s hot hand to make it 5-1. Then, it was Jake McGrew who scored the second power play goal of the night for the Knight Monsters to make it 6-1. After Tahoe rattled off five unanswered goals, it was Tulsa’s Adam McMaster scoring on the Oilers’ power play to make it 6-2. Kevin Wall would add on a goal in the back half of the period to give Tahoe seven goals in back-to-back games. After Easton Armstrong added a power play goal for Tulsa, the Knight Monsters came away with both wins on Wizard Weekend, as they defeated Tulsa 7-3.
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