from Ed Graney of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

Do you know the only real time a sports team faces a must-win game?

When a loss would eliminate it from a playoff series.

Do you know what might have been a just-outside-city-limits of such a test?

When the Golden Knights faced Minnesota on Tuesday night.

Calm down. Don’t go hiding under any covers and calling in sick to work. The Knights were able to even their best-of-seven divisional series against the team they have all sorts of trouble with by beating the Wild 3-1 at T-Mobile Arena.

Things are now a game apiece as the drama shifts to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4 on Thursday and Saturday.

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