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NHL Playoff Recaps: Knights first to advance, Devils blank Rangers, and Bolts stay alive

NHL Playoff Recaps: April 27, 2023

The Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule presented three games on Thursday night and gave fans the first team to advance.

With a solid win over the Winnipeg Jets, the Vegas Golden Knights became the first team to reach round two. Meanwhile, the New Jersey Devils have put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination and the Tampa Bay Lightning stay alive.

NHL Playoff Recaps: Knights advance

Golden Knights 4 vs Jets 1 (Series: 4-1, VGK)

Chandler Stephenson scored two goals to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a series-clinching, 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5 of a Western Conference first-round playoffs series on Thursday in Las Vegas.