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This is the Tahoe Knight Monsters 5th 2025 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoff game. This is the first game of the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs Mountain Division Finals. The Tahoe Knight Monsters are the Vegas Golden Knights ECHL affiliate. They are coming off of a 3-2 victory over the Wichita Thunder to sweep the Thunder in the first round. The Knight Monsters are on a four game winning streak. The Tahoe Knight Monsters finished the regular season with 88 points in 72 games and a record of 41-25-6. They finished 10th overall in the ECHL. They finished in 5th place in the ECHL Western Conference. They finished 3rd in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. The Kansas City Mavericks are the ECHL affiliate of the Seattle Kraken. The Kansas City Mavericks finished the regular season with 103 points in 72 games and a record of 49-18-5. They finished 3rd overall in the ECHL. They finished in 1st place in the ECHL Western Conference. They finished 1st in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. The all time record between the Tahoe Knight Monsters and Kansas City Mavericks is 2-3-1. They have played each other six times. They have not played each other yet in the playoffs. The Knight Monsters have scored 16 goals all time on the Mavericks. The Knight Monsters have allowed 20 goals all time against the Mavericks. They last played each other on Saturday, February 1st, 2025. The Tahoe Knight Monsters lost that game 3-4 in overtime. The Tahoe Knight Monsters 2025 playoff record is 4-0-0. The Tahoe Knight Monsters have not lost a playoff game yet. The Kansas City Mavericks 2025 playoff record is 4-2-0. The Tahoe Knight Monsters defeated the Wichita Thunder 4-0 in round one. The Kansas City Mavericks beat the Tulsa Oilers 4-2 in the first round.

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The Tahoe Knight Monsters have scored 22 goals so far in the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. That is 5.5 goals per game. They are 7th overall in the ECHL for most goals scored in the playoffs. The Knight Monsters have allowed 8 goals so far in the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. That is 2 goal per game. The have allowed the least goals so far in the playoffs. The Knight Monsters have a goal differential of +14 in the playoffs.

Postseason stats:

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD
Tahoe Knight Monsters	4	4	0	0	22	8	+14

The Tahoe Knight Monsters scored 255 goals during the regular season. That is 3.54 goals per game. They scored the 3rd most goals in the ECHL this season. The Tahoe Knight Monsters have allowed 228 goals so far this season. That is 3.16 goals against per game. They finished 18th for least goals allowed in the ECHL. The Tahoe Knight Monsters finished the regular season with a goal differential of +27.

Regular season stats:

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Tahoe Knight Monsters	72	41	25	6	255	228	+27	88

The Kansas City Mavericks have scored 17 goals so far in the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. That is 2.83 goal per game. They have scored the tenth most goals so far in the playoffs. The Kansas City Mavericks have allowed 11 goals so far in the playoffs. That is 1.83 goals against per game. They have allowed the fourth least goals so far in the playoffs. They have a goal differential of +14 so far in the playoffs.

Postseason stats:

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD
Kansas City Mavericks	6	4	2	0	17	11	+6

The Kansas City Mavericks scored 248 goals during the regular season. That is 3.44 goals per game. They scored the 7th most goals in the ECHL. The Kansas City Mavericks allowed 178 goals during the regular season. That is 2.38 goals against per game. They finished in 3rd for least goals allowed during the regular season in the ECHL. The Kansas City Mavericks finished the regular season with a goal differential of +78.

Regular season stats:

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Kansas City Mavericks	72	49	18	5	256	178	+78	103

Both teams have four 2025 Kelly Cup Playoff wins. The Kansas City Mavericks have two more 2025 Kelly Cup Playoff losses. The Tahoe Knight Monsters have scored five more goals during the postseason. The Kansas City Mavericks have allowed three more goals during the postseason. The Knight Monsters have the better goal differential in the postseason. The Tahoe Knight Monsters have 36 penalty minutes so far in the Kelly Cup Playoffs. The Kansas City Mavericks have 49 penalties so far in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD
Tahoe Knight Monsters	4	4	0	0	22	8	+14
Kansas City Mavericks	6	4	2	0	17	11	+6

Regular season:

The Kansas City Mavericks finished the regular season with eight more wins. The Mavericks finished the regular season with the better points percentage. The Mavericks scored one more goal during the regular season. The Knight Monsters allowed fifty more goals during the regular season. The Mavericks had the better goal differential during the regular season. The Mavericks finished the regular season with fifteen more points.

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Tahoe Knight Monsters	72	41	25	6	255	228	+27	88
Kansas City Mavericks	72	49	18	5	256	178	+78	103

This is the first game of this series, The Tahoe Knight Monsters are coming off of a great series against the Wichita Thunder. The Knight Monsters offense was on full display. The Knight Monsters blew out the Thunder in the first two games in Wichita. Then won back-to-back games in Tahoe. Both of the games in Tahoe were come from behind victories. The Kansas City Mavericks struggled in the first round against a team they should have beat easily. The Tulsa Oilers barely made the playoffs. The Mavericks were one of the top teams in the ECHL. Yet the Mavericks struggled with the Oilers. The Mavericks had a poor start to that series. Then they failed to close it out in game five. The Mavericks shutout the Oilers twice in the first round but they let the Oilers take an early lead and stay in the series. The Knight Monsters offense has been on fire. Will they be able to keep it up? They took a lot of shots in the first round. I expect that to continue. Their powerplay lead the Knight Monsters to victory in round one. The Knight Monsters powerplay was unstoppable in the first round. Powerplays and powerplay opportunities led to tying and game winning goals in game three and game four in the first round. They Knight Monsters will need to keep that up if they want to win in this round of the playoffs. The Knight Monsters stayed out of the penalty box in the first round. They are currently the least penalized team in the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. They will need to continue to stay out of the box to find success against the Mavericks. The Mavericks have scored a lot of goals in the regular season like the Knight Monsters. The big difference in this series is the lack of goals allowed during the regular season for the Mavericks. Both teams have solid offensive power. The Mavericks can also play defense. However the Mavericks defense was not consistent during the first round of the 2025 Kelly Cup Playoffs. They were getting shutouts in one game then allowing a bunch of goals the next game. Consistancy will be a key factor in this series. The Knight Monsters consistently played at a high level during the first round. The Mavericks did not play consistent at all in the first round. Who will start off this series with a lead. Going back to the regular season, both teams played close games for the most part. Four of their six regular season meeting were a one goal game. They have not played each other since February. It is like playing completely different teams now. The gap since playing each other may effect play early in the series. Will the Knight Monsters offense prevail? Will the Mavericks defensive force be to strong?