Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Vegas 51-24-7=109pts, Los Angeles 45-29-8=98pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 11 April: Los Angeles loses at Vegas, 1-goal-nil
Game 2 on Friday, 13 April: Los Angeles loses at Vegas, 2-goals-1 (2OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 15 April: Vegas wins at Los Angeles, 3-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 17 April: Vegas wins at Los Angeles, 1-goal-nil

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Vegas Golden Knights visited and shut out the Los Angeles Kings 1-goal-nil to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1359 victory. With the series 1359 win, the Vegas Golden Knights improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1359 loss, the Los Angeles Kings see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 18-22 overall and 8-10 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Vegas Golden Knights in series 1359 was WWWW: Series 1359 thus becomes the 31st NHL Preliminary-round series, the 116th NHL series (all rounds), and the 223rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1359 is only the fifth best-of-7 NHL playoff series sweep in which the margin of victory in each of the four games was the minimum single goal. The Los Angeles Kings have now lost six consecutive best-of-7 NHL playoff games, beginning with series 1294 Game 4 (to the San Jose Sharks in the 2016 NHL Preliminary round).

After Game 3: The Vegas Golden Knights visited and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1359 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 1-7 and a Game 4 record of 3-5. The Los Angeles Kings are the last MLB/NBA/NHL team to fall behind three-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series and then win the series, having done so in series 1228 in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round against the San Jose Sharks.

After Game 2: The Vegas Golden Knights hosted and topped the Los Angeles Kings 2-goals-1 in double overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1359 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 3-11 and a Game 3 record of 6-8. NHL teams in best-of-7 playoff series such as the Vegas Golden Knights in series 1359 which have won Games 1-2 by one goal each have an active nine-series winning streak.

After Game 1: The Vegas Golden Knights hosted and shut out the Los Angeles Kings 1-goal-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1359 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Vegas Golden Knights have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 2 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 8-16 and a Game 2 record of 10-14. Series 1359 Game 1 is the first ever best-of-7 NHL playoff game victory for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NHL regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights finished eleven points ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. From 1939 through the 2017 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eleven regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-12 (.500) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1359 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Vegas Golden Knights, and the 40th for the Los Angeles Kings. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Vegas Golden Knights have (by definition) an all-rounds series record of 0-0, a Preliminary-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1 record of 0-0, while the Los Angeles Kings have an all-rounds series record of 18-21, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-9, and a Game 1 record of 15-24. Series 1359 is (again, by definition) the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Los Angeles Kings.