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Brayden McNabb scored against his former team in the second period, lifting Vegas to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night that made the Golden Knights the first expansion team in NHL history to sweep its first playoff series.
James Neal scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:37 to play, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a third-period deficit to move to the brink of the expansion franchise's first playoff series victory with a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for the Golden Knights. Jonathan Quick stopped 54 shots for the Kings.
Doughty will miss Game 2 on Friday night in Las Vegas.
The expansion franchise will try to take a 2-0 lead in its first-round playoff series Friday night.
The NHL-expansion Golden Knights carry the buzz entering the Western Conference playoffs as they face off against the Kings. The all-California matchup features the Ducks and Sharks.
Jamie Benn had a natural hat trick in the first period and the Dallas Stars defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Saturday night.
Dustin Brown scored his fourth goal of the game 23 seconds into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings moved into third place in the Pacific Division with a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
Jonathan Quick made 27 saves and the Kings won their third consecutive home game.
Los Angeles is one point ahead of Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division.
The Kings open up a two-point lead over the Anaheim Ducks for third place in the Pacific Division before the Freeway Faceoff rivals meet Friday night in Anaheim.
Scoring on a wrist shot from the left circle, Anze Kopitar matched his 34 goals during the 2009-10 season.
Connor McDavid had two goals to take over the NHL scoring lead, and the Edmonton Oilers held off the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Saturday night for their third straight victory.
This was the first four-goal game by a Kings player since Luc Robitaille accomplished the feat in 1993.
The game featured a battle between backup goalies, each making their third career start.