Golden Knights beat Kings in double overtime for team's first OT playoff win

Jace Evans | USA TODAY

The Vegas Golden Knights have added another first to their remarkable inaugural season.

The Golden Knights won the first overtime playoff game in team history as Erik Haula lifted them to a 2-1 double-overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

With the victory, the Golden Knights take a 2-0 series lead to Los Angeles.

The Kings were playing this game without star defenseman Drew Doughty, who was suspended for his Game 1 hit to the head of William Carrier.

After Vegas' Alex Tuch scored a power-play goal in the first period, defenseman Paul LaDue got the Kings on the board for the first time this series with a power-play goal of his own at 15:55 of the second period.

The teams then went scoreless until Haula ended the game at 15:23 of the second overtime.

While it was the first OT game in the history of the Golden Knights, the contest was also the longest in the history of the Kings.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 of 30 shots in the win. Jonathan Quick stopped 54 of 56, but took the loss.

Game 3 is Sunday night in Los Angeles.