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because this is a team that by all rights shouldn’t be as good as they have been and is, in fact, shaming most of the league’s for giving away so many players who are having such good seasons. Call it luck or a confluence of positive circumstances or whatever else you like,The Vegas story this year has been an amazing one, but the Golden Knights have been a smashing success.

people have championed not only their powerful home ice advantage,All season, Nate Schmidt, Jon Marchessault, David Perron, Erik Haula, Colin Miller, Reilly Smith, already one of the more likable guys in the league, but also their ability to turn unsung heroes on other teams — William Karlsson,Authentic Martin Jones jersey,into legitimate scoring threats. It doesn’t hurt that Marc-Andre Fleury, is also having a whopper of a season.

you can basically write Gerard Gallant’s name in for Jack Adams right now,That none of the players on this team will get much love for individual awards a few months from now is,Authentic Brent Burns jersey, in pen. And it’s probably a toss-up between Steve Yzerman, perhaps, reflective of whatever alchemy they’ve forged together. However,Authentic Alex Pietrangelo jersey, David Poile, and George of the Year.

since Feb. 13 — look pretty bleak at 5-on-5: They’re 16th in shot attempts,Authentic Vladimir Tarasenko jersey,But anyone can lose four straight at home. Anyone can lose 6 of 10. It happens. Earlier this year, 19th in shots on goal, and 27th in expected goals. The only reason they’re even plugging along a little bit is that Fleury continues to be spectacular, the Lightning lost 5 of 7. Nashville opened the season winning just 5 of 12. But the problem for Vegas is that in terms of their “process,Authentic Carter Hutton jersey,” they’ve been trending down for a while now. Their numbers in the last 16 games — that is, by and large, and they’re still getting plenty lucky in shooting the puck.

this comes at a time when their power play remains quite good,Moreover, more high-danger chances, however, has crashed and burned, running 74.4 percent and seventh-last in the NHL. Their kill is suddenly worse than Ottawa’s, after spending the previous 55 games at 82 percent. And that’s reflected in the underlying numbers; they’re giving up more attempts, neck-and-neck with Tampa. Their PK, and to no one’s surprise when such a thing happens, running seventh in the league at 24.4 percent, etc., that’s turning into more goals in the back of their net.

and their record in that time is still 9-6-1. This is basically the definition of being a bit lucky,Again, but the thing with Vegas is that this is a slippage of quality that’s led to the worsening results. Other teams that outperformed expectations for a big chunk of the season then regressed — your Torontos and Minnesotas and Calgarys and Colorados and Floridas — were those with sub-50 percent underlying numbers that never really impressed you to watch them but won anyway thanks to a lot of shooting luck and, in the grand scheme of things this may look like a blip on the radar. It’s 16 games of playing poorly, often, adidas Brent Burns jersey,surprisingly good goaltending.

Not so with Vegas. Basically all their underlyings were well above 50 percent for a good chunk of the year and have only started to slip in the last month-plus. The reasons for this aren’t quite clear to me; have teams simply figured out their and 5-on-5 schemes? Are injuries to some key players catching up with them a bit? Could this just be “one of those things?”

Dallas,The question, or Anaheim. The Stars are sliding a bit lately as well and Colorado is coming on strong. That would be a tough out for the Golden Knights, home ice or not. It couldn’t be a surprise if they,adidas Martin Jones jersey, then, becomes what this team looks like come playoff time. They’re still all but assured to win their division — San Jose ended Saturday night six points back with an extra game played — but they’re also probably going to face the better of the two wild card teams. Right now that could be Colorado, like last year’s Blue Jackets,adidas Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, lost in the first round despite getting a lot of hype all season.

there’s still time for them to turn this around and go back to being what everyone thinks of them being.adidas Alex Pietrangelo jersey, But they’re quickly running out of track and, perhaps,In theory, answers.

Valterri Filppula scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:49 left,adidas Jake Allen jersey, and Philadelphia scored four times in the third period to beat Carolina.

Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Staal scored and Cam Ward made 23 saves for the Hurricanes,adidas Carter Hutton jersey, who have lost five of six.

Keith Kinkaid stopped 38 shots for his first shutout of the season to lead New Jersey past Los Angeles.

Nico Hischier and Miles Wood each scored for the Devils, who have won three straight and four of five. New Jersey remained in the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, Authentic Jake Allen jersey,one point behind Metropolitan Division rivals Philadelphia and Columbus,Michael Grabner, who both won later Saturday night.

Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for the Kings, who are tied with Anaheim for third in the Pacific.

Alex Killorn and the Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off a rare comeback to knock off their division rival.

Hedman answered for Tampa Bay with his 13th of the season 59 seconds later to cut into the lead heading to the third period.

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