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Vegas Golden Knights: Main takeaways from win over LA Kings

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 13: Adrian Kempe #9 of the Los Angeles Kings races for the puck against William Carrier #28 and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of the game at STAPLES Center on October 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 13: Adrian Kempe #9 of the Los Angeles Kings races for the puck against William Carrier #28 and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of the game at STAPLES Center on October 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 13: Jonathan Marchessault #81,Valentin Zykov #7 and Paul Stastny #26 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate Stastnys second second-period goal during the game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on October 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 13: Jonathan Marchessault #81,Valentin Zykov #7 and Paul Stastny #26 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate Stastnys second second-period goal during the game against the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on October 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) /

2. Deadly Power Play reigns supreme

If you are a good hockey team then you live and die by your special teams and the Vegas Golden Knights are living right now.

While their penalty kill is ranked first in the NHL currently (95.5), and it went 3-for-3 last night, it was the power play that grabbed all the headlines.

And rightly so.

Vegas’ PP went a perfect 3-for-3 with Max Pacioretty roofing a shot over Jonathan Quick in the first period, and the man advantage really cranked up a gear in the second period.

Paul Stastny potted his second goal of the year after tipping a sublime Pacioretty dish through Quick’s five-hole, and he was at it again soon after.

With the power play buzzing by this point, rookie defenseman Nic Hague delivered a delicious feed to Jonathan Marchessault who then fed Stastny and the veteran center was able to one-time the puck past Quick in the slot.

LA could not live with the Golden Knights’ power play and it is currently clicking at a 30.0 percent success rate, good enough to be ranked 7th in the NHL.

There is no doubt that rookie phenom Cody Glass has added a different dimension to the power play with his ability to make plays and read the open ice, and it has the potential to get even better once Alex Tuch gets off the IR.

That is a scary thought for the rest of the NHL.

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