Vegas Golden Knights: Marchessault loss, other takeaways from CBJ loss

3. Inconsistency strikes again

As has been the case all year, the Vegas Golden Knights are really suffering from a severe lack of consistency right now.

After winning four straight games for only the second time this season, the Knights have now dropped three straight with the loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

It has been a frustrating trend for the Golden Knights who seem to take five steps forward, only to then take 10 steps back.

And, given that they find themselves in a ultra-competitive Pacific Division this year, the Knights can’t afford to keep undoing their good work.

It is also fair to suggest that the loss to the Blue Jackets on Saturday was arguably the most frustrating of the three losses they dropped to finish this long homestand.

They couldn’t breach Elvis Merzlikins in the Columbus goal, with the netminder making 27 saves to secure his first career shutout in the NHL.

Marc-Andre Fleury produced arguably his best outing in a while but that was wasted by a futile offense that wasn’t able to strike against the sixth best defense in the NHL when it comes to Goals Against Per Game (2.65).

There was also a worrying lack of effort and hustle from the Vegas Golden Knights, who were just outfought and outclassed.

They now hit the road for an eight-game swing and, if there’s one thing we know for sure, it is that the Golden Knights must add some consistency to their game or they could find themselves in a real hole.