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Vegas Golden Knights: Three studs who stole the show against Oilers

By Andrew Steele-Davis

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 26: Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes an inflatable doughnut, signifying a shutout win, from the Golden Knights mascot Chance the Golden Gila Monster after the team's 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at T-Mobile Arena on February 26, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleury recorded his 61st career shutout tying Turk Broda for 17th all-time. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 26: Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes an inflatable doughnut, signifying a shutout win, from the Golden Knights mascot Chance the Golden Gila Monster after the team's 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at T-Mobile Arena on February 26, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleury recorded his 61st career shutout tying Turk Broda for 17th all-time. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 26: Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes an inflatable doughnut, signifying a shutout win, from the Golden Knights mascot Chance the Golden Gila Monster after the team’s 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at T-Mobile Arena on February 26, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleury recorded his 61st career shutout tying Turk Broda for 17th all-time. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 26: Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes an inflatable doughnut, signifying a shutout win, from the Golden Knights mascot Chance the Golden Gila Monster after the team’s 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at T-Mobile Arena on February 26, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleury recorded his 61st career shutout tying Turk Broda for 17th all-time. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

It was a huge win on Wednesday for the Vegas Golden Knights who shutout the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 at T-Mobile Arena.

Marc-Andre Fleury was the star of the show for the Vegas Golden Knights as he stopped all 29 shots fired at him, recording the 61st shutout of his career in the process.

And the Knights needed Fleury at the top of his game given that the Oilers had absolutely dominated the first period.

They outshot the Golden Knights 12-9 in the opening 20-minutes of play, while maintaining 3:23 minutes of possession in the offensive zone.

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But Fleury absolutely stood on his head and he pulled off some stellar stops, including a stunning pad stop to absolutely rob Leon Draisaitl.

Fleury’s heroics gave the Knights the platform to try and get the job done in the offensive zone, a mission they accomplished.

Max Pacioretty ripped home his 30th goal of the year in the first period, before Nick Cousins marked his Golden Knights debut by lighting the lamp in the third period.

And the game was iced midway through the final frame when Shea Theodore hammered home a laser of a shot from the point.

This was a real statement win for the Golden Knights who are now riding a seven-game winning streak, and if they win on Friday against the Buffalo Sabres they would tie the franchise record for the longest win streak that was set between Dec. 14, 2017 to Jan. 2, 2018.

A number of players stepped up to the plate for the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, and we picked out the three studs who really caught the eye and delivered the goods.

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