Vegas Golden Knights: Theodore delivers more heroics in OT

Notes & Stats

This was the Vegas Golden Knights Lineup to start the game…

Marchessault-Stastny-Smith
Pacioretty-Karlsson-Roy
Carrier-Cousins-Pirri
Merrill-Nosek-Reaves

McNabb-Schmidt
Martinez-Theodore
Holden-Whitecloud

Fleury

Here are some key stats from the game:

• SOG – VGK: 48 – EDM: 24
• FO% – VGK: 46% – EDM: 54%
• PP – VGK: 1/2 – EDM: 0/0
• PIM – VGK: 0 – EDM: 4
• HITS – VGK: 37 – EDM: 46
• BLKS – VGK: 15 – EDM: 17
• GVA – VGK: 14 – EDM: 16

Here was the Official Scoring Summary from the Game:

Alex Chiasson (11) – Neal (12), Klefbom (29) – 9:00 / 1st

Nicolas Roy (5) – PPG – Schmidt (24), Martinez (13) – 16:58 / 1st

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (22) – Yamamoto (14) – 6:46 / 3rd

Jonathan Marchessault (22) – Smith (27) – 11:57 / 3rd

Shea Theodore (13) – Marchessault (25) – 2:13 / OT

Let’s go over some notes from the game:

• The Vegas Golden Knights are now 39-24-8 on the year and 2-1-0 on the road trip after beating the Edmonton Oilers.
• After this signifiant win, the Golden Knights now hold a three-point lead at the top of the Pacific Division, although the Oilers have a game-in hand with the two teams set to meet one final time at the end of the month.
• This was a huge, huge, huge win for the Vegas Golden Knights who are now 11-2-0 in their last 13 outings and 15-5-2 record under Head Coach Peter DeBoer.
• Although a lost wouldn’t have been the end of the world, a win would have filled that locker room with confidence and they now have their own destiny in their hands when it comes to wrapping up the Pacific.
• What makes the win even more impressive was the fact that this was the second game of a back-to-back, and the Golden Knights managed to wipe out two of their main rivals in the Pacific on consecutive nights.
• Timing is everything in both life and in sports and the Golden Knights are really starting to hit the peak of their powers at just the right time.
• Marc-Andre Fleury got the start and he was big, stopping 22 of 24 shots and the goalie is now 27-16-5 this year with a 2.77 Goals Against Average and a .905 Save Percentage.
• We did something on this yesterday and will do so again this week, but what a year Shea Theodore is having. After scoring the go-ahead goal against the Calgary Flames on Sunday, the defenseman was at it again after hitting the game-winner in overtime against the Oilers.
• And, in recording the game-winner, Theodore joined some illustrious company, becoming only the 11th defenseman in the NHL over the last 21 years to score a game-winner in consecutive days.
• What a night for Jonathan Marchessault. After going through a slump, the forward really delivered for his team when they needed him most. Marchessault made it a tied game with an absolute snipe, before doing a stellar job of shutting down Ethan Bear and then dishing the puck to Shea Theodore for the game-winner in overtime. With Mark Stone out, the Golden Knights need others to step up to the plate and Marchessault is certainly doing that.
• Reilly Smith is also having quite the year and the forward is now third on the team in points with 54 after tallying his 27th assist of the year on Monday.
• Another player on a tear right now is Nicolas Roy, who is making the most of an extended role on this team. The forward got to the front of the net to redirect a Nate Schmidt shot past Mikko Koskinen for his 5th goal of the year.
• Nate Schmidt tallied his 24th assist and 31st point of the year, while Alec Martinez recorded a point for the second consecutive game.
• The Golden Knights outshot the Oilers by a whopping total of 48-24, although they lost the faceoff battle 46%-54%.
• They went 1-for-2 on the power play and Vegas is currently ranked 8th on the man advantage in the NHL (22.0).
• Shea Theodore, who just had another monster night, led all Golden Knight skaters in total ice time with 24:15 minutes.
• The Official Three Stars of the Game were: 1. Mikko Koskinen 2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 3. Shea Theodore.

Looking Ahead

The Vegas Golden Knights are 2-1-0 on this road trip, which continues on Thursday against the surging Minnesota Wild.

The Knights will then finish the road trip against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, before returning home to take on the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.