Shea Theodore came to the rescue again after the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Edmonton Oilers in a colossal Pacific Division showdown on Monday.
Just a day removed from recording the go-ahead goal in a win over the Calgary Flames, Theodore potted the game-winner in overtime for the Vegas Golden Knights against the Oilers.
Both wins were huge and, as a result, the Golden Knights extended their lead at the top of the Pacific Division to three points with 11 games to go.
The Knights were handed a sizeable boost prior to faceoff at Rogers Place after Oilers superstar Connor McDavid was ruled out because of illness.
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However, despite missing their face of the franchise, Edmonton still landed the first blow of the night after Alex Chiasson set up a screen in-front of Marc-Andre Fleury before redirecting a shot into the net.
Vegas did hit back, though, and it was a tied game at the end of the first period thanks to Nicolas Roy, who deflected a Nate Schmidt slap-shot past Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen.
Both goalies did their bit in the second period to prevent the other team from lighting the lamp, although Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stuck early in the third period to break the tie.
There was still a twist in the tail, however, and the Golden Knights made it a tied game once more after Jonathan Marchessault went top-shelf with a deadly snipe.
Then with 2:13 played in overtime, Marchessault executed the play of the game to shutdown Ethan Bear and strip the puck from the defenseman before dishing a pass to Shea Theodore, who unleashed an absolute bomb past Koskinen for the game winner.
It was a huge and potentially season-defining win for the Vegas Golden Knights, and we had some takeaways from the game…