Vegas Golden Knights: Theodore makes history, other takeaways from huge Oilers win

3. Golden Knights flex their muscles

While they aren’t quite a Picasso work of art just yet, the Vegas Golden Knights have begun to show signs that they are truly ready to dominate.

With the way this roster has been constructed since day one, it was only going to be a matter of time until the Golden Knights started to live up to their lofty potential.

And we saw enough signs in this heavyweight clash that the Knights are ready to really start dominating the competition now.

Granted, while they still need to iron certain kinks out of their game including their wretched penalty kill and a penchant for starting games slow, Vegas absolutely dominated the Edmonton Oilers.

Yes, the Oilers were without superstar forward Connor McDavid (illness), but they still had enough weapons out on the ice to really cause the Golden Knights a few problems.

However, the Knights absolutely obliterated the Oilers in a number of areas and they perhaps should have had the game wrapped up before it even got to overtime.

For instance, the Golden Knights finished with a 56.9% Corsi, a 63.64% shot share and a 66.54% expected goals share, while they outshot the Oilers 48-24.

In other words, this was a pretty complete game by the Vegas Golden Knights who are beginning to really flex their muscles and prove that they will be one of the hottest teams to watch in the postseason.