Vegas Golden Knights: Three predictions for Western Conference Finals

2. Revenge of the offense

One of the Golden Knights’ biggest strengths is their stacked offense, particularly their loaded top-six forward unit.

However, that strength was somewhat nullified and stifled in the series against the Vancouver Canucks, with Vegas scoring just one goal combined in Games 5 & 6.

That obviously can’t happen again if the Golden Knights are to win the four games they need to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final.

Now, granted, the Knights did come up against an incredibly hot goalie in Thatcher Demko who stopped an incredible 90 of the 91 shots he faced in Games 5 & 6.

But, in saying that, Vegas will come up against more good goaltending when they face the Stars who have Anton Khudobin between the pipes.

Although not Ben Bishop, who is currently rated as “Unfit To Play,” Khudobin has been solid for Dallas with a 2.94 Goals Against Average and a .909 Save Percentage in 13 postseason starts.

And, if Bishop does return at some point during this series, then that just throws another challenge at the Golden Knights and their stagnant offense.

It won’t last though.

With how talented and how determined that top-six forward unit is, it is only a matter of time until they break out of their funk and we are predicting a game where they light the lamp for fun.

There is no doubt that the likes of Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty and Jonathan Marchessault would have been frustrated by laying a goose egg against the Canucks, and they will want revenge.

They will get their revenge and the Dallas Stars will be on the wrong end of it, being blown out in an ugly loss with the Golden Knights’ offense finally exploding.

When it will happen we don’t know but we predict it will happen this series and, if it happens early, then that could be the major difference between the two teams.