Two key factors that caused the Flyers to snap the Golden Knights' seven-game winning streak

The Vegas Golden Knights saw their seven-game winning streak end against the Philadelphia Flyers end in the most precarious way possible. No, it wasn't just because of netminding, although Adin Hill wasn't at his best.

You could say that the five-on-five attack on Monday was absolutely abysmal. You don't see Samuel Ersson stop 24 of 25 shots on a regular night. That's exactly what happened as the Flyers won, 2-1. So... what actually happened that caused the Golden Knights to end their seven-game losing streak?

It was a combination of a bad power play and two fatal giveaways. The culprit involved? Travis Konecny.

The Flyers forward got ahold of two bad giveaways—one being shorthanded—and singlehandly ended Vegas's seven-game winning streak.

On the other hand, the Golden Knights went one-for-seven on the power play. Normally, a strong point for Vegas (fourth in the NHL with a percentage of 27.1%), the unit was plagued by too many passes and one costly turnover (more on that in a bit).

So, let's dive into these two problems. Here are two moments that led to the Golden Knights having their seven-game winning streak snapped. WARNING: this might rough for your eyes, so proceed with caution.

Travis Konecny pounces on two bad giveaways to score two breakaway goals

As mentioned, Travis Konecny singlehandly won the game for the Flyers on Monday. Both goals came on breakaways that left Adin Hill in a rough position. The first one? Came at even strength off a bad pass intended for Kaedan Korczak.

Ouch, that's painful. Almost makes you want to bleach your eyes.

But the second goal was even more painful. This time, it came on the Golden Knights' power play that was from... you guessed it, a bad turnover.

This time, it was Jack Eichel who had an errant backhand pass that led to the Flyers forward pouncing on a pass. It turns out that the shorthanded goal was the game-winner, ending the seven-game winning streak for Vegas. Break out the extra bleach for this one.

It has been mentioned numerous times how turnovers can cost you games. Whenever you try to get too fancy, that leads to opponents jumping on your mistakes and beating you. That was the case on Monday night, where Philadelphia's star forward grabbed ahold of two bad passes and won the game.

The Vegas Golden Knights' power play was barely effective

On a rare night where Vegas was given seven power plays, the Golden Knights only cashed in on one (percentage of 14.3). The ineffective power play even saw the Flyers score on the aforementioned Konecny shorthanded goal, effectively ending Vegas's winning streak.

According to SinBin.Vegas, this was the first game where Vegas lost when they had seven or more power plays. The lackluster unit was for a couple of reasons, starting with too many passes. You can point to Eichel's errant pass that led to the Konecny goal as a perfect example.

But it was also eight power play shots that didn't do the job. Being selective about your shooting didn't work on Monday, leaving the Golden Knights short of extending their winning streak to eight games.

When you combine bad turnovers with too many passes, that's a bad recipe for a power play. That's especially true when you spend nearly a quarter of the game on the man advantage, keeping Philadelphia on its toes. Going back to the old school is something that Vegas can't do again, especially if they expect a deep Stanley Cup run.