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Players line up for the national anthem before the start of a game between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three Keys to taking Game 2 and going up 2-0

Vegas Golden Knights Vs. Blackhawks Game 2: Lineups, odds, more

Vegas Golden Knights: Takeaways from Game 1 win against Chicago

Vegas Golden Knights: Sights and sounds from Game 1 win over Hawks

Members of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate a win against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: The Good, The Bad, The Strange from Game 1 win

Reilly Smith #19 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks with teammates during the third period in Game One of the Western Conference First Round. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights put in solid effort to take Game 1 over Blackhawks

Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights scores the game-winning goal past Philipp Grubauer #31 of the Colorado Avalanche during overtime in a Western Conference Round Robin game during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Tuch’s brilliance, other takeaways from Avs win

Alex Tuch #89 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by his teammates after scoring the game-winning goal against the Colorado Avalanche during overtime in a Western Conference Round Robin game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Tuch the hero in Overtime to secure No. 1 seed

Nate Schmidt #88 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by teammates William Karlsson #71 and Jonathan Marchessault #81 of the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period against the Dallas Stars in a Western Conference Round Robin game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three Keys to taking the No.1 seed from Avs

Zach Whitecloud #2 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a goal against the St. Louis Blues during the Third period in a Western Conference Round Robin game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights lock up No.2 seed after beating the Blues

William Carrier #28 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates with teammates Tomas Nosek #92 and Ryan Reaves #75 after he scored the game winning goal in the third period as Ben Bishop #30 of the Dallas Stars reacts. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights draw first blood against Stars in round-robin games

Reilly Smith #19 of the Vegas Golden Knights skates during warm ups before the game against the Arizona Coyotes in an exhibition game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three Storylines to watch in Dallas contest

Derek Stepan #21 of the Arizona Coyotes and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights face off in the second period during an exhibition game. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Main Takeaways as hockey is back!

Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Arizona Coyotes is unable to stop a power play goal by Reilly Smith of the Vegas Golden Knights as Nick Cousins #21 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights look sharp in the Bubble as Coyotes brushed aside

Alex Pietrangelo #27 of the St. Louis Blues shoots the puck. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Predicting what might have happened on July 1

Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St. Louis Blues waits for a faceoff against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Return of Russian star makes St. Louis huge threat in West

Ryan Reaves #75 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a break during a stop in play. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights strike it right with Reaves extension

Ryan Reaves #75 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a break during a stop in play. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Grading the Ryan Reaves extension

The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate their 2-1 shootout victory over the Arizona Coyotes. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

A Vegas Golden Knights catchup with The Athletic’s Jesse Granger

William Karlsson #71 of the Vegas Golden Knights is congratulated by teammates. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Three key ingredients for postseason success

Jack Eichel #9 of the Buffalo Sabres warms up prior to action against the Toronto Maple Leafs.(Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights should look to rescue Eichel from Buffalo hell

Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Vegas Golden Knights blocks a shot by Patrick Kane #88 of the Chicago Blackhawks. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Why avoiding the Blackhawks in the Postseason is wise

Max Pacioretty #67 and Shea Theodore #27 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Rounding up nuggets from Return To Play Plan

The scoreboard shows the 3-2 final score of the Vegas Golden Knights' win over the San Jose Sharks that clinched the Pacific Division. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Regular Season is in the books, Vegas Golden Knights are Pacific Division Champions

Max Pacioretty #67 and Chandler Stephenson #20 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Main Takeaways from Bettman’s Conference

Matt Duchene #95 of the Nashville Predators skates with the puck against Shea Theodore #27 of the Vegas Golden Knights. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Sizing up potential opponents in 24-team Playoff format

Ryan Ellis #4 of the Nashville Predators knocks the puck away from Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights: Pros and cons of a 24-team Playoff format

Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

Vegas Golden Knights should adopt the Boston Bruins blueprint