![]() ![]() Although the playoffs are a festering ground for chaotic figures propped up by small sample sizes, we can pretty confidently say the Oilers won’t score quite that much against the Golden Knights - even though Vegas’ PK operated at a dreadful 58.3 percent success rate against the Jets. The Oilers power play converted at a jaw-dropping 56.3 percent success rate in the first round, which is one of those figures that doesn’t quite feel real until you see it on NHL.com. This Golden Knights team is deeper than you might think, and it’ll need to attack in waves to overpower the Oilers. The Golden Knights have also received significant contributions all year from secondary sources, namely Michael Amadio, Keegan Kolesar, William Carrier and Nic Hague. ![]() Whereas many of the Oilers’ secondary players are more dependent on McDavid and/or Draisaitl for their offense, the Golden Knights’ forward group is stacked with capable play-drivers: Eichel, Stone, Stephenson, Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith, not to mention top defensemen Shea Theodore, Alex Pietrangelo and Brayden McNabb. ![]() Vegas doesn’t have a McDavid, but it has a lot of really, really good players. ![]()
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