{"id":116137,"date":"2024-05-02T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=116137"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:50:14","slug":"golden-knights-suffer-from-wont-of-a-few-goals-tchieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/golden-knights-suffer-from-wont-of-a-few-goals-tchieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights Suffer From Wont of a Few Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"essb_displayed_top_621107842\" class=\"essb_links essb_counters essb_displayed_top essb_share essb_template_metro-bold-retina essb_621107842 essb_width_flex essb_network_align_center essb_responsive_adaptive print-no\" data-essb-postid=\"7870\" data-essb-position=\"top\" data-essb-button-style=\"button\" data-essb-template=\"metro-bold-retina\" data-essb-counter-pos=\"hidden\" data-essb-url=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2024\/05\/02\/golden-knights-scoring-down-jack-eichel-william-karlsson-chandler-stephenson\/\" data-essb-fullurl=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2024\/05\/02\/golden-knights-scoring-down-jack-eichel-william-karlsson-chandler-stephenson\/\" data-essb-instance=\"621107842\">\n<p>The Vegas Golden Knights have no answers and too many questions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116138\" src=\"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/snapedit_1714664603688.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The defending Stanley Cup champions shook up the lines for Game 4, switched from Logan Thompson to\u00a0Adin Hill\u00a0in net, and still lost for the third consecutive time to the Dallas Stars in their opening round play. Down 3-2 in a best-of-seven series, the Golden Knights now stand on the brink of elimination.<\/p>\n<p>Game 6 is scheduled for Friday (7 p.m., PT) in Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Vegas problem is easily defined: the team is not scoring enough five-on-five. It has been able to score more than two five-on-five goals in any of the first five games. Only Jack Eichel (three goals, seven points) has been able to consistently generate offense.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness to the Golden Knights, they are playing a strong Dallas team that ranked eighth in the NHL in goals surrendered in the regular season.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORING DOWN<\/h3>\n<p>But when the Golden Knights were successful last year, they were averaging four goals per game. It didn\u2019t matter who they were playing. In this series, they are averaging 2.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just finishing, right?\u201d Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. \u201cYou run into goalies who are playing well. If you look at this series, it\u2019s been a well-goaltended series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s noteworthy in a series this tight.\u00a0 Last year, the Golden Knights found those extra goals. They haven\u2019t found them this year.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Kelly McCrimmon traded for Tomas Hertl with the idea that he would give the team another proven scorer. He doesn\u2019t have a point in the last four games in this series. Mark Stone has two power play goals, but has no points at even strength. He\u2019s minus-5 in the series.<\/p>\n<p>William Karlsson, playing injured, doesn\u2019t have any points. He scored 11 goals last season during the Golden Knights\u2019 championship run.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler Stephenson had 20 points last season when the Golden Knights captured the franchise\u2019s first Stanley Cup. He has one assist in the first five games of this series.<\/p>\n<h3>MCNABB CONTRIBUTING<\/h3>\n<p>The quick-strike nature of the Vegas offense hasn\u2019t been present in this series.\u00a0 \u00a0Where would Vegas be without defenseman\u00a0Brayden McNabb\u2018s five points?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5 Head Coach Bruce Cassidy after Game 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWKu0BuEGA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OWKu0BuEGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x-Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldenKnights\/status\/1785873036752691264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The series has been tight enough that even this small offensive downturn has had an impact.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not as if the Golden Knights have no hope. It\u2019s not as if they are playing disastrously. Every game could have gone either way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the defending Stanley Cup champions,\u201d Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of resolve in that room, lots of winners in that room, lot of pride in that room. We have to go home and win one game at home in the playoffs. That\u2019s something we\u2019re certainly capable of. Will it happen? Dallas will have a lot of say in that. It\u2019s not this obstacle that we can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegas Golden Knights have no answers and too many questions. 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