Vegas is rolling again in the postseason, not having lost since Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round against the Anaheim Ducks. The Golden Knights finished first in the Pacific Division with 95 points in the regular season but still carried warts, inc
There was a different kind of hope in the building this time—not the nervous kind that comes from a lopsided record, but the steady confidence that starts after the losses stop.
The Golden Knights have not lost since Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round against the Anaheim Ducks. That stretch has kept going for 25 days, even as the schedule tightened and the stakes rose.
This is the kind of run that reminds players of another era. Shea Theodore, a defenseman who was also part of the 2023 Cup-winning team, sees this version improving as the playoffs go on—much the same way the team three years ago did.
“The win streak is good,” Theodore said. “I think we’re on a roll. After looking at the video, there’s a lot we still can do better too. I mean, it’s good to get the win in Game 1, but I know if we continue to play like this, we’re going to be better.
“I think taking a look at our mistakes that ended up in our net, if we overall fix those, then we should be much cleaner moving forward.”
The contrast with the regular season is hard to ignore. Vegas finished first in the Pacific Division with 95 points, but it didn’t come without problems. One of the clearest signals was how often the team ended up in overtime. with 17 overtime losses—second most in the NHL. The Golden Knights also changed course midstream, replacing coach Bruce Cassidy on March 29 with John Tortorella.
In the postseason, though, the script has flipped. Vegas is still standing after that rougher regular-season finish, and the conversation has shifted from surviving stretches to tightening execution.
Noah Hanifin focused on the mental side of that consistency, saying the team’s buy-in—confidence regardless of the opponent—has been the difference.
“I think guys know what it takes, know their roles, and really digging in,” Hanifin said. “That’s what you need and that’s what we’re getting.”
What makes the current streak resonate is how it grew out of a season that wasn’t perfectly smooth: a regular season filled with overtime losses, a coaching change on March 29, and then a postseason that hasn’t seen a loss since Game 4 against the Anaheim Ducks.
Now the question isn’t whether the Golden Knights can keep winning. It’s how clean they can become as the run continues—especially with Theodore pointing directly to the mistakes that ended up in their net and insisting they can correct them as the playoffs move forward.
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