The Vegas Golden Knights are in danger of missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in their five-year existence.
Vegas enters Tuesday four points back of the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators in the Western Conference wild-card race. The Golden Knights are also three points adrift of the Los Angeles Kings for third place in the Pacific Division.
The gap between Vegas and the teams in front of it could have been smaller if it beat the New Jersey Devils on Monday night. Instead, Vegas went home questioning what went wrong, and it allowed the Vancouver Canucks to sneak back into the discussion in both playoff races.