The San Jose Sharks might have a Mark Stone-sized problem on their hands when the Las Vegas Golden Knights come to town for the first-round playoffs series between the budding rivals. Though the Knights experienced their fare share of ups and downs during the March home stretch, one thing remained mostly constant: their offense.
Since Christmas, the Golden Knights’ 5-on-5 offense has taken the third-highest rate of shots in the league, the third-highest rate of unblocked shots and led the league in the rate of expected goals generated. During that time, the I-still-can’t-believe-the-league-let-an-expansion-team-do-this Knights’ expected shooting percentage on unblocked shots also paced the 31-team National Hockey League (NHL) (Corsica).