Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt hurts more if it goes by you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The phrase, which was apparently started by Vegas assistant coach John Stevens, refers to the pain suffered by blocking a shot compared to the anguish felt when a puck sails by the defender and into the net.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it started as a joke, but I don\u2019t think anybody takes it as a joke,\u201d Golden Knights defenseman Dylan Coghlan said following Friday\u2019s 3-1 win. \u201cIt\u2019s true. If it goes by you and it\u2019s in the net, then it\u2019s not a great feeling. Rather than taking it to a soft spot, and it stinging a little bit. We\u2019re willing to do whatever, and it\u2019s shown.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vegas has blocked 39 shots in the two wins against Colorado to begin this series. It has blocked 242 shots in the postseason. Not only are the Golden Knights\u2019 defenders stifling the Avalanche\u2019s high-volume shooting offense by eating puck after puck, but their willingness to get into shooting lanes could be creeping into the heads of Colorado\u2019s shooters, causing them to fire more shots wide of the net.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re shooting it from that area every chance you get, if they block some, they block some, but some of the chances, like some of our best chances, we just simply miss it,\u201d Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. \u201cWe\u2019re in, we\u2019re one timing shots, we\u2019re walking into good areas, and you\u2019re trying to score, so you\u2019re looking at the net, picking a corner, but it\u2019s the last little bit of execution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through two games, the Avalanche have converted 144 shot attempts into only 68 shots on goal (47.2 percent). That\u2019s nothing new for this Golden Knights\u2019 defense in the playoffs. In the second round, the Anaheim Ducks converted 406 attempts into only 186 shots on goal (45.8 percent). In the first round, the Utah Mammoth turned 379 attempts into only 167 shots on goal (44.1 percent).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been huge, especially against a team like them with a lot of shot volume,\u201d defenseman Noah Hanifin said. \u201cThey shoot from the points, and it can be tough to do that and get into lanes. It\u2019s a lot of hard work, and a lot of grit by our guys up front.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanifin led all Golden Knights with three blocks on Friday, the first of which was one of the biggest plays of the game. Less than three minutes into the first period, Colorado\u2019s Nathan MacKinnon curled beneath the Vegas goal line and fed a pass to Gabriel Landeskog right in front of the net. Hanifin charged Landeskog, and dropped to one knee as he fired a one-timer toward the net. The puck ricocheted off Hanifin\u2019s shin pad and harmlessly wide.<\/p>\n
It was early, but the block was so pivotal that it lingered in the minds of both sides until well after the game. Multiple players and Bednar mentioned it after.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took some good shots and got them blocked,\u201d Bednar said. \u201cThey had a breakdown in the first period off our forecheck. We get it to Landeskog right in the middle of the ice, he\u2019s walking in, and the D comes in and blocks it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew that they were going to try to fire a lot of pucks tonight from all angles and we got a lot of big blocks there,\u201d said Vegas goaltender Carter Hart. \u201cWe set the tone early. There was a huge block early in the game \u2026 I think it was Hanny but I\u2019m not 100 percent. The willingness to block shots and the willingness to sacrifice for the better of the team is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vegas\u2019 commitment to blocking shots has skyrocketed in the playoffs. In the regular season, the Golden Knights ranked 19th in the NHL with 14.10 blocks per 60 minutes. In the postseason, they rank fourth with an average of 16.34.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a willingness to put your body on the line,\u201d Coghlan said. \u201cEverybody in here, or more than half of the group has done it before, and won (the Stanley Cup) together. They know what it takes. For guys like myself, and other people who haven\u2019t won yet, they\u2019re leading by example.\u201d<\/p>\n
The emphasis could be attributed to John Tortorella, even if he refuses to take credit for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, Torts is a pretty motivational guy, and you\u2019ll run your head through a wall for him,\u201d Coghlan said. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those things you have to do, and I think Johnny (Stevens) said it a few times, \u2018It hurts more if it goes by you.\u2019 So just have that mentality, and try to do everything you can.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a phrase often uttered on the Vegas bench during this postseason. Coghlan isn\u2019t the first player to bring it up after a game. Pavel Dorofeyev blocked a blistering slap shot early in Game 5 of the second-round series against Anaheim that left him hobbling to the dressing room for treatment. He returned to score the overtime winner that night, then said, \u201cI just blocked a shot. It\u2019s kind of a s\u2014 part of my job, but it hurts more when I miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023, their team motto was \u201cIt hurts to win.\u201d The players wore T-shirts with the phrase during that postseason. This new motto could be this year\u2019s version.<\/p>\n
The courage to get in front of a shot is only part of the equation. If it were that easy, every team would block nearly every shot. There\u2019s a skill to anticipating where the shots will come from and getting into those shooting lanes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMinney was blocking shots as well, but I think Vegas is doing it a little bit more,\u201d Colorado defenseman Josh Manson said ahead of Game 2. \u201cThe way they slide in lanes, the way they hold their defensemen off the post at the net front to step up in front of shots, the way they kind of smother half of the ice in the D-zone, it\u2019s almost like they line up as many bodies as they can as the shot comes through.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fortress of bodies the Golden Knights build around their net has led to more shots going wide. It\u2019s a trend that has carried across all three of their playoff series. The Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Ducks were plagued by misses on many of their most dangerous chances, and the Avalanche have suffered a similar fate through two games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think back on some big moments, four-on-four, we\u2019re in the zone for a minute-plus, we get MacKinnon from the slot, we miss the net,\u201d Bednar recalled. \u201cWe get (Devon Toews) from the slot, we miss the net, we get Nichushkin coming downhill, we miss the net. We\u2019re going to have to force them to make some difficult saves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hart is playing his own role in that dynamic. The 27-year-old netminder was outstanding again Friday, stopping 29 of the 30 shots he faced. He has been excellent for nine straight games for Vegas, and that could be another reason players are trying for perfect shots near the corners of the net, leading to misses.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a wall back there,\u201d Coghlan said of Hart. \u201cI think we\u2019re trying to do whatever we can to make it simple for him, and obviously, there are going to be breakdowns and little mistakes that lead to chances, but he\u2019s being a difference maker right now, and we appreciate him.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the Avalanche are going to overcome a 2-0 deficit after losing both games at home, which no team has done since 1982, they\u2019ll need to find a way around the blocks, and around Hart, to find the offense that has fueled them to this point.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Golden Knights will need to maintain their desperation as they head home controlling the series. Tortorella isn\u2019t worried about his players getting ahead of themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won\u2019t,\u201d he said defiantly. \u201cI guarantee you. We won\u2019t. I don\u2019t have to say anything to them. They just understand the situation. I\u2019m not sure where the series goes. I\u2019m not sure where Game 3 goes, but I know I\u2019m not going to have to worry about that, because they get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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