LAS VEGAS -- Thanks to Monday night's 4-1 victory over Colorado, it's finally okay to use the "P" word around Vegas Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant.
That's "P" as in playoffs, a word that Gallant had banned from being used during the season as he stressed that the expansion Golden Knights stick to the old one-game-at-a-time mantra and not get caught looking ahead, even when Vegas had a 12-point lead in the Pacific Division.
With an "x" placed by their names in the standings emblematic of having officially clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Golden Knights (48-21-7) will try to finish their historic regular-season on a strong note starting with Wednesday night's game against the resurgent Arizona Coyotes (26-39-11) at T-Mobile Arena.