Winning Play: Vegas goes high, San Jose goes low

It’s no surprise that the Vegas Golden Knights would try to take away the fulcrum of the San Jose Sharks’ offense, the point shot.

"They play our defensemen high," Peter DeBoer acknowledged after San Jose toppled Vegas 4-3 in overtime.

With Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson leading the way, no other squad, save the New York Islanders, features defensemen taking a higher percentage of the team’s overall shot attempts at 5-on-5:

Meanwhile, in their four head-to-head contests this season, Sharks defensemen have been limited by the Golden Knights to just 30.