Dan is right, the idea is to score goals. The idea is also to keep the other team from scoring, and the defenseman has been a key reason Vegas has been so successful in doing just that. Since the start of the previous round, the Golden Knights have allowed 2.10 goals per game, the best of the four teams in the conference finals. Pietrangelo leads all Vegas defensemen in time on ice per game with 23:33, more than three minutes more than his next closest teammate (Shea Theodore, 20:07), and is second in points among Vegas defensemen with nine points (one goal, eight assists), one fewer than Theodore. Perhaps most importantly, his Stanley Cup-winning pedigree (St. Louis, 2019) has given the Golden Knights the veteran and championship leadership it has relied on this postseason. -- Bill Price, Editor-in-Chief