Three takeaways

Where’s Oscar? Oscar Lindberg was one of several Knights players invigorated by the lineup changes Gerard Gallant made ahead of Saturday’s game as he scored a goal and played one of his best games of the season. The momentum couldn’t carry over. Lindberg was the only Knight skater not to record a shot on goal Monday night and his blocked shot and one faceoff win were the only dents he made in the boxscore in a game where his 13 shifts and 11:52 of ice time were barely noticeable. Shoot your shot. Jonathan Marchessault had a game-high seven shots on goal for the Knights, extending his streak of consecutive games with at least one to 111. It’s currently the fifth longest streak in the NHL, though he would have a long way to go to catch the leader. Carolina’s Dougie Hamilton’s streak currently stands at 224, nearly

100 ahead of Colorado’s Nathan Mackinnon and New Jersey’s Taylor Hall, who are both at 128.

Dominate the circle. If the

Knights did want to look for a silver lining from Monday’s loss, they could look to the faceoff column on the stat sheet. Vegas won 31 of 45 faceoffs on the night, good for 69 percent. Through two periods, they had won an astonishing 24 of 30. William Karlsson won 13 of the 16 he took and Paul Stastny won six of seven. The Knights entered the game 18th in the league at 49.6 percent. Adam Hill