The first season Las Vegas Golden Knights at the NHL was enviable, winning the Western Conference in its first year in the league, reaching the final of the Stanley Cup. The second year of the franchise, not so successful, but still, the group found a way to classify the postseason as a third seed in the Pacific Division. Now, in its third season, the team is again relevant, thanks to an explosive attack in the second half of the regular season and whose main protagonist is its ... Defense.In mid-January 2020, Peter DeBoer took over the Golden Knights and in 21 games, his goal has been to increase the production of his defensive unit. This aspect is reflected in that, since its arrival, the "guardians" of the blue line averages 2.4 points per game, for a total of 50 points. Shea Theodore, leader among the defenders for Las Vegas with 45 goals, has accumulated 17 since the arrival of his new coach, on January 16. Other highlighted plater in that period are Nate Schmidt (12) and, Alec Martínez with seven points in nine matches.DeBoer, with recent experience in the postseason, thanks to its titles the Eastern Conference in 2012 with the New Jersey Devils and later in the West, with the San Jose Sharks in 2016, has managed to turn its defense into notable collaborators, with a total of 35 assists since his arrival. Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone, leaders of the franchise in points with 66 and 63 respectively, have remarkably benefited from the recent contribution, totaling 17 goals after the change of coach and since then, a total of 21 different players, have achieved mark at least one time.Going back in time, specifically at the time of his first press conference as a Golden Knights coach, DeBoer said. "I'm excited, this is my type of team, made up of my favorite type of players." With such a notion, the strategist has a 14-5-2 mark after his arrival at his new team, whose production stands out by 73 goals, the sixth highest amount in the entire league, since January 16, 2020.The scoring pace was evidenced once again in the 5-3 victory of Las Vegas over the Calgary Flames, with which the team recovered from a 4-0 loss against Winnipeg, last Friday. "It was a very important triumph and I really think we deserved it. There were some moments when we found greater resistance, but I think we played very well, we took every opportunity, without panicking, especially in the third period, in which we could handle emotions well and get a goal, right after they tied. " Coach DeBoer said.Throughout the season, the Golden Knights have been one of the best teams in the league, at the time of maintaining the advantage, and the team is 26-6-2 when it manages to score the first goal of the game, with 13 of those wins as a visitor. On many occasions, the strategist DeBoer has stressed the ability of his group to make adjustments. "They are smart and know how to denote when we don't do things right, sometimes we just need a little warning and then we turn the page for the next night's game."