Folks from other fan-bases are well within their rights to begin the eye-rolling at this juncture as these are hardly even slumps and VGK nation has not been through much pain in its brief infancy.

It's a weird feeling. Waking up in Vegas and realizing the hockey team lost last night. Even stranger is coming upon the realization the club has lost two in a row which has only happened five times all season. Three in a row? That's only occurred twice in franchise history and frankly no one is interested in going there again.

But who needs to get used to losing? No fun in that, we say.

Veteran Golden Knights winger David Perron says two straight losses is one thing but anything beyond begins to feel too much like a habit.

Video: David Perron speaks to media after practice

"You don't like to lose any games but it happens during a season," said Perron, after Thursday's practice in preparation for Friday's game against the Ottawa Senators. "You don't want it to get to three games. It feels like a slump or something. We want to get back to our game."

The final score is one thing, however, Vegas had chances in both games against they dropped against the Kings this week.

They led 2-0 in the third period on Monday night before losing in OT. Tuesday night's game featured a mixture of oddities which combined to create a 4-1 loss but the Golden Knights outshot the Kings 42-30. Puck luck, goaltending and officiating are all factors on a nightly basis in the NHL.

"We played well in the first LA game. The second game - we made some uncharacteristic mistakes. We can clean those things up," said Perron.

Vegas is first in the Pacific Division and second in the Western Conference with a 41-17-5 mark-. The Senators are out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture at the moment with a 21-31-10 record.

Notes from today:

Head coach Gerard Gallant had some injury updates after Thursday's practice. Gallant said forward Oscar Lindberg and defenseman Luca Sbisa would be unavailable for Friday's game. He listed defenseman Nate Schmidt as day-to-day and forward James Neal as questionable for Friday.

Gallant said defenseman Shea Theodore would return to the lineup against Ottawa on Friday. He had missed the last six games.

Veteran center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare skated with the team in a red non-contact jersey on Thursday.

Golden Knights prospect Nicolas Hague becomes the first OHL defenseman to score 30 goals in a season since Kitchener's Allan Rourke scored 31 in 1999-2000. Hague was selected 34th overall in the second round by Vegas in the 2017 NHL draft and has 30 goals and 66 points in 59 games with the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL.

Minnesota Wild center Eric Staal, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin and Vegas Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the month of February.

Smith ranked fourth in the NHL with 8-12-20 in 14 games as the Golden Knights (41-17-5, 87 points) went 8-5-1 in February to maintain first place in the Pacific Division. He picked up at least one point in 12 of his 14 appearances, including a seven-game run Feb. 4-17 (5-7-12). Smith also posted six multi-point outings, highlighted by three-point performances Feb. 17 vs. MTL (2-1-3) and Feb. 23 vs. VAN (0-3-3). His +32 rating