Golden Knights' Neal making history with blistering start

James Neal couldn't draw up a better start to his season if he tried.

The 30-year-old helped propel the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0-0 record on the back of five goals in the first week of the season, and in the process, achieved feats that only a select few have managed with new teams.

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With his five goals, he joins Real Cloutier of the Quebec Nordiques as the only players in the expansion era to score five or more goals in an expansion team's first three games.

Neal became just the second player to score the game-winner in his team's first three games of a season after Brian Propp of the Philadelphia Flyers did it in 1982.

Finally, Neal is just the fourth player in the expansion era to score in the first three games of his team's inaugural season, joining Billy Harris, Larry Keenan, and Kent Douglas.

Look out, David Copperfield: There's a new magician in town.