CREDIT: ANDREW STEPHENSON OF SHAKE MEDIA AND THE LONDON KNIGHTS
Though the London Knights lost a number of their key players with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) trade deadline, there's still time for them to prove how successful of a team they can be.

The London Knights lost their entire first line at the 2018 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) trade deadline, and more.

But they're still finding themselves in the win column more often than not.

Without Cliff Pu, Max Jones, Robert Thomas and Sam Miletic, the Knights have won three games in a row.

Three games in six days to be more specific.

The streak improves London to 25-17-3, good enough for seventh place in the OHL.

That's pretty good for a team that lost nine of their first ten games to start the season.

And it was the young guns who got the job done during game one of the streak.

Rookie Connor McMichael scored the game winning goal as London beat a tough Kitchener Rangers team on Jan. 14, 2-1.

McMichael was acquired from Hamilton in the Robert Thomas trade.

The 17-year-old is in his first year in the league, after being drafted in the first round by the Bulldogs at the 2017 Priority Selection.

Lucas Rowe also scored in the win; it was the rookie's first OHL goal.

Four days later, the Knights found a way to get the job done again, this time against the Windsor Spitfires.

The scoring was spread out this time, as 11 players picked up at least a point in a 5-2 win at the WFCU Centre.

Alex Formenton scored the winner for London, and tallied an assist to go with it.

Evan Bouchard registered two assists in the win.

Joseph Raaymakers was fantastic between the pipes in both Ws for the Knights, making a combined 53 saves on 56 shots.

It was much of the same for London less than 24 hours after taking down the Spitfires.

In front of a capacity crowd at Budweiser Gardens, Formenton and Bouchard ran the show in a 3-2 overtime win against the Niagara Ice Dogs.

Formenton scored his second straight game winner, while Bouchard scooped another two assists.

With that, Bouchard moved to first place in the OHL in percentage of team assists by a player with 16.7 per cent.

He's catapulted to 12th place in league scoring, with an astounding 54 points in 45 games.

He's almost a lock to be a firstround pick at the NHL Draft next year.

Again, Raaymakers was fantastic, making 31 saves in the contest.

The win against Niagara on Jan. 19 was the start of a five-game home stand for the Knights, their longest of the season.

They welcome Kitchener, Owen Sound, Guelph and Barrie between now and Feb. 2.

There may be a lot of fresh faces donning the green and gold these days, but the important thing is that the Knights are staying in the win column.

Veterans Alex Formenton and Evan Bouchard are stepping into bigger roles with the team, while the young players are chipping in as well.

They remain a team that no one wants to play in the first round.