Maybe that’s what they were lacking. An identity on and off the ice. Bruce Cassidy was fired as the Vegas Golden Knights coach on March 29 and replaced with John Tortorella. At the time, the team was closer to a wild-card playoff spot than it would have preferred. Then everything changed. The Knights went on to capture a Pacific Division crown and sit one victory from a spot in the Western Conference Final. They can clinch by beating the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of a best-of-seven series on Thursday at Honda Center. What was altered under Tortorella, according to players, was simple: He gave them a reason to believe, and they responded with a 7-0-1 mark under him down the stretch of a regular season. But things were different on the ice as well. How they played. How they succeeded. How they manufactured such a run. Having a plan “I think this is a straight-ahead team that can play in different ways,” Tortorella said. “It can play underneath the hash mark. It can score off the rush. It defends well.…