The Vegas Golden Knights have another chance to close out this best-of-seven first-round series against San Jose tonight as they host the Sharks for Game 6. This is the first time in franchise history that the Knights have a chance to close out a series on home ice.
Vegas was unable to take care of business on the road in Game 5 as the Sharks pulled off a 5-2 win at SAP Center to stay alive.
Following the win, second-line center Tomas Hertl guaranteed a Game 7 because the Sharks are a “better team” than the Knights.
HERTL IS CALLING A GAME 7!!! pic.twitter.com/Hbr80Aj5E0
— Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) April 19, 2019
However, Vegas will have something to say about that tonight. Even though it’s not truly a do-or-die situation for the Knights, tonight is essentially a must-win game for Vegas to avoid going back to San Jose for a winner-takes-all Game 7 showdown.
Here are the projected lineups for both clubs:
Golden Knights
Marchessault — Karlsson — Smith
Pacioretty — Stastny — Stone
Nosek — Eakin — Tuch
Carrier — Bellemare — Reaves
Schmidt — Engelland
McNabb — Theodore
Merrill — Miller
Fleury
Subban
Sharks
Meier (#28) — Couture (#39) — Pavelski (#8)
Kane (#9) — Hertl (#48) — Nyquist (#14)
Sorensen (#20) — Thornton (#19) — Labanc (#62)
Donskoi (#27) — Goodrow (#23) — M. Karlsson (#68)
Vlasic (#44) — Burns (#88)
Dillon (#4) — E. Karlsson (#65)
Ryan (#47) — Braun (#61)
Jones (#31)
Dell (#30)
ICYMI, here is the preview for tonight’s game, courtesy of Ellis Frederick.
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