The Vegas Golden Knights (3-0-0, 6 points) will face the Dallas Stars (1-0-0, 2 points) tonight for the first time since Game 6 of the 2023 Western Conference Final. If you’d like to look back on that series, you can check this story that was put together by Jillian.
The Golden Knights hold an all-time record of 8-3-3 vs. the Stars, and in the regular season last year went a lowly 0-1-2, but as we all know they turned it on in the playoffs. The two squads that faced of a few months ago remain mostly the same, with the exception of Matt Duchene now being a member of the Stars.
Vegas is fresh off a third consecutive 4-1 win, and while there hasn’t been a lot of regular hockey season played yet, something even more true for the Stars, here are the numbers we can look at heading into tonight’s contest.
Tale of the Tape
Vegas Golden Knights
Record: 3-0-0
Goals For Per Game: 4.00
Goals Against Per Game: 1.00
Power Play Efficiency: 18.2%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 100%
Dallas Stars
Record: 1-0-0
Goals For Per Game: 1.00
Goals Against Per Game: 1.00
Power Play Efficiency: 0%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 100%
Players of Note
Vegas Golden Knights
Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 2-3-5 in 3 games
Top Goal Scorer: Chandler Stephenson & Jack Eichel — 2 goals in 3 games
Goalie: Adin Hill — 2-0-0, .964 SV%, 1.01 GAA
Dallas Stars
Leading Scorer: Jamie Benn — 1-0-1 in 1 game
Top Goal Scorer: Jamie Benn — 1 goals in 1 game
Goalie: Jake Oettinger — 1-0-0, .958 SV%, 0.92 GAA
Projected lines
Golden Knights
Ivan Barbashev – Jack Eichel – Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter – Chandler Stephenson – Mark Stone
Brett Howden – William Karlsson – Michael Amadio
William Carrier – Nicolas Roy – Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb – Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague – Kaedan Korczak
Ben Hutton – Brayden Pachal
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Dallas Stars
Jason Robertson – Tyler Seguin – Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Ty Dellandrea
Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Evgenii Dadonov
Sam Steel – Radek Faksa – Craig Smith
Ryan Suter – Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell – Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley – Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
The Stars lineup is subject to change, as Roope Hintz’s status for the game is unknown. If he’s good to go, he will take the top-line center spot, Seguin would slide into wing next to Duchene-Marchment, Dadonov would play with Benn and Johnston, and Dellandrea would be the likely stat per our friends at Defending Big D.
UPDATE: 11:13 a.m.
Looks like Hintz is returning to the lineup, and the only thing different is that Dellandrea appears to be staying in lineup over Sam Steel..
How to watch
Game 4: Golden Knights vs. Stars
When: 7:30 p.m. PT
Where: T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV
TV: Scripps
Radio: Fox Sports 98.9 FM