Tonight the Vegas Golden Knights (27-12-2, 56 points) will take on the Los Angeles Kings (22-14-6, 50 points) in a Pacific division matchup, and Vegas will look to extend their win streak to 4 in a row.
Tale of the Tape
Vegas Golden Knights
Record over Last 10: 6-3-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.32
Goals Against Per Game: 2.78
Power Play Efficiency: 25.7%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 78.7%
Los Angeles Kings
Record over Last 10: 7-2-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.17
Goals Against Per Game: 3.43
Power Play Efficiency: 22.9%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 71.7%
Players of Note
Los Angeles Kings
Leading Scorer: Kevin Fiala — 10-29-39 in 42 games
Top Goal Scorer: Gabriel Vilardi — 16 goals in 41 games
Goalie: Pheonix Copley — 9-2-0, .901 SV%, 2.66 GAA
Vegas Golden Knights
Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 11-29-40 in 41 games
Top Goal Scorer: Reilly Smith — 18 goals in 41 games
Goalie: Logan Thompson — 18-9-1, .915 SV%, 2.61 GAA
Here are the projected lines for both sides.
Vegas Golden Knights
Reilly Smith — Jack Eichel — Jonathan Marchessault
Mike Amadio — Chandler Stephenson — Mark Stone
Paul Cotter — William Karlsson — Phil Kessel
Will Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
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Nic Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Kaedan Kor
Ben Hutton — Brayden Pachal
Logan Thompson
Los Angeles Kings
Quinton Byfield — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Alex Iafalo — Phillip Danault — Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala — Blake Lizotte — Gabriel Vilardi
Brendan Lemieux — Rasmus Kupari — Jaret Anderson-Dolan
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Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi — Matt Roy
Alex Edler — Sean Walker
Pheonix Copley
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