Tonight is the Vegas Golden Knights’ 75th game of the season, and after tonight there are only 7 games remaining. Vegas lost in overtime on Tuesday vs. the Vancouver Canucks, and tonight is another must win game if the Golden Knights want to stay in the chase for a playoff spot.
Vegas enters tonight with a record of 40-29-5 (85 points), and are 6-3-1 over their last 10 games played. The Calgary Flames have a record of 45-19-9 (99 points), have won their last five in a row, and are 7-2-1 over the last 10 games played.
This is the third meeting between both teams, and here’s how the previous meetings have gone.
- December 5, 2021 — Golden Knights 3, Flames 2
- February 9, 2022 — Flames 6, Golden Knights 0/
Standings Update
In terms of scoreboard watching this evening, the Dallas Stars (2nd Wild Card) are home vs. the Minnesota Wild. The Nashville Predators (1st Wild Card) are home vs. the Edmonton Oilers. Lastly, the Vancouver Canucks (4th in Wild Card) are home vs. the Arizona Coyotes.
Here are your projected lineups which are subject to change.
Vegas Golden Knights
Forwards
Evgenii Dadonov — Jack Eichel — Nicolas Roy
Jonathan Marchesault — William Karlson — Mike Amadio
Max Pacioretty — Chandler Stephenson — Mark Stone
Mattias Janmark — Jake Leschyshyn — Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton — Alex Pietrangelo
Alec Martinez — Zach Whitecloud
Goaltender
Robin Lehner
Calgary Flames
Forwards
Johnny Gaudreau — Elias Lindholm — Andrew Mangiapane
Dillon Dube — Mikael Backlund — Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman — Calle Jarnkrok — Tyler Toffoli
Milan Lucic — Ryan Carpenter — Trevor Lewis
Defense
Noah Hanifin — Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington — Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov — Erik Gudbranson
Goaltender
Jacob Markstrom
Team Stats via NHL dot com
Enjoy the game!