The Vegas Golden Knights (9-2-0, 18 points) have won six games in a row, and are starting to look like a certified wagon. The Ottawa Senators (4-5-0, 8 points) enter tonight’s game having lost their last three in a row, and they will attempt to play the role of spoiler to the NHL’s most impressive Western Conference team to date.

Vegas has scored 35 goals, has allowed 19 against, and currently second in the league with a .818 points percentage. Ottawa has scored 33 goals, allowed 31 against, and is 25th in the league with a .444 points percentage.

Tonight’s matchup is the first of two games each team will play against each other, and the next encounter will take place in Vegas on November 23.

From a head to head perspective, the Golden Knights should have an overwhelming advantage over this pesky Senators squad, but Ottawa has proven to be a run-and-gun team that can score goals, and make opponents pay the price if they go on the power play.

Here are some numbers of note for both teams, and how they compare in some key areas.

With those out of the way, here is a projected lineup for both sides.

Vegas Golden Knights

Chandler Stephenson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone

Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Jonathan Marchessault

Mike Amadio — Brett Howden — Phil Kessel

Will Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Logan Thompson

Ottawa Senators

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Drake Batherson

Alex DeBrincat — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux

Tyler Motte — Mark Kastelic — Mathieu Joseph

Parker Kelly — Dylan Gambrell — Austin Watson

Thomas Chabot — Erik Brannstrom

Jake Sanderson — Travis Hamonic

Nick Holden — Nikita Zaitsev

Anton Forsberg

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