Tonight the Vegas Golden Knights (29-18-3, 61 points) face the New York Islanders (24-22-5, 53 points) for the second game of a back-to-back after dropping Friday’s contest against Gerard Gallant’s New York Rangers

Tale of the Tape

Vegas Golden Knights

Record over Last 10: 3-6-1

Goals For Per Game: 3.12

Goals Against Per Game: 2.90

Power Play Efficiency: 23.7%

Penalty Kill Efficiency: 78.9%

New York Islanders

Record over Last 10: 2-5-3

Goals For Per Game: 2.86

Goals Against Per Game: 2.75

Power Play Efficiency: 15.7%

Penalty Kill Efficiency: 82.8%

Players of Note

Vegas Golden Knights

Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 11-32-43 in 50 games

Top Goal Scorer: Reilly Smith — 18 goals in 50 games

Goalie: Logan Thompson — 19-13-2, .912 SV%, 2.71 GAA

New York Islanders

Leading Scorer: Brock Nelson — 19-26-45 in 51 games

Top Goal Scorer: Brock Nelson — 19 goals in 51 games

Goalie: Ilya Sorokin — 16-16-4, .923 SV%, 2.38 GAA

Projected Lineups

Vegas Golden Knights

Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Jonathan Marchessault

Paul Cotter — Jack Eichel — Michael Amadio

William Carrier — Chandler Stephenson — Phil Kessel

Brett Howden — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

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Alex Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Nic Hague — Ben Hutton

Logan Thompson

New York Islanders

Anthony Beauvillier — Mathew Barzal — Casey Cizikas

Anders Lee — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri

Zach Parise — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom

Matt Martin — Aatu Raty — Josh Bailey

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Alexander Romanov — Scott Mayfield

Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

Samuel Bolduc — Sebastian Aho

Ilya Sorokin

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