The Vegas Golden Knights (26-12-2, 54 points) are back at T-Mobile Arena this evening for a contest against the Pittsburgh Penguins (19-12-6, 44 points), and will look to get two points in a building that hasn’t been too kind to them this season. Vegas is fresh off a win over the Colorado Avalanche, and the Penguins are back inside after a loss to the Boston Bruins at the 2023 NHL Winter Classic.
Tale of the Tape
Vegas Golden Knights
Record over Last 10: 6-3-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.28
Goals Against Per Game: 2.80
Power Play Efficiency: 25.0%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 78.1%
Pittsburgh Penguins
Record over Last 10: 4-4-2
Goals For Per Game: 3.27
Goals Against Per Game: 3.00
Power Play Efficiency: 22.1%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 84.3%
Players of Note
Pittsburgh Penguins
Leading Scorer: Sidney Crosby — 19-24-43 in 37 games
Top Goal Scorer: Sidney Crosby — 19 goals in 37 games
Goalie: Casey DeSmith — 4-7-2, .911 SV%, 2.99 GAA
Vegas Golden Knights
Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 10-29-39 in 40 games
Top Goal Scorer: Reilly Smith — 18 goals in 40 games
Goalie: Logan Thompson — 18-9-1, .915 SV%, 2.61 GAA
Here are the projected lines for both sides.
Vegas Golden Knights
Mike Amadio — Chandler Stephenson — Mark Stone
Reilly Smith — Jack Eichel — Nicolas Roy
Paul Cotter — William Karlsson — Phil Kessel
Will Carrier — Jake Leschyshyn — Keegan Kolesar
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Nic Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Kaedan Kor
Ben Hutton — Brayden Pachal
Logan Thompson
Pittsburgh Penguins
Jake Guentzel — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Brock McGinn — Teddy Blueger — Jeff Carter
Danton Heinen — Chad Ruhwedel — Kasperi Kapanen
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Marcus Petterson — Jan Rutta
Brian Dumoulin — Ty Smith
Pierre-Olivier Joseph — Mark Friedman
Casey DeSmith
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