Tonight the Vegas Golden Knights (29-17-3, 61 points) face the New York Rangers (26-14-8, 60 points)
Tale of the Tape
Vegas Golden Knights
Record over Last 10: 4-5-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.16
Goals Against Per Game: 2.88
Power Play Efficiency: 24.0%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 78.5%
New York Rangers
Record over Last 10: 6-2-2
Goals For Per Game: 3.15
Goals Against Per Game: 2.63
Power Play Efficiency: 21.9%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 81.0%
Players of Note
Vegas Golden Knights
Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 11-32-43 in 49 games
Top Goal Scorer: Reilly Smith — 18 goals in 49 games
Goalie: Logan Thompson — 19-13-2, .912 SV%, 2.71 GAA
New York Rangers
Leading Scorer: Artemiy Panarin — 12-38-50 in 48 games
Top Goal Scorer: Mika Zibanejad — 22 goals in 48 games
Goalie: Igor Shesterkin — 21-8-7, .918 SV%, 2.45 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
Adin Hill
New York Rangers
Artemiy Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Chris Kreider
Barclay Goodrow — Vincent Trocheck — Jimmy Vesey
Alexis Lafrenière — Filip Chytil — Kaapo Kakko
Will Cuylle — Jake Leschyshyn — Julien Gauthier
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Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
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