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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