Tonight the Vegas Golden Knights (28-15-2, 58 points) face the Detroit Red Wings (18-17-8, 44 points) with the goal of snapping a losing streak. The Red Wings are in a bit of a funk, and this represents a chance for Vegas to snap out of the mini funk they’ve been in as of late.
Tale of the Tape
Vegas Golden Knights
Record over Last 10: 5-4-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.20
Goals Against Per Game: 2.87
Power Play Efficiency: 24.8%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 79.1%
Detroit Red Wings
Record over Last 10: 3-6-1
Goals For Per Game: 3.09
Goals Against Per Game: 3.40
Power Play Efficiency: 20.3%
Penalty Kill Efficiency: 75.4%
Players of Note
Vegas Golden Knights
Leading Scorer: Chandler Stephenson — 11-29-40 in 45 games
Top Goal Scorer: Reilly Smith — 18 goals in 45 games
Goalie: Logan Thompson — 18-12-1, .913 SV%, 2.72 GAA
Detroit Red Wings
Leading Scorer: Dylan Larkin — 15-25-40 in 42 games
Top Goal Scorer: Dylan Larkin — 15 goals in 42 games
Goalie: Ville Husso — 14-10-5, .899 SV%, 3.10 GAA
Injury Updates
Shea Theodore and Brett Howden are both back on the ice skating. Good sign for an eventual return.
— Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) January 18, 2023
Cassidy said Alec Martinez leaving the game the other night was “more of an illness related thing” and he’s feeling better now.
— Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) January 18, 2023
Projected Lineups
Vegas Golden Knights
Paul Cotter — Jack Eichel — Nicolas Roy
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Jonathan Marchessault
Mike Amadio — Chandler Stephenson — Phil Kessel
Jonas Rondbjerg — Byron Froese — Keegan Kolesar
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Nic Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Kaedan Korczak
Alec Martinez — Ben Hutton
Logan Thompson
Detroit Red Wings
Tyler Bertuzzi — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — David Perron
Robby Fabri — Pius Suter — Dominik Kubalik
Oskar Sundkvist — Joe Veleno — Jonatan Berggren
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Jake Walman — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Filip Hronek
Olli Maatta — Gustav Lindstrom
Ville Husso
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