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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