What - Game 54 (31-17-5)
When - 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 17
Where - T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas, NV
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will cap off their road trip tonight with a stop in Sin City to take on the Vegas Golden Knights (31-16-6).
The Canes are coming off of a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes the night before and because Pyotr Kochetkov started that game, the anticipation is that Spencer Martin will get the start tonight.
The Golden Knights have dealt with a few key injuries this season and they'll be without 1C Jack Eichel.
In his place is former Hurricane Nicolas Roy who took reps as 1C in practice.
Vegas has been off for the last four days and most recently lost to the Minnesota Wild 5-3.
Streaks
- Jordan Martinook (1g, 2a), Jordan Staal (1g, 2a) and Seth Jarvis (1g, 1a) have points in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- Brett Pesce played in career game 600 against the Arizona Coyotes on Friday.
- Jaccob Slavin (257) is one point shy of tying Justin Faulk (258) for the most points by a defenseman in franchise history.
Game Notes
- Carolina leads the season series 1-0-0 after winning 6-3 against Vegas Dec. 19.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Spencer Martin: 4-8-1; 0.889 Sv%; 3.52 GAA
- Adin Hill: 14-3-2; 0.933 Sv%; 2.00 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Sebastian Aho (19) / Jonathan Marchessault (27)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (57) / Mark Stone (52)
Power Play
- Carolina - 27.8% (2nd)
- Vegas - 19.8% (19th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 84.7% (3rd)
- Vegas - 80.5% (15th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Jesper Fast
Michael Bunting - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
Stefan Noesen - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Teuvo Teravainen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Jalen Chatfield - Dmitry Orlov
Spencer Martin
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Tony DeAngelo, Antti Raanta (LBI), Frederik Andersen (blood-clotting issue)
Golden Knights Projected Lineup
Ivan Barbashev - Nicolas Roy - Jonathan Marchessault
Brett Howden - Chandler Stephenson - Mark Stone
Paul Cotter - William Karlsson - Michael Amadio
Jonas Rondbjerg - Byron Froese - Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez - Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb - Daniil Miromanov
Nicolas Hague - Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Injuries and Scratches: Ben Hutton, Jack Eichel (LBI), Shea Theodore (UBI), William Carrier (UBI), Pavel Dorofeyev (UBI)
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