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" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Golden Knights started the season as the hottest team in the league, jumping out to an 11-0-1 record fresh off the franchise’s first Stanley Cup title. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Things haven’t been going as smooth for Vegas lately though, coming into Thursday’s game with just two wins over their past eight games." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "They’ll face a Panthers team that will have a different look in its bottom six due to an injury to forward Nick Cousins. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Cousins missed Wednesday practice at T-Mobile Arena due to being the concussion protocol and won’t play against the Golden Knights. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Arizona’s Jason Zucker has since been suspended three games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for the hit on Cousins. 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Panthers return to Vegas for first time since Stanley Cup Final