Wild come in having won six of their last 10 against streaking Golden Knights.
The Vegas Golden Knights host the Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. tonight at T-Mobile Arena.
The Wild enter Las Vegas 23-23-5 and have won six of their last 10, including two in a row and their last three on the road.
“They've been up and down inconsistent. They struggled, and then they got hot. Then they struggle. Now they're getting it back a little bit,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I know John Hines’ team will always compete. I saw it in New Jersey. I saw it in the American Hockey League when we were younger. I saw in in Nashville, so I’m sure there'll be physical which I think they've always had a little bit of that to their game. A little straightforward. You know, hard nosed hockey. So that's what we expect tonight.”
Alex Pietrangelo is set to play in his 1,000th NHL career game and will be honored prior to the puck drop.
Logan Thompson is out with an illness, meaning Jiri Patera will serve as Adin Hill’s backup. There is also a chance that other Golden Knights might miss action due to illness that has been going around the room.
Sheldon Rempal has been called up from Henderson as well.
Here are the projected lines:
Wild projected lineup
Forwards
Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Brandon Duhaime -- Ryan Hartman --Frederick Gaudreau
Connor Dewar -- Jake Lucchini -- Vinni Lettieri
Defensemen
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill -- Dakota Mermis
Goalies
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Golden Knights projected lineup
Forwards
Ivan Barbashev -- Nicolas Roy -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Brendan Brisson -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio
Jonas Rondbjerg -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar
Defensemen
Alec Martinez – Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Daniil Miromanov
Goalies
Adin Hill
Jiri Patera
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