Vegas Golden Knights HC Bruce Cassidy has decided to shake up the team's lines ahead of their matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Vegas Golden Knights HC Bruce Cassidy has decided to shake up the team's lines ahead of their matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Vegas Golden Knights HC Bruce Cassidy has decided to shake up the team's lines ahead of their matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Golden Knights suffered their first loss of the season against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Jack Eichel and Victor Olofsson found the back of the net but it wasn't enough as they lost 4-2.
Olofsson left Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and will be out tonight against the Lightning. Brendan Brisson will enter the lineup to replace the 29-year-old and he'll skate on a kid line with Cole Schwindt and Alexander Holtz.
The Lightning come into tonight's game winners of their first two, and their top line consisting of Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov has been clicking on all cylinders.
Andrei Vasilevskiy will make his third start of the season. He's allowed just one goal in both of his two starts but his all-time record against the Golden Knights is underwhelming. He has a 5-4-3 record in 12 starts with a .895 SV% and 3.21 GAA.
Golden Knights projected lineup:
Barbashev-Eichel-Stone
Pearson-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Brisson-Schwindt-Holtz
Howden-Roy-Kolesar
Theodore-Pietrangelo
Hague-Hanifin
McNabb-Whitecloud
Hill
Samsonov
Lightning's projected lineup:
Guentzel-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Paul
Eyssimont-Geekie-Atkinson
Girgensons-Glendening-Chaffee
Hedman-Moser
McDonagh-Cernak
Lilleberg-Raddysh
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
Puck drop is at 4:00 P.M. PST at Amalie Arena.
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