The Vegas Golden Knights will host Utah HC in their third and final meeting of the 2024-25 season.
The Vegas Golden Knights will host Utah HC in their third and final meeting of the 2024-25 season.
The Golden Knights have come out on the winning end of both meetings so far, winning the first at home 4-3 in overtime and the second 4-2 in Salt Lake City. William Karlsson has three goals and four points against Utah this season. He skated in his 700th career game yesterday against the Winnipeg Jets in a momentum-building win.
Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden were the two stand-out performers for the Golden Knights last night, each potting two goals. Howden has had a knack for scoring timely goals this season and did so once again scoring the game-winning goal with 4:05 left in the third period.
Ilya Samsonov will get the start in goal for the Golden Knights and will duel with Jaxson Stauber, who will be making his first-ever Utah HC start. Stauber played 6 games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2022-23, posting 5 wins in six games with a .911 SV% and 2.81 GAA.
Golden Knights projected lines:
Barbashev-Eichel-Dorofeyev
Hertl-Roy-Kolesar
Howden-Karlsson-Holtz
Pearson-Schwindt-Burke
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Theodore-McNabb
Hague-Korczak
Samsonov
Hill
Utah's projected lineup:
Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz
McBain-Cooley-Guenther
Maccelli-Bjugstad-Crouse
Carcone-Stenlund-Kerfoot
Sergachev-Määttä
Cole-Kesselring
Välimäki-Bortuzzo
Stauber
Vejmelka
Puck drop is at 7:00 P.M. PST at T-Mobile Arena.
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