Vegas Golden Knights (0-0-1, 1 pts) at San Jose Sharks (0-0-0, 0 pts)
Venue: SAP Center
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT
TV: ESPN+ / Hulu
Radio:
Vegas Golden Knights – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
San Jose Sharks – Sharks Audio Network
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vegas Golden Knights -1.5 ML -185
San Jose Sharks +1.5 ML +160
O/U 5.5
Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:
After opening at home last night against the Los Angeles Kings, the Golden Knights travel to San Jose for the Sharks’ opener tonight at the SAP Center. Vegas will try to improve on its road record from a year ago, when Vegas had the ninth-best record despite winning the Pacific Division with 110 points.
Related Post: Vegas Golden Knights & Jack Eichel Agree to Eight-Year Extension
San Jose Sharks News & Notes:
The Sharks finished with the worst record in the NHL last season. San Jose ended up with the 2nd overall pick in the NHL Draft and selected Michael Misa. Misa and fellow 1st round pick Sam Dickinson both made the Sharks roster to begin the season. The two teenagers will have development plans that will likely see them brought along slowly, with the option of being returned to their Junior Hockey clubs if the Sharks don’t believe they’re ready to stick at the NHL level.
Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:
Barbashev-Eichel-Marner
Smith-Karlsson-Stone
Saad-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Howden-Sissons-Kolesar
McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud
Lauzon-Korczak
Schmid
Hill
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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:
Kurashev-Celebrini-Smith
Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli
Skinner-Dellandrea-Graf
Goodrow-Gaudette-Reaves
Leddy-Kliingberg
Ferraro-Liljegren
Orlov-Mukhamadullin
Askarov
Nedeljkovic
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Players To Watch:
Vegas Golden Knights
Jack Eichel has agreed to an 8-year, $108 million contract extension, with an AAV of $13.5 million per year, to keep the franchise superstar in Vegas. Eichel has been as advertised since coming over in the trade from Buffalo and is a key piece of a Golden Knights roster that will challenge for a Stanley Cup again this season.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks are one of the youngest teams in the NHL and have a lot of growth to do before they become a legitimate playoff contender, but there may not be a better group of young potential NHL stars than San Jose, led by Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, William Eklund, and Michael Misa.
Injury Report:
Vegas Golden Knights
No Injuries
San Jose Sharks
D Ryan Ellis – IR
C Logan Couture – LTIR
Next Game:
Vegas Golden Knights – October 11 at Seattle Kraken
San Jose Sharks – October 11 vs. Anaheim Ducks
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