On Monday, the Vegas Golden Knights (6-2-3) play the second of a six-game homestand. They’ll face the Tampa Bay Lightning (6-5-2) at T-Mobile Arena.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. PST.
The Golden Knights were last in action on Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings. They avoided a slow start and played some of their best defensive hockey of the season. They only managed to put one past John Gibson, but that was all it took, and they grinded out a 1-0 win.
The Lightning were last in action on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche. They scored first, but allowed the nextthree goals and never managed to get back into the fight.
Per head coach Bruce Cassidy, Carl Lindbom starts in net. Lindbom has a record of 0-0-1 and an average save percentage of .929 in one career game against the Lightning.
Andrei Vasilevskiy starts in net for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy has a record of 7-5-3 and an average save percentage of .896 in 15 career games against the Golden Knights.
Golden Knights Lines
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad — Tomáš Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders: Carl Lindbom / Akira Schmid
Lightning Lines
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Dominic James — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Defense
Victor Hedman — JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Charle-Edoard D’Astous — Emil Lilleberg
Maxwell Crozier
Goaltenders: Andrei Vasilevskiy / Jonas Johansson
Special Teams
VGK power play: 25.0%, 8th
VGK penalty kill: 81.3%, 15th
Lightning power play: 13.6%, 28th
Lightning penalty kill: 88.6%, 4th
Golden Knights Game Notes
The Golden Knights dropped the first matchup to the Lightning in overtime and will look to split the season series. They have a record of 8-6-1 against the Lightning in 15 career games.
The Lightning started the season 1-4-2. Since then, they have won five of six games.
Nikita Kucherov has seven goals and 23 points in 13 career games against the Golden Knights.
On Tuesday, the Golden Knights scored the first goal of the game for just the third time this season. They are 3-0-0 when scoring first.
We’re on milestone watch! Reilly Smith is two points away from 300 as a Golden Knight.
The Golden Knights have a record of 4-1-1 at the Fortress this season; the Lightning are 3-2-2 on the road.
How to Watch
TV: Vegas 34
Streaming: KnightTime+
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340