On Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights (9-4-6) play the first of a three-game road trip. They’ll face the Utah Mammoth (10-7-3) at Delta Center.
Puck drop is scheduled for 6:08 p.m. PST.
The Golden Knights were last in action on Tuesday at home against the New York Rangers. They scored first, jumped out to a two-goal lead, and fended off a late Rangers’ push for a 3-2 win.
The Mammoth were last in action on Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks. They clawed their way back from a two-goal deficit and lost 3-2 in overtime.
The Golden Knights have been alternating starting goaltenders in a 50:50 split, so Carl Lindbom will likely make his sixth NHL start.
Karel Vejmelka was the first goaltender off the ice this morning and will start for the Mammoth. Vejmelka has a record of 2-5-0 and an average save percentage of .885 in eight career games against the VGK.
Golden Knights Lines
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Braedan Bowman
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomáš Hertl — Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad — Brett Howden — Reilly Smith
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders: Carl Lindbom / Akira Schmid
Mammoth Lines
Clayton Keller — Barrett Hayton — Nick Schmaltz
Michael Carcone — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka — Jack McBain — Lawson Crouse
Brandon Taven — Kevin Stenlund — Liam O’Brien
Defense
Mikhail Sergachev — Dmitri Simashev
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Goaltenders: Karel Vejmelka / Vitek Vanecek
Special Teams
VGK power play: 25.4%, 6th
VGK penalty kill: 78.9%, 18th
Mammoth power play: 15.0%, 29th
Mammoth penalty kill: 81.8%, T11th
Golden Knights Game Notes
Last season, the Golden Knights went 2-1-0 against the Mammoth.
Tomáš Hertl is riding an active five-game point streak. He has three goals and three assists over that stretch.
On Tuesday, two Golden Knights defensemen (Ben Hutton and Shea Theodore) scored in the same game for the first time this season.
With his assist on Ben Hutton’s goal on Tuesday, Pavel Dorofeyev recorded his 100th NHL point. Dorofeyev is the fourth player in franchise history to record his first 100 points with the Golden Knights.
Logan Cooley has four goals and seven points in six career games against the Golden Knights.
The VGK have a record of 4-1-3 on the road this season; the Mammoth are 5-1-1 at home.
How to Watch
TV: Vegas 34
Streaming: KnightTime+
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340