On Thursday, the Vegas Golden Knights (16-6-9) return home before heading North of the border. On their Eastern Conference road trip, they collected nine out of a possible ten points and will look to keep it going in front of a home crowd. They’ll face the New Jersey Devils (16-9-3) at T-Mobile Arena.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:22 p.m. PST.
The Golden Knights have been off ever since their 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
The Devils last played on Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks. They held the Canucks to just 15 shots on goal but fell 2-1.
Carter Hart was the first goaltender off the ice and will make his second consecutive start. Hart has a record of 6-4-1 and an average save percentage of .928 in 11 career games against the Devils.
Jake Allen will start tonight for the Devils. Allen has a record of 2-5-3 and an average save percentage of .890 in 10 career games against the Golden Knights.
Per head coach Bruce Cassidy, both Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore are OUT tonight. Both are considered day-to-day.
Golden Knights Lines
Ivan Barbashev — Tomáš Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Mitch Marner — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Reilly Smith — Braedan Bowman
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb — Jeremy Lauzon
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders: Carter Hart / Akira Schmid
Devils Lines
Jesper Bratt — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Ondřej Palát — Cody Glass — Connor Brown
Paul Cotter — Juho Lammikko — Stefan Noesen
Angus Crookshank — Luke Glendening — Xavier Parent
Defense
Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton
Braett Pesce — Luke Hughes
Brendan Dillon — Colton White
Goaltenders: Jake Allen / Jacob Markström
Special Teams
VGK power play: 24.7%, 7th
VGK penalty kill: 82.5%, 9th
Devils power play: 21.4%, 10th
Devils penalty kill: 75.8%, 27th
Golden Knights Game Notes
Aided by Akira Schmid’s second shutout of the season, the Golden Knights won their first meeting against the Devils this season by a score of 3-0. They have a record of 10-2-3 against them all-time.
We’re on milestone watch! Carter Hart is one win away from 100 in his career.
Mitch Marner is fresh off a three-point night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he hit– and surpassed– 30 points on the season.
The Golden Knights have a record of 7-4-4 at the Fortress this season; the Blackhawks are 8-8-0 on the road.
How to Watch
TV: TNT
Streaming: HBO Max
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340
