On Saturday, the Vegas Golden Knights (16-6-10) play the first of a back-to-back in Alberta. In their last eight games, they’ve collected 14 out of a possible 16 points. They’ll face the Calgary Flames (14-17-4) at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:22 p.m. PST.
The Golden Knights last played at home on Wednesday against the New Jersey Devils. They struggled to generate offense without Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore, but tied it late to force overtime. They fell to the Devils in a shootout by a score of 2-1.
The Flames last played on Thursday against the Seattle Kraken. Rasmus Andersson recorded three assists to propel his team to a 4-2 win.
Per head coach Bruce Cassidy, Akira Schmid will start tonight in Calgary. Schmid has a record of 2-0-0 and an average save percentage of .952 in two career games against the Flames.
Devin Cooley starts in net tonight for the Flames. Cooley has a record of 0-0-0 and an average save percentage of .889 in one career game against the VGK.
Golden Knights Lines
Brandon Saad — Tomáš Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Mitch Marner — Ivan Barbashev — Braedan Bowman
Reilly Smith — Brett Howden — Mark Stone
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Defense
Noah Hanifin — Brayden McNabb
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders: Akira Schmid / Carter Hart
Flames Lines
Joel Farabee — Nazem Kadri — Matt Coronato
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Yegor Sharangovich
Connor Zary — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — John Beecher — Adam Klapka
Defense
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov — Mackenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley — Hunter Brzustewicz
Goaltenders: Devin Cooley / Dustin Wolf
Special Teams
VGK power play: 24.8%, 7th
VGK penalty kill: 82.9%, 8th
Flames power play: 14.0%, 32nd
Flames penalty kill: 82.7%, 9th
Golden Knights Game Notes
The Golden Knights have won both of their meetings against the Flames this season for a record of 2-0-0. They have a record of 18-8-2 against them all-time.
The Golden Knights will play at least the next two games without Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore. Neither traveled with the team. On Friday, head coach Bruce Cassidy provided injury updates for both.
Nazem Kadri leads the Flames in scoring with 31 points. He has 11 goals and 21 points in 30 career games against the VGK.
The Golden Knights have a record of 9-2-5 on the road this season; the Flames are 8-5-2 at home.
How to Watch
TV: Vegas 34
Streaming: KnightTime+
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340
