Golden Knights Game 61, California Dreamin’; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs Maple Leafs

The Vegas Golden Knights (36-18-6) are on their third game of a five-game homestand. They’ve won two in a row and five of their last six. The Golden Knights take on the Toronto Maple Leafs (38-20-3) on Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena.

The puck drops just after 7 p.m.

The Golden Knights are coming off their fourth shutout of the season, a 2-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. The team put on a defensive clinic and scored both goals on the power play. Noah Hanifin was incredible, as was Jack Eichel, but an unfortunate play resulted in an injury to star Devils center Jack Hughes.

The Maple Leafs are coming off a stretch where they played three games in four days and are 8-1-1 in their last ten games. They took a 2-0 lead in their last outing against the San Jose Sharks, but they ran out of gas and lost in a shootout. 

Adin Hill is coming off of a 25-save shutout, his third of the season and the tenth of his career. He was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, so it appears that Bruce Cassidy is riding the hot hand. Hill has a record of 2-1-1 and an average save percentage of .921 in six career games against the Maple Leafs.

Joseph Woll is in the starter’s net for the Maple Leafs. He’s played just one game against the Golden Knights in his career– a 31-save shutout earlier this season. So, he’s got a record of 1-0-0 and an average save percentage of 1.00. Not too shabby.

Golden Knights Lines

Tanner Pearson–Jack Eichel–Mark Stone

Brandon Saad–Tomas Hertl–Pavel Dorofeyev

Ivan Barbashev–Brett Howden–Keegan Kolesar

Victor Olofsson–Nicolas Roy–Raphaël Lavoie

Defense

Nicolas Hague–Alex Pietrangelo

Noah Hanifin–Zach Whitecloud

Brayden McNabb–Kaedan Korczak

Goalie: Adin Hill

Projected Maple Leafs Lines

Matthew Knies–Auston Matthews–Mitch Marner

Pontus Holmberg–John Tavares–William Nylander

Bobby McMann–Max Domi–Nick Robertson

Connor Dewar–David Kampf–Calle Jarnkrok

Defense

Morgan Rielly–Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Jake McCabe–Philippe Myers

Simon Benoit–Connor Timmins

Goalie: Joseph Woll

Special teams

Golden Knights power play: 28.5%, 3rd. Golden Knights penalty kill: 77.1%, tied for 19th.

Maple Leafs power play: 23.5%, tied for 10th. Maple Leafs penalty kill: 79.4%, 15th.

Game Notes

The Golden Knights and the Maple Leafs face off on Wednesday for the second and final time during the regular season. The Maple Leafs took the first meeting 3-0; Joseph Woll recorded a shutout, and Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal.

Noah Hanifin has an active three-game point streak. He has one goal and four assists over that time.

Jack Eichel and Mark Stone both love playing Toronto. In 20 career games against the Maple Leafs, Eichel has 15 goals and 24 points; Stone has 11 goals and 33 points in 26 games.

Auston Matthews is on a 10-game point streak. He has two goals and 14 points over that span. 

Matthews has nine goals in 11 games against the Golden Knights. Mitch Marner has 14 points in 11 games. 

The Golden Knights have a record of 22-6-3 at the Fortress this season; the Maple Leafs are 18-9-2 on the road.

How to Watch

TV: TNT, TruTV

Streaming: MAX

Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340