Golden Knights Game 67, Against the Wind; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs Red Wings

The Vegas Golden Knights (39-19-8) are set to play the final game of a four-game road trip through the Eastern Conference. It’s been a road trip to forget— the Golden Knights have gone 1-0-2 but have routinely started slow and fallen victim to costly mental errors. They’ll look to turn the ship around against the scrappy Detroit Red Wings (31-29-6) at Little Caesars Arena.

The puck drops just after 10 a.m.

The Golden Knights are coming off one of their worst games of the season. They had a multigoal lead against the 29th team in the league but let it slip away. They fell 4-3 to the Buffalo Sabres in a shootout, and head coach Bruce Cassidy ripped their performance postgame.

The Red Wings are fighting to make the postseason for the first time since 2015-16 but have lost seven of their last eight games. They fell 4-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday after allowing three unanswered goals in the second.

Adin Hill started the first game of the back-to-back, so it’ll be Ilya Samsonov’s crease on Sunday. Samsonov has a record of 4-3-1 and an average save percentage of .901 in eight career games against the Red Wings.

UPDATED: The Red Wings have carried three goaltenders on their active roster since a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. Petr Mrázek led the Red Wings onto the ice, so he’ll start. Mrazek is 5-3-0 with an average save percentage of .897 through nine games. Cam Talbot is the backup.

Projected Golden Knights Lines

Tanner Pearson-Jack Eichel-Mark Stone

Brandon Saad-Tomas Hertl-Pavel Dorofeyev

Victor Olofsson-Nic Roy-Reilly Smith

Ivan Barbashev-Brett Howden-Keegan Kolesar

Defense

Nic Hague-Alex Pietrangelo

Noah Hanifin-Zach Whitecloud

Brayden McNabb-Kaedan Korczak

Goaltenders: Ilya Samsonov/Adin Hill

Red Wings Lines

Elmer Söderblom-Dylan Larkin-Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat-Marco Kasper-Patrick Kane

Jonatan Berggren-JT Compher-Vladimir Tarasenko

Tyler Motte-Michael Rasmussen-Craig Smith

Defense

Ben Chiarot-Moritz Seider

Simon Edvinsson-Albert Johansson

Erik Gustafsson-Justin Holl

Goaltenders: Petr Mrázek/Cam Talbot

Special Teams

Golden Knights power play: 28.9%, Golden Knights penalty kill: 2nd. 76.3%, 22nd.

Red Wings power play: 28.6%, 3rd. Red Wings penalty kill: 69.9%, 32nd.

Golden Knights Game Notes

This is the first meeting of the season between the Golden Knights and the Red Wings. The Golden Knights are 5-5-1 all-time against the Red Wings and have lost three of their last four games at Little Caesars Arena.

Pavel Dorofeyev has an active four-game point streak (3-2-5) and has scored a goal in three consecutive games for the first time in his career.

Jack Eichel has an active eight-game point streak; every point he records until the end of the regular season adds to his franchise-leading 80 points in a single season. He has seven goals and 15 assists in 22 career games against the Red Wings and has an active four-game point streak against them.

Ivan Barbashev has six goals and two assists in nine career games against the Red Wings.

We’re on Milestone Watch! Keegan Kolesar is one point away from 100 in his career. 

Dylan Larkin has two goals and eight assists in ten career games against the Golden Knight, including points in four straight.

The Golden Knights are 15-12-5 on the road this season; the Red Wings are 17-15-3 at home.

How to Watch

TV: TNT, TruTV, Vegas 34

Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340