Golden Knights Game 82, Last Dance; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs Canucks

The Vegas Golden Knights (49-22-10)close out the regular season on the second half of a back-to-back. They rested key players on Tuesday and will likely do the same again tonight. They’ll face off against the Vancouver Canucks (38-29-14) at Rogers Arena.

The puck drops just after 7 p.m.

NHL betting sites have the Canucks as slight favorites, but both teams have -100 odds.

The Golden Knights were last in action on Tuesday, playing the Flames in Calgary. They played well, but Ilya Samsonov had an off night and conceded a few leaky goals. The Flames ultimately won 5-4 in a shootout.

Despite being eliminated from playoff contention, the Canucks have won three of their last four games. They hosted the San Jose Sharks on Monday and won 2-1 in overtime. 

Since Ilya Samsonov played last night, it’ll likely be Akira Schmid’s net. Schmid has never played a game against the Canucks.

Kevin Lankinen starts for the Canucks. He has a record of 3-3-2 and an average save percentage of .901 in eight career games against the Golden Knights.

Projected Golden Knights Lines

Brett Howden-Jack Eichel-Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson-William Karlsson-Reilly Smith
Jonas Røndbjerg-Nic Roy-Keegan Kolesar
Tanner Pearson-Cole Schwindt-Alexander Holtz

Defense

Brayden McNabb-Shea Theodore
Nic Hague-Alex Pietrangelo
Ben Hutton-Kaedan Korczak

Goaltenders: Akira Schmid/Ilya Samsonov

Canucks Lines

Nils Höglander-Pius Suter-Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk-Ty Mueller-Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua-Aatu Räty-Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor-Teddy Blueger-Linus Karlsson

Defense

Quinn Hughes-Elias Pettersson
Marcus Pettersson-Filip Hronek
Kirill Kudryavtsev-Victor Mancini

Goaltenders: Kevin Lankinen/Nikita Tolopido

Special Teams

Golden Knights power play: 28.8%, 2nd. Golden Knights penalty kill: 75.6%, 26th.
Canucks power play: 22.6%, 15th. Canucks penalty kill: 82.4%, tied for 2nd.

Golden Knights Game Notes

The Golden Knights are 3-0 against the Canucks this year and will look to sweep the season series for the first time since 2017-18. They are 21-9-1 against the Canucks all-time and have a record of 9-1-2 at Rogers Arena.

Tomáš Hertl has 17 goals and 37 points in 45 career games against the Canucks.

Reilly Smith has nine goals and 23 points in 28 career games against the Canucks.

Quinn Hughes has five goals and 15 points in 14 career games against Vegas.

Brock Boeser, drafted by Vancouver in 2015, is a pending free agent. He’ll likely play his last game as a Canuck tonight. 

The Golden Knights have a record of 20-13-7 on the road this season; the Canucks are 17-15-8 at home.

HOW TO WATCH

TV: TNT, TruTV
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340

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