Golden Knights Game 2: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs Sharks

The Vegas Golden Knights (0-0-1) play the second game of a season-opening back-to-back. They’re in search of their first win of the season after losing their home opener in a shootout. They’ll face the San Jose Sharks (0-0-0) in their season opener at SAP Center.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. PST.

The Golden Knights were in action last night at home against the Los Angeles Kings. They started slow, but clawed their way back into the fight and erased a multigoal deficit. However, they proceeded to blow a multigoal lead of their own and ultimately fell in the shootout. My observations here:

Adin Hill started last night for the Golden Knights, so it’ll be Akira Schmid’s net today. Schmid has a record of 0-1-0 and an average save percentage of .706 in one career game against the Sharks.

Alex Nedeljkovic starts tonight for the Sharks. He has a record of 1-1-0, an average save percentage of .933, and one shutout in three career games against the Golden Knights.

Golden Knights Lines

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad — Tomáš Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Mark Stone
Brett Howden — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar

DEFENSE

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak

Goaltenders: Akira Schmid / Adin Hill

Sharks Lines

Philipp Kurashev — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf 
Barclay Goodrow — Adam Gaudette — Ryan Reaves

Defense

Nick Leddy — John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Dmitry Orlov — Shakir Mukhamadullin

Goaltenders: Alex Nedeljkovic / Yaroslav Askarov

Golden Knights Game Notes

The Golden Knights finished last season with a record of 3-0-0 against the Sharks.

The Golden Knights have never lost in regulation to the Sharks on the road. They have a record of 14-0-3 at SAP Center.

Last night, Mitch Marner recorded his first point as a Golden Knight. 

With a goal and three assists, Jack Eichel leads the team in points. Pavel Dorofeyev, who scored a hat trick against the Kings, leads the team in goals.

Tyler Toffoli has 12 goals and 18 points in 24 career games against the Golden Knights.

Ryan Reaves played 209 games in a Golden Knights sweater. He has two goals and two assists in nine career games against his former team.

How to Watch

Streaming: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9/1340