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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vegas Golden Knights prediction

Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Vegas Golden Knights

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line14 min together
  2. 2nd line12 min together
  3. 3rd line7 min together
  4. 4th line4 min together

Defence

  1. 1st pair17 min together
  2. 2nd pair14 min together
  3. 3rd pair13 min together

How we read the lines: from the NHL’s shift charts, the three forwards and the two defencemen who shared the most 5-on-5 ice time, ranked by time on ice. Coaches shuffle lines often, so treat them as a guide until puck drop.

Nick Paul: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Kirill Marchenko: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; William Nylander: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Jack Roslovic: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Auston Matthews: Azadeh Kashani, CC BY-SA 4.0; Brandon Duhaime: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Teddy Blueger: Pens_Through_My_Lens, CC BY-SA 4.0; Zack MacEwen: Andrew McQuillan, CC BY-SA 2.0; Gavin McKenna: Kaiser matias, CC BY-SA 4.0; Colton Sissons: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Vinni Lettieri: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Darren Raddysh: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Jake McCabe: Xgeorg, CC BY-SA 3.0; Morgan Rielly: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Oliver Ekman-Larsson: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0; Nick Blankenburg: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ivan Barbashev: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jack Eichel: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Mark Stone: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0; Brett Howden: The Kip, CC BY-SA 4.0; William Karlsson: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alexander Holtz: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Tomas Hertl: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Nic Dowd: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0; Raphael Lavoie: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Brayden McNabb: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Shea Theodore: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0; Rasmus Andersson: Jfvoll, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jeremy Lauzon: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0; Noah Hanifin: Photo by Jamie Kellner., CC BY-SA 3.0; Dylan Coghlan: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Sergei Bobrovsky TOR

.895 save percentage

3.10 GAA · 3–3–2 · 8 starts

Carter Hart VEG

.888 save percentage

2.87 GAA · 4–3–0 · 7 starts

Teams do not name their goalie before the game. We expect the No. 1 unless his team played the night before, when the back-up usually starts; last season that call was right about two times in three. Our win chances do not depend on it.

Photo credits: Sergei Bobrovsky: Paula R. Lively from Zanesville, CC BY 2.0; Carter Hart: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Team leaders

Toronto Maple LeafsThis seasonVegas Golden Knights

Season totals in this competition from the scoresheets so far (12 games per team); current squads only.

Photo credits: Auston Matthews: Azadeh Kashani, CC BY-SA 4.0; Oliver Ekman-Larsson: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0; Jack Eichel: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Mark Stone: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0; Jeremy Lauzon: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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W win · OTL loss in overtime or a shootout · L loss in regulation

Head to head

  • Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs

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