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Vegas Golden Knights vs Vancouver Canucks prediction

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Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Vegas Golden Knights

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line14 min together
    49LWBarbashevIvan9CEichelJack61RWStoneMark
  2. 2nd line12 min together
    21LWHowdenBrett71CKarlssonWilliam10RWHoltzAlexander
  3. 3rd line7 min together
    24LWConnellyTrevor48CHertlTomáš42RWBowmanBraeden
  4. 4th line4 min together
    17LWGatcombMarc26CDowdNic36RWLavoieRaphael

Defence

  1. 1st pair17 min together
    3DMcNabbBrayden27DTheodoreShea
  2. 2nd pair14 min together
    4DAnderssonRasmus5DLauzonJeremy
  3. 3rd pair13 min together
    15DHanifinNoah52DCoghlanDylan

Goalies

Vancouver Canucks

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line9 min together
    74LWDeBruskJake77CChytilFilip88RWLekkerimäkiJonathan
  2. 2nd line12 min together
    18LWO'ConnorDrew40CPetterssonElias94RWKarlssonLinus
  3. 3rd line9 min together
    13LWBainsArshdeep63CSassonMax7RWGallagherBrendan
  4. 4th line5 min together
    47LWCotterPaul23CRossiMarco6RWBoeserBrock

Defence

  1. 1st pair16 min together
    17DHronekFilip
    25DPetterssonElias
  2. 2nd pair13 min together
    5DWillanderTom8DBuiumZeev
  3. 3rd pair5 min together
    4DOleksiakJamie90DManciniVictor

Goalies

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.

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; Tomáš 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; Elias Pettersson: Matt.davs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Carter Hart VEG

.888 save percentage

2.87 GAA · 4–3–0 · 7 starts

Kevin Lankinen VAN

.812 save percentage

6.17 GAA · 1–7–0 · 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: Carter Hart: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Kevin Lankinen: HickoryOughtShirt?4, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Team leaders

Vegas Golden KnightsThis seasonVancouver Canucks

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

Photo credits: 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; Elias Pettersson: Matt.davs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Recent form

Vegas Golden Knights

L2–6L2–6W6–2W6–2W5–2

Vancouver Canucks

L2–5L3–6L2–4OTL2–3L2–3

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

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