8:07 pm
October 29

Ducks @ Golden Knights

Who will WIN this matchup?

Anaheim Ducks (2-4-2)

@ Vegas Golden Knights (3-4-0)

 

Starting Goalies:

John Gibson (ANA): Confirmed

Robin Lehner (VGK): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

Anaheim Ducks: (+185)

Vegas Golden Knights: (-225)

 

• After stumbling out of the gate with a 1-4-0 start, the Vegas Golden Knights can get back to the .500 mark on Friday when they face the slumping Anaheim Ducks in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights, playing without injured first-line wingers Max Pacioretty and Mark Stone, moved out of the Pacific Division basement after an impressive sweep of back-to-back road games against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.

• Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit made 32 saves on Wednesday in his first start with the Golden Knights during a 3-2 overtime win against the Stars. Vegas tied it on a goal by Jonathan Marchessault with 1:02 left after pulling Brossoit for an extra attacker, then won it on a goal by Evgenii Dadonov at 1:59 in OT.

• It was an impressive win for the Golden Knights, who didn’t land in Dallas on their delayed flight from Denver until about four hours before faceoff. Vegas also played with a short bench after Mattias Janmark sat out the game with an upper-body injury while William Carrier had to be helped off the ice in the second period after blocking a shot with his leg.

• Now Vegas will try and make it three wins in a row against an Anaheim team that lost at home in overtime 4-3 to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night and is in the midst of a five-game winless streak (0-3-2).

• The Ducks, who outshot Buffalo 10-1 in the third period, rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie it on Simon Benoit’s first career NHL goal at 5:59 in the third period. However, the Sabres’ Rasmus Asplund tapped in Victor Olofsson’s pass with 43.9 seconds left in overtime.

• Anaheim now must make a quick turnaround for a 5 p.m. PDT start as Vegas celebrates the Nevada Day holiday, which marks the state’s admission to the union on Oct. 31, 1864, with a late matinee. The Ducks then return home for a four-game homestand, beginning with a Sunday matinee against the Montreal Canadiens.

7/10
Confidence
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Vegas Golden Knights
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