10:07 pm
May 1

Golden Knights @ Coyotes

Who will WIN this matchup?

Vegas Golden Knights (35-12-2)

@ Arizona Coyotes (22-24-5)

 

Starting Goalies:

Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK): Unconfirmed

Darcy Kuemper (ARI): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Vegas Golden Knights: (-210)

Arizona Coyotes: (+175)

 

• After his team’s franchise-record 10-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-0 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night, Vegas captain Mark Stone was still in a somewhat lighthearted mood. “I joked with the guys, ‘We’re not the Harlem Globetrotters, you can’t win them all,'” Stone said. “We’ve won 10 of our last 11 games. We’re not going to win every game.”

• The Golden Knights (35-12-2, 72 points), who saw their West Division lead fall to four points over second-place Colorado, now will try to salvage a split of their back-to-back with the Coyotes on Saturday night in Glendale, Ariz., before heading to Minnesota for a back-to-back with the third-place Wild. Stone admitted that his team, which was coming off a 5-2 home victory over the Avalanche on Wednesday, might have suffered a letdown heading into Friday’s loss against an Arizona team that had dropped nine of its previous 11 games.

• Arizona (22-24-5, 49 points) closed to within three points of fourth-place St. Louis for the final playoff spot in the West. However, the Blues, winners of four straight, still have three games in hand.

• It was the first loss for Vegas since April 7, when the Golden Knights dropped a 3-1 decision at St. Louis. And with just seven games remaining in the regular-season, including a May 10 home date with Colorado, Stone made it clear his team can’t afford any more slip-ups if they want to claim the West crown and top playoff seed.

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