Overview
- Tampa Bay completes a three-game Western trip in Las Vegas on Thursday in the second and final meeting between the teams this season.
- The Lightning won the Oct. 26 opener 2-1 in overtime on Nikita Kucherov’s goal, with Andrei Vasilevskiy stopping 18 shots and Lindbom making 26 saves in his NHL debut.
- Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said both Lindbom and Schmid will start this week, and local reporting says Lindbom is slated to face Tampa Bay.
- Schmid has surged with a 6-1-0 run that includes a 24-save shutout of Detroit, as Vegas navigates Adin Hill’s lower-body injury.
- Lightning forward Nick Paul practiced Wednesday but is still not expected to play, and Vegas continues a six-game homestand after splitting its first two games.