Overview
- Marner is slated to skate on a top unit with Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev in his first game for Vegas.
- Coach Bruce Cassidy underscored the season’s aim by saying the team’s goal is to win the Stanley Cup.
- Marner joined Vegas in a reported July 1 sign-and-trade that sent Nicolas Roy to Toronto and was followed by a reported eight-year, $96 million contract.
- Vegas begins the campaign addressing a significant blue-line gap after Alex Pietrangelo’s departure.
- The goaltending tandem opens as Adin Hill and Akira Schmid, with the situation described as one to monitor as the season progresses.