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Surging Wild Face Slumping Golden Knights in Las Vegas Tonight

Vegas remains without Jack Eichel for a sixth straight game.

Overview

  • Puck drop at T-Mobile Arena is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. PST as Minnesota begins the second stop of a seven-game road trip.
  • Carter Hart starts for Vegas and Filip Gustavsson goes for Minnesota, according to team game notes.
  • Minnesota enters 8-1-1 in its last 10 and 10-6-1 on the road, while Vegas has dropped four of five and is 8-4-6 at home.
  • The Wild rallied to beat Winnipeg 4-3 in overtime on Saturday after a late Mats Zuccarello equalizer, and the Golden Knights fell 6-5 in a shootout to Colorado after twice leading by two.
  • Vegas has struggled beyond regulation at 4-11 overall and 1-5 in shootouts, with special teams trending stronger for the Knights’ power play (25.2%) than the Wild’s penalty kill (77.1%).