The Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Rogers Arena. The Vegas Golden Knights look for a win after winning eight of their last 11 games. The Vancouver Canucks look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 18.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Jonathan Marchessault leads Vegas with 28 goals, Chandler Stephenson has 40 assists and Alex Pietrangelo has 203 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 78 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Robin Lehner has given up 111 goals on 1,220 shots faced, and Laurent Brossoit has allowed 62 goals on 588 shots.
The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Bo Horvat leads Vancouver with 30 goals, JT Miller has 56 assists and Conor Garland has 181 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 73.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 148 goals on 1,792 shots faced and Jaroslav Halak has allowed 39 goals on 386 shots.
The Golden Knights are 3-7 in their last 10 road games and 6-1 in their last 7 overall. The Canucks are 6-0 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest and 1-5 in their last 6 home games. The over is 10-4 in Golden Knights last 14 overall. The under is 6-2-2 in Canucks last 10 overall. The Golden Knights are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Vancouver and 14-6 in the last 20 meetings.
This will be the third time this month these teams will play each other, so there’s some familiarity here, but the Vegas Golden Knights have gotten the better of the Canucks in most meetings. Vegas is also clearly out of its funk with wins in six of its last seven tries, and yet it’s still being priced weird. The Vancouver Canucks are too inconsistent as of late to trust them against a hot Golden Knights side.