Golden Knights vs. Leafs - Jan. 15th, 9:30pm - TSN4

[CarltonTheBear]

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Vegas Golden Knights 22-11-12, 56 points​	vs.​	Toronto Maple Leafs 23-16-7, 53 pts​

Projected Line-ups​

Barbashev-Eichel-Stone Smith-Marner-Dorofeyev Holtz-Hertl-Kolesar Reinhardt-Sissons-Bowman Hanifin-Whitecloud Lauzon-Theodore Hutton-Korczak Lindbom​

McMann-Matthews-Domi Maccelli-Tavares-Nylander Knies-Roy-Cowan Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok Rielly-Carlo McCabe-OEL Benoit-Stecher Woll​

Scratches​

Brett Howden Brandon Saad Carter Hart​

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Nick Robertson Philippe Myers Matt Benning​

Injuries​

Brett Howden - Lower Body - Questionable Brandon Saad - Undisclosed - Questionable Carter Hart - Lower Body - Questionable William Karlsson - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Brayden McNabb - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Adin Hill - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Alex Pietrangelo - Hip - Injured Reserve​

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Nick Robertson - Lower Body - Questionable Dakota Joshua - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Chris Tanev - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Dakota Mermis - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Anthony Stolarz - Upper Body - Injured Reserve​

Game Notes​

VGK -Carl Lindbom will likely start for the Golden Knights -Any interesting narratives about this game? Probably not right

TOR -Joseph Woll will likely start for the Leafs

Streams​

Sportsurge OnHockey NHL66​

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Anyway some actual notes I had on Vegas:

-Marner has 11 goals and 47 points in 45 games in his first post-Toronto season. That would be the lowest goals per game rate of his entire careeer, and the worst assists and points per game rates over his past 8 seasons. Obviously not off to a great start but the Leafs (and Matthews) probably need to do more to erase their rough starts too before the snark can start.
-Yes, that's Marner at centre. He's been playing there for about 3 weeks now. It initially started as Vegas had a rash of injuries to centres, especially to Eichel, but even when Jack came back Marner mostly started in the middle. Their coach obviously likes his playmaking and defensive abilities there. A 38% faceoff percentage could force him back to the wing eventually though.
-Vegas' goaltending has been a mess this season. Hill (.888 Sv%) got injured early. Carter Hart has a .871 Sv% through 12 games since signing with the team and is currently out with an injury too. Akira Schmid has mostly held down the fort somehow going 14-4-5 with a .896 Sv%. He started last night though so the Leafs will see Vegas' 4th string goalie: 22-year old rookie Carl Lindbom (2-4-2, 3.00 GAA, .873 Sv% this season). Lindbom was the 3rd last player selection in the 2021 draft (7th round, 222nd overall). While I had that page open I was surprised to see that five players selected in the 7th round that year have already played NHL games, and 3 of them have over 30 GP