The Vancouver Canucks are on the road to play the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. The game can be streamed on ESPN+ and promises to be a great match.
Vancouver enters the game with a 40-17-7 record and is in first place in the Western Conference. The Canucks are coming off a 2-1 OT win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after defeating the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 before that.
Vegas, meanwhile, is 33-22-7 and in seventh place in the Western Conference. The Golden Knights are on a three-game losing skid and coming off a disappointing 6-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. Vegas did trade for forward Anthony Mantha and defenseman Noah Hanifin to strengthen their roster.
Vancouver Canucks projected lineups
Forwards
- Nils Hoglander - Elias Pettersson - Pius Suter
- llya Mikheyev - JT Miller - Brock Boeser
- Vasily Podkolzin - Elias Lindholm - Conor Garland
- Phil Di Giuseppe - Teddy Blueger - Sam Lafferty
Defensemen
- Quinn Hughes - Flip Hronek
- Ian Cole - Carson Soucy
- Nikita Zadarov - Noah Juulsen
Canucks projected starting goalie
The Vancouver Canucks are projected to start Thatcher Demko on Thursday. Here are his stats for the season:
- Games played: 47
- Wins: 32
- Losses: 13
- OT Losses: 2
- Goals Against: 118
- Goals Against Average: 2.52
- Shots Faced: 1,384
- Saves: 1,266
- Save Percentage: .915
- Shutouts: 5
Vegas Golden Knights projected lineups
Forwards
- Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel - Jonathan Marchessault
- Chandler Stephenson - William Karlsson - Michael Amadio
- Paul Cotter - Nicolas Roy - Anthony Mantha
- Mason Morelli - Byron Froese - Keegan Kolesar
Defensemen
- Alec Martinez - Alex Pietrangelo
- Brayden McNabb - Shea Theodore
- Nicolas Hague - Zach Whitecloud
Golden Knights projected starting goalie
Vegas is projected to start Adin Hill on Thursday night. Here are his stats for the season:
- Games played: 26
- Wins: 15
- Losses: 7
- OT Losses: 2
- Goals Against: 60
- Goals Against Average: 2.49
- Shots Faced: 748
- Saves: 688
- Save Percentage: .920
- Shutouts: 2