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The Matchup: Ottawa Senators (4-2) at Vegas Golden Knights (4-2-1)

The place: T-Cellular Area, Las Vegas (RDS2, TSN5)

When: October 25, 6 PM EDT. In case you’re questioning why Vegas has a recreation scheduled on a Friday afternoon, it is as a result of it’s a vacation there. Nevada Day celebrates the state’s admission to the Union, noticed on the final Friday of October annually.

What’s New? Each groups final performed on Tuesday and needs to be well-rested. Ottawa has gained two consecutive video games, defeating Tampa Bay (5-4) on Saturday and Utah (4-0) on Tuesday. That was Ottawa’s first highway win of the season in opposition to a Western Convention workforce, which equals their whole from all of final season. They’re going to search for one other as we speak in opposition to Vegas, which improved its dwelling document to an ideal 4-0 with Tuesday’s 6-1 trampling of LA.

Travis Inexperienced and Bruce Cassidy will emphasize the significance of avoiding penalties which might flip this recreation right into a high-scoring affair. The 2 groups rank second (OTT) and fourth (VGK) on the ability play, whereas each have fairly common penalty kills.

Reunited and It Feels So Good: Former Senator Mark Stone is off to a powerful begin, main the Knights with 12 factors in seven video games. He’s now within the sixth 12 months of an eight-year contract with the workforce. Solely three of Stone’s previous Sens’ teammates are nonetheless in Ottawa: Brady Tkachuk, Thomas Chabot, and Drake Batherson.

In distinction, Senator newcomer Michael Amadio has performed with almost all the present Knights, and this will be his first game back in Vegas since signing a three-year deal with Ottawa. Amadio continues to be pointless, however has performed nicely and continues to be arrange for fulfillment. Once more as we speak, he is anticipated to play alongside the Sens’ prime scorers, Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk.

Ottawa Lineup Information: The Senators made two strikes on Friday morning that strongly trace on the standing of two key gamers for tonight’s recreation. They recalled Cole Reinhardt (on paper) and returned goalie Leevi Merilainen to Belleville of the AHL (additionally on paper).

Reinhardt is a provisional recall who could also be referred to as into motion if heart Shane Pinto is unable to play. Pinto hasn’t missed any video games however has been absent from practices. Senators head coach Travis Inexperienced talked about to TSN 1200 yesterday that Pinto will be a game-time decision.

Merilainen was referred to as up on Tuesday after Ullmark introduced on the morning skate that he couldn’t gown for the sport in Salt Lake Metropolis. With a 3 PM native begin as we speak, there is no such thing as a morning skate, so Merilainen’s demotion means that Ullmark is prone to gown for tonight’s recreation. He has been coping with what the workforce described as a “pressure” and hasn’t performed since October 12.

Defenseman Artem Zub will miss his fourth consecutive recreation as a result of a concussion sustained when he was hit by Los Angeles Kings ahead Tanner Jeannot on October 14.

Sens projected lineup:

Vegas Lineup Information: Shea Theodore returns to the Knights’ lineup after lacking Tuesday’s recreation in opposition to Los Angeles. Yesterday, Theodore signed a seven-year extension with a cap hit of simply over $7.4 million. Vegas also signed Calen Addison to an AHL deal; Addison was launched after attempting out for the Senators earlier this month.

Ahead William Karlsson has been sidelined since coaching camp and won’t play tonight. The plan is for Karlsson to make his season debut tomorrow against San Jose. Victor Olofsson is out with a lower-body harm. Prescott’s Ben Hutton, one of Claude Giroux’s summer workout partners, is listed as a wholesome scratch.

Knights Projected Lineup

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov