3. Comebacks
Within the common season, the Geese had 26 comeback wins, tying the Montreal Canadiens for essentially the most within the NHL. Two got here towards the Golden Knights. In addition they had 12 third-period comeback wins, essentially the most within the League.
The Golden Knights had 21 comeback wins and 10 third-period comeback wins.
Within the first spherical, Anaheim and Vegas every had three comeback wins, tied for essentially the most among the many 16 groups.
The Golden Knights had three third-period comeback wins, greater than every other crew. The Geese had one too.
“Something can occur,” Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb mentioned. “You’re by no means actually out of it, proper?”
Geese projected lineup
Cutter Gauthier — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Alex Killorn — Mikael Granlund — Beckett Sennecke
Chris Kreider — Ryan Poehling — Mason McTavish
Jeffrey Viel — Tim Washe — Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — John Carlson
Tyson Hinds — Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Olen Zellweger, Jansen Harkins, Ross Johnston
Injured: Radko Gudas (decrease physique)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — Mitch Marner — Mark Stone
Reilly Smith — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith — Nic Dowd — Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Rasmus Andersson
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Brandon Saad, Akira Schmid
Injured: William Karlsson (decrease physique), Jonas Rondbjerg (decrease physique)
Standing report
Karlsson practiced Thursday and Sunday, however the middle hasn’t performed since Nov. 8. “He continues to progress,” Vegas normal supervisor Kelly McCrimmon mentioned Sunday. “That’s so far as I’ll go together with respect to his availability.”
NHL.com impartial correspondent Paul Delos Santos contributed