NHL Game Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 12/23/2024

Anaheim Ducks (12-15-4, 28 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (22-8-3, 47 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Monday, December 23
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+ /KCOP-13/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Anaheim – KLAA 830 AM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Anaheim: +1.5 ML +260
Vegas: -1.5 ML -325
O/U 6.5

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Anaheim Ducks News & Notes:

The Ducks had their two-game winning streak snapped on Friday as they lost to the Colorado Avalanche 4-2. Anaheim is currently in the bottom of the league in every category both offensively and defensively.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

Vegas is coming into this game off their third straight win as they defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Saturday night. The Golden Knights rank inside the top ten in every offensive category to this point in the season.

Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines

Vatrano-Strome-Terry
McGinn-Carlsson- Killorn
Gauthier-McTavish-Fabbri
Johnston-Lundestrom-Harkins
Lacombe-Gudas
Zellweger-Trouba
Mintyukov-Dumoulin

Gibson
Dostal

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Dorofeyev-Eichel-Stone
Olofsson-Karlsson-Pearson
Howden-Hertl-Kolesar
Holtz-Schwindt-Laczynski
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Anaheim Ducks

Frank Vatrano this season has 17 points on nine goals and eight assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 16 times in his career recording nine points on seven goals and two assists; he has one goal against Vegas in three games this season.

Vegas Golden Knights

Tomas Hertl this season has 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists. He’s faced the Ducks 45 times in his career recording 33 points on ten goals and 23 assists; in the first three matchups against Anaheim this season he’s recorded four points on two goals and two assists.

Injury Report:

Anaheim Ducks

LW Trevor Zegras – IR – Week to week

Vegas Golden Knights

D Ben Hutton – IR
F Ivan Barbashev – DTD
F Nicholas Roy – DTD

Next Game:

Anaheim – December 28 vs Philadelphia Flyers
Vegas – December 27 at San Jose Sharks

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