NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 12/19/2024

Vancouver Canucks (16-9-5, 37 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (20-8-3, 43 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Thursday, December 19
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/SNP/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vancouver: +1.5 ML +142
Vegas: -1.5 ML -170
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks are coming off a big win on Monday over the Colorado Avalanche which put them in the top Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. They are 5-3-2 in their last ten as they look to hold onto their spot in the playoff picture.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

Vegas is coming off a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. The win comes after they had their four-game win streak snapped on Saturday in a loss to the Edmonton Oilers. In their last ten games, they are 7-2-1.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Pettersson-Sasson
Garland-Miller-Boeser
Heinen-Suter-Sherwood
Joshua-Blueger-Hoglander
Hughes- Myers
Soucy-Juulsen
Brannstrom-Desharnais

Demko
Silovs

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

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

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Quinn Hughes this season has 35 points on seven goals and 28 assists. He’s played 12 games against the Golden Knights in his career recording 15 points on five goals and ten assists; last season in four games he had five points on four goals and an assist.

Vegas Golden Knights

Jack Eichel this season has 42 points on nine goals and 33 assists. In his career against Vancouver he’s played in 19 games recording 21 points on six goals and 15 assists; last season in four games he had eight points on four goals and four assists.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

D Filip Hronek – IR
D Derek Forbort – Out
G Kevin Lankinen – Out

Vegas Golden Knights

D Ben Hutton – IR

Next Game:

Vancouver Canucks – December 21 vs. Ottawa Senators
Vegas Golden Knights – December 21 vs. Seattle Kraken

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