NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 2/22/2025

Vancouver Canucks (26-18-11, 57 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (33-17-6, 72 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Saturday, February 22
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/ SN /SCRIPPS
Radio:
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vancouver  +1.5 ML +140
Vegas: -1.5 ML -166
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes: 

The Canucks before the break rattled off three straight wins after a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. They were winners in six of their last eight. They were averaging over that eight-game span 2.75 goals per game while allowing an average of 1.75 goals per game.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights won two straight prior to the break as they beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in their last game. They had dropped four straight before the two-game winning streak. They were averaging 2.33 goals per game while allowing 2.67 goals per game.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-E.Pettersson-Sherwood
O’Connor-Chytil-Boeser
Joshua-Suter-Garland
Hoglander-Blueger-Aman

Forbort-Hronek
M.Pettersson-Myers
E.N.Pettersson-Soucy

Lankinen
Silovs

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Barbashev-Eichel-Olofsson
Saad-Howden-Stone
Lavoie-Hertl-Dorofeyev
Rondbjerg-Roy-Kolesar

Hague-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Teddy Blueger this season has 17 points on five goals and 12 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights 11 times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assist; he scored the lone Vancouver goal in the previous meeting this season.

Vegas Golden Knights

Brett Howden this season has 23 points on 16 goals and seven assists. He’s faced the Canucks 11 times in his career recording six points on four goals and two assists; he scored a goal and had an assist in the matchup earlier this season.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

D Quinn Hughes – IR
G Thatcher Demko – Out

Vegas Golden Knights

C William Karlsson – Out
RW Cole Schwindt – Out
LW Tanner Pearson – Out
D Shea Theodore – Week-To-Week

Next Game:

Vancouver – February 23 at Utah Hockey Club
Vegas – February 24 at Los Angeles Kings

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