NHL Game Preview: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 12/27/2024

Vegas Golden Knights (22-8-3, 47 pts) at San Jose Sharks (11-20-6, 28 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Friday, December 27
Time: 10:30 ET
TV: ESPN+ /SCRIPPS/ NBCSCA
Radio:
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vegas: -1.5 ML -245
San Jose: +1.5 ML +200
O/U 6

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Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

Vegas won their fourth straight game on Monday over the Anaheim Ducks to enter the holiday break. They’ve outscored their opponents 15-6 over the four games and have been led by Mark Stone who has five points on a goal and four assists, William Karlsson who has a point in each of the last four games, and Keegan Kolesar who has four points in the last two games on two goals and two assists.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

San Jose suffered their fifth straight loss and eighth loss in their last nine on Monday as they dropped their last game before the holiday break to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3. Despite the loss forward Luke Kunin extended his point streak to three games as he has two goals and two assists in the last three.

Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

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

Hill
Samsonov

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Granlund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Eklund-Wennberg-Smith
Kovalenko-Kunin-Zetterlund
Goodrow-Sturm-Dellandrea
Thrun-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Mukhamadullini-Rutta

Askarov
Georgiev

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Players To Watch:

Vegas Golden Knights

Mark Stone this season has 28 points on seven goals and 21 assists. He’s faced the Sharks 32 times in his career recording 32 points on 14 goals and 18 assists; in the previous matchup this season against San Jose he had three points on a goal and two assists.

San Jose Sharks

Luke Kunin this season has 16 points ten goals and six assists. He’s faced Vegas 13 times in his career recording two goals; one of those goals came in the previous matchup this season.

Injury Report:

Vegas Golden Knights

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

San Jose Sharks

C Klim Kostin – IR
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – IR (Non Roster)
C Logan Couture – LTIR – Month To Month
G Vitek Vanecek – Out
D Jake Walman – DTD

Next Game:

Vegas – December 29 vs. Calgary Flames
San Jose – December 28 vs Calgary Flames

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1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
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3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10