NHL Game Preview: Vegas Golden Knights at Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 4/6/2025

Vegas Golden Knights (46-22-8, 98 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (35-28-13, 83 pts)

Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN
Radio: 
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vegas: -1.5 ML -148
Vancouver: +1.5 ML +124
O/U 5.5

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Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights snapped a two-game skid last night with a 3-2 overtime win over the Calgary Flames. Vegas is 7-3-0 in their last ten games, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. The Golden Knights are trying to hold onto their lead in the Pacific Division as the Los Angeles Kings sit just three points behind.

Vancouver Canucks News & Notes: 

The Canucks snapped a three-game losing streaking with a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks yesterday. They improved to 4-4-2 in their last ten games, averaging 3.5 goals per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game. They sit six points back of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference entering tonight’s game.

Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Pearson-Eichel-Dorofeyev
Saad-Karlsson-Stone
Olofsson-Roy-Smith
Barbashev-Howden-Kolesar

McNabb-Theodore
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
Hague-Whitecloud

Samsonov
Hill

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Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

Garland-Suter-Boeser
O’Connor-Blueger-DeBrusk
Joshua-Raty-Sherwood
Karlsson-Sasson-Lekkerimaki

Hughes-Mancini
M.Pettersson-Hronek
Forbort-E.N.Pettersson

Lankinen
Demko

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Players To Watch:

Vegas Golden Knights

William Karlsson this season has 24 points on seven goals and 17 assists. He’s faced the Canucks 26 times in his career recording 21 points on eight goals and 13 assists; in one game against Vancouver this season he scored a goal.  

Vancouver Canucks

Kiefer Sherwood this season has 35 points on 17 goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights ten times in his career, recording four assists; in the previous two meetings this season, he’s recorded two of those four assists.

Injury Report:

Vegas Golden Knights

C Tomas Hertl – Out

Vancouver Canucks

C Filip Chytil – Out
D Noah Juulsen – IR
C Elias Pettersson – Out
LW Nils Hoglander – Out
D Tyler Myers – DTD
C Nils Aman – DTD

Next game:

Vegas – April 8 at Colorado Avalanche
Vancouver – April 8 at Dallas Stars

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