Vegas Golden Knights (43-21-6, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (31-33-5, sixth in the Pacific Division)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights visit the Vancouver Canucks after Jack Eichel's hat trick against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Golden Knights' 7-2 win.
Vancouver is 13-5-0 against the Pacific Division and 31-33-5 overall. The Canucks are 29-9-5 when scoring three or more goals.
Vegas is 8-8-2 against the Pacific Division and 43-21-6 overall. The Golden Knights have a 17-8-3 record in one-goal games.
The teams meet Tuesday for the third time this season. The Golden Knights won 5-4 in the last meeting. Eichel led the Golden Knights with three goals.
TOP PERFORMERS: Andrei Kuzmenko has 34 goals and 27 assists for the Canucks. Quinn Hughes has 11 assists over the last 10 games.
Eichel has 26 goals and 28 assists for the Golden Knights. Alex Pietrangelo has one goal and nine assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 8-2-0, averaging 3.2 goals, six assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.
Golden Knights: 8-2-0, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.5 assists, 3.2 penalties and 11.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.
INJURIES: Canucks: Filip Hronek: out (upper-body), Oliver Ekman-Larsson: out (lower body), Ilya Mikheyev: out for season (knee), Tanner Pearson: out for season (hand), Travis Dermott: out (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman: out (undisclosed).
Golden Knights: William Carrier: out (lower-body), Laurent Brossoit: out (lower body), Robin Lehner: out for season (hip), Nolan Patrick: out (upper body), Mark Stone: out (back), Adin Hill: day to day (lower body), Logan Thompson: out (lower body), Nicolas Roy: out (lower body), Keegan Kolesar: out (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
