The Golden Knights return home to the Fortress on Saturday night looking to add to their 2-0 series advantage vs the Stars. We will see a desperate Dallas team that Pete DeBoer said will have extra juice with its "season on the line." Dallas held the league's best road record at 26-10-5 and more than half of their points came away from home. Dallas averaged about four goals a game on the road this season. Dallas said it will simplify its game. They might have to do it without two key cogs...

The Golden Knights are returning home with a 2-0 series advantage after playing stifling defense in Wednesday's 3-1 road win over the Dallas Stars. The series shifts to Las Vegas Saturday for Game 3. VGK withstood an early push by Dallas and trained 1-0 on a Stars power play goal by Jason Robertson. But Jonathan Marchessault tallied the equalizer in the first to tie the score at 1-1. Noah Hanifin scored the game winner in the slot. And, Jack Eichel added the finishing touch with an empty...

VGK is looking to extend its series lead to two games to none in the opening series vs Dallas having already taken home ice advantage away from the Stars. The Golden Knights held on to a 4-3 win in the opener. Bruce Casidy wants the Golden Knights to continue to play physical hockey. They more than doubled the amount of hits on Dallas on Monday night. We also will see how Mark Stone responds in Game 2 after playing in his first contest since Feb. 20. VGK scored twice on the power play...

The Golden Knights now have home ice advantage in their opening round series vs the Dallas Stars by virtue of Monday's 4-3 win on the road. VGK won with netfront presence and by scoring twice on the power play. The debut performance by Mark Stone and Tomas Hertl on the same line was a successful one. Stone returned to the ice for the first time since Feb 20 and he not only scored a goal at 1:23 into the game, but it was his only shot of the contest. He scored his goal with Hertl in front...

The Golden Knights begin their defense of the Cup title tonight in Dallas against the Stars. VGK should be back at full strength with Mark Stone, William Carrier, Alex Pietrangelo and others all expected to start tonight. We talk about Kelly McCrimmon's Saturday press conference which outlined the returns of key players, especially Stone. We questioned the line combinations for tonight's opener. Why no Dorofeyev in the lineup? No Martinez? No Hutton? And we have our locks of Game 1 and the...

Our Chris Gawlik and Joey Erickson of Locked On Stars preview the VGK-Dallas series, which starts Monday.

The Golden Knights will be facing off against the Dallas Stars in the opening round of the playoffs beginning Monday night on the road. VGK limped into the playoffs and comes in as the eight seed. The Golden Knights lost in a lackluster game to the Anaheim Ducks Thursday, 4-1. Jack Eichel scored the only goal for VGK. The Golden Knights have now lost three straight to the cellar-dwelling Ducks. The Ducks Frankie Vatrano scored a hat trick in the game. We have a first look at the VGK-Stars...

The Golden Knights are looking to close out the regular season on a high note. VGK hosts the Anaheim Ducks and will look to reach the 100 point milestone in an up-and-down season. A win will also move VGK up in the standings to WC1 with a win over Nashville, and would put the Golden Knights into a first-round matchup vs the Edmonton Oilers. The Ducks have gone to the youth movement and tonight will feature the debut of rookie Cutter Gauthier, who led the NCAA in goals scored this past...

The Golden Knights set the tone in the second period when they became a more physical team vs Chicago last night. It started with a Zach Whitecloud hit on rookie Frank Nazar. Then Nic Hague laid a big hit on Connor Bedard. Bruce Cassidy put together a heavy line that included Tomas Hertl and Ivan Barbeshev. They set a massive screen in front of Petr Mrazic and Brayden McNabb cleaned up a rebound on a spinarama to score the goal. VGK will be difficult to beat if they can establish that same...

The Golden Knights will try to avoid a letdown against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight, a team that comes in with the worst road record in the NHL. We are interested to see who, if anyone, the Golden Knights will rest tonight. VGK enters the night a point behind the L.A. Kings, who lost at home to Minnesota last night. If the Golden Knights win out, they could potentially land in the first wild card spot. The VGK first round opponent still has not been settled. We have an update on the...

Now that the Golden Knights have locked in Noah Hanifin's new contract extension for eight years at $7.35 AAV, how much would Jonathan Marchessault command on the open market? Marchessault is in the final year of his contract and has 67 points including 41 goals. You have to believe his minimum contract would be in the vicinity of $8 million a year. Marchessault is 33 years old. We preview this weekend's games against the Wild Friday and the Avs on Sunday. And, it's WTF - What The Friday...

Even without Connor McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers rolled past VGK on home ice Wednesday night 5-1. The Golden Knights loss coupled with a St. Louis Blues win leaves the Blues just three points away from VGK. VGK will play its four remaining games on home ice. Bruce Cassidy said that even if McDavid were playing in last night's game, he still wouldn't have expected the result with the Golden Knights on the losing end. Chandler Stephenson missed the game, as his wife is expecting. We talk...

Connor McDavid is listed as day-to-day for the Oilers tonight in an important clash for VGK in the playoff chase. McDavid, who is third in the league with 130 points, missed practice twice this week after taking a hit from Blake Coleman of the Flames on Saturday. The Golden Knights still have plenty of other Oilers players that need to be marked in the contest. VGK is five points ahead of St. Louis and VGK still trails the Kings by a point, after Los Angeles lost at Anaheim Tuesday night....

The Golden Knights blew their second two-goal lead in as many games, as the dropped a 4-3 decision to the Canucks in Vancouver Tuesday night. It was the first win ever for Vancouver over VGK at the Roger Center. It also assured the Canucks of home ice in the first round of the playoffs. Jack Eichel scored twice on the Golden Knight's first two shots of the game, but VGK allowed Vancouver to respond. Noah Hanifin had the other VGK goal. The Golden Knights scored two power play goals, but...

The Golden Knights suffered one of the worst regular season losses in team history Friday night in Tempe. VGK had a four-goal outburst in the second period and led 4-1 after 40 minutes. But as we have seen too often this season, no VGK lead is safe. And in the third period, we saw the Yotes reel off six consecutive goals. Arizona beat Vegas 7-4. The Golden Knights appeared as though they felt they could defeat Arizona easily, and it appeared to be that way after two periods. The Coyotes...

Bruce Cassidy is telling the Golden Knights to "handle business" against the Arizona Coyotes in Tempe tonight. The Coyotes could still be a dangerous team even though their season is basically over as they are 20 points out of a playoff spot. Arizona has a winning record (20-19) at Mullett Arena on the ASU campus. Cassidy said we will not see Tomas Hertl tonight in his debut. Many believe it could be due to cap restrictions even though Hertl is said to be medically cleared. Nic Roy was...

Topping our list of unsung heroes this season for the Golden Knights, is defenseman Brayden McNabb. Not only has he played in every game, he already has a career high of 24 points. He's plus-18 on the season and plus-116 for his career. Michael Amadio is also on our list. We talk about the impact of trade deadline acquisitions Noah Hanifin and Anthony Mantha. They have combined for 14 points in the 13 games since they hit the ice for VGK. We also discuss the Pacific Division race as it...

One of the trademarks of the Golden Knights since inception has been its ability to respond after an opponent scores a goal. In Tuesday's win over the first-place Vancouver Canucks, the Golden Knights had two quick responses everytime the Canucks rallied to get back in the game.After a Nils Hoglander goal cut the Vancouver deficit to 2-1, Jack Eichel tallied his 27th goal some 20-second later. Then Brett Howden put the game away for good. Quinn Hughes scored to rally the Canucks to down...

The Golden Knights return home following a successful four-game road swing tonight as they face the division-leading Vancouver Canucks. Both teams have eight games remaining. VGK looks to close the gap on the Canucks, who lead the Pacific by ten points, and the Edmonton Oilers, who lead VGK by five points. Suddenly, the Golden Knights have 90 points. VGK lost the last meeting against Vancouver 3-1 on home ice. VGK had a difficult time breaking out of the neutral zone in that game. We...

Jonathan Marchessault potted his 40th goal of the season on an empty netter in overtime Saturday, as VGK defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1. The win wrapped up a successful road trip in which the Golden Knights took home seven of eight points. For a second time in three weeks, the Wild pulled its goalie in overtime to add an extra attacker. The first time, on March 10, it worked against Nashville. On Saturday, the tactic failed and pretty much knocked the Wild out of playoff contention,...

Following Thursday's 4-1 on the road at Winnipeg, VGK head coach Bruce said the two teams have started to develop "mutual hatred" between each other. Some of that hatred might have spilled over when Keegan Kolesar took exception to hit on Michael Amadio by Logan Stanley, and those two had a fight just three minutes into the contest. The turning point of the game, however, was when a Nic Hague game misconduct was reduced from a major to a minor penalty on a hit on Vladislov Namestikov. It...

Is VGK still lacking urgency with just 10 games remaining in the season? Even Bruce Cassidy has pointed to some of the issues saying the team has not played well enough to win or after the Columbus game he said VGK "doesn't want it." They are leading in the playoff chase by six points, the equivalent of a three-game lead and should be able to get into the playoffs. With a last-minute push, however, VGK could move up in the standings. We preview tonight's Winnipeg-VGK game. The Jets have...

The Golden Knights were luck to salvage a point in Nashville Tuesday night. They had a 4-1 lead heading into the third period, but the red-hot Predators tied it a 4-4 and won it in overtime. VGK has now allowed 36 third period goals since Feb 1. They keep collapsing in the final period. Roman Josi scored the overtime winner for the Preds, who have the streak alive with points in 18 consecutive games. Barbeshev, Howden, Theodore and Karlsson scored for VGK in the loss. VGK was in the back...