Vegas Golden Knights (37-28-4, fourth in the Pacific) vs. Seattle Kraken (21-40-6, eighth in the Pacific)
Seattle; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Vegas visits Seattle after the Golden Knights shut out Seattle 3-0. Logan Thompson earned the victory in the net for Vegas after collecting 22 saves.
The Kraken are 5-15-0 against opponents in the Pacific. Seattle averages 8.7 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Western Conference. Vince Dunn leads the team serving 53 total minutes.
The Golden Knights are 13-5-1 against opponents in the Pacific. Vegas is 24th in the Western Conference with 34.1 shots per game and is averaging 3.1 goals.
The teams meet for the second game in a row.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yanni Gourde leads the Kraken with 39 points, scoring 16 goals and adding 23 assists. Dunn has eight assists over the last 10 games for Seattle.
Jonathan Marchessault leads the Golden Knights with 55 points, scoring 26 goals and adding 29 assists. Chandler Stephenson has six assists over the last 10 games for Vegas.
LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 4-5-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.9 assists, 3.9 penalties and 8.7 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game with a .903 save percentage.
Golden Knights: 5-5-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.1 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game with a .903 save percentage.
INJURIES: Kraken: Brandon Tanev: out for season (knee), Jaden Schwartz: day to day (upper body), Haydn Fleury: day to day (upper body).
Golden Knights: Laurent Brossoit: day to day (undisclosed), Nicolas Hague: day to day (lower body), William Carrier: day to day (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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