VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 29-16-2, 60 points (14-13-0 at Home, 15-4-2 on Road)
DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Jan. 24 at New Jersey Devils ESPN+/Hulu Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Jan. 27 at New York Rangers AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Jan. 28 at New York Islanders AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Feb. 7 at Nashville Predators AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Feb. 9 at Minnesota Wild AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
January 22 – Vegas Golden Knights 1, Arizona Coyotes 4
The Vegas Golden Knights (29-17-2) were defeated by the Arizona Coyotes (15-27-5), 4-1, on Sunday night at Mullett Arena. Arizona opened the scoring early as Dylan Guenther found the back of the net to give the Coyotes a 1-0 lead. Clayton Keller added to the lead early in the second, but Phil Kessel scored a power-play goal against his old team to make it a 2-1 game. Keller scored twice more in the third period as his hat trick powered the Coyotes to the 4-1 win.
LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS
- Kessel’s goal was his eighth of the season and his first against his former club
- William Karlsson’s assist on Kessel’s goal was the 200th of his career
Against the Devils
Vegas’ contest with New Jersey on Tuesday will be the first time these two clubs will have met this season. The Golden Knights own an overall record of 5-2-1 against the Devils and they have never lost in regulation at the Prudential Center (3-0-1). The last time these teams met, New Jersey edged Vegas 3-2 at T-Mobile Arena despite the Golden Knights seeing goals from Chandler Stephenson and Keegan Kolesar. Vegas has scored three or more goals in seven of their eight contests with New Jersey and Jack Eichel owns 16 points (6-10—16) in 16 games against the Devils.
2022-23 Season NJD Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road: 0-0-0)
Jan. 24 – at New Jersey
Mar. 3 – at Vegas
2021-22 Season NJD Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Dec. 16 – at New Jersey (Vegas 5, New Jersey 3)
Mar. 18 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, New Jersey 3)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)
(23-15-8 -54) (30-12-4 -64 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. D. Hamilton 2. V. Vanecek 3. S. Crosby
Goals:
PIT: S. Crosby
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 1
DEVILS 1 0 0 1 0 2
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: J. Hughes, D. Hamilton (PPG/OTG)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 46
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 14
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 139
TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER ACTION
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
1/1/23 Tyler Wotherspoon Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Tyce Thompson Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
1/5/23 Ondrej Palat Activated off I.R.
1/6/23 Akira Schmid Reassigned to Utica
1/10/23 Nolan Foote Recalled from Utica
1/19/23 Nolan Foote Reassigned to Utica
1/19/23 Nate Bastian Activated off I.R.
WHAT TO KNOW
The Devils opened a two-game homestand with a 2-1 overtime victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday. The team improved to 5-3 in overtime, after the win. Jersey’s team also improved to 7-1-2 for the month of January and its points percentage ranks second (.800) in the NHL behind Boston (.900). Yet, the Devils are riding a seven-game point streak. The team’s longest winning streak this season was 13 games via Oct. 25, to Nov. 21, which also tied the franchise winning streak record. The Devils’ last three games went passed regulation (2-1) which marked the first instance for that matter this season. The last time that the Devils experienced three consecutive games that went passed overtime was Dec. 27, 2019, to Dec. 19 (2-1). For franchise history, the Devils have experienced four consecutive games, or more, decided passed regulation eight times:
The Devils are 21-0-1 when leading after the second period this season, which ranks (tied) for third in the NHL behind Boston (26) and Winnipeg (22). Jersey’s team is 5-2-1 when tied after two periods of play this season, after Sunday’s win. The Devils surpassed their win total from last season, which was 27 and in 39 games less played. The Devils are 10-1-2 when outshot by an opponent this season and 19-11-2 when outshooting teams. The Devils are 1-0-0 when shots are even vs an opponent for 2022-23. The Devils are 17-10-2 vs the Eastern Conference and 9-5-2 vs the Metropolitan Division. Jersey’s team is 27-4-4 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 11 times.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
Overall: 7-4-1
First game: 3-2-1 | home: 0-1-0 | road: 3-1-1
Second game: 4-2-0 | home: 1-2-0 | road: 3-0-0
VS SIN CITY
The Devils and Vegas meet for the first of two matchups this season
Fri., Mar. 3, at VGK, 10:00 P.M. E.T.
The Devils were 1-1-0 last season.
The Devils have never won a season-series vs Vegas.
ALL-TIME vs THE KNIGHTS
Record: 3-5-0
Home: 1-3-0
Road: 2-2-0
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs Vegas is 8, which was earned in an 8-3 win on Mar. 14, 2018, at Vegas.
(First-ever meeting). The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Vegas was five, which was logged on Dec. 14, 2018, at the Rock in a 5-4 loss. The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs the Golden Knights was 42, which was logged on Dec. 14, 2018, in a 5-4 loss at the Rock. The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Vegas was 44, on Apr. 18, 2022, in a 3-2 win. The Devils have never shut out Vegas. The last time that Vegas shut out the Devils was on Mar. 3, 2020, in a 3-0 loss at Vegas.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE .
Thu. Jan. 26, at NSH, 8:00 P.M. E.T.
Fri. Jan. 27, at DAL, 8:30 P.M. E.T.
Bye Week/All-Star break
LAST TRADE
The Devils acquired a 2020 3rd
-round draft pick and a 2021 2nd
-round draft pick in exchange for forward Nikita Gusev on July 29, 2019.
