VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 50-22-9, 109 points (25-15-1 at Home, 25-7-8 on Road)
DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Apr. 13 at Seattle Kraken 7:30 p.m. ESPN Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
April 11 – Vegas Golden Knights 4, Seattle Kraken 1
Michael Amadio notched three points (2-1—3) as the Vegas Golden Knights (50-22-9) took down the Seattle Kraken (46-27-8), 4-1, on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. Amadio opened scoring for Vegas five minutes into the opening period. Four minutes later, Yanni Gourde tied the game at 1-1. In the middle frame, Amadio scored his second of the night to put the Golden Knights ahead, 2-1. Reilly Smith found the back of the net with six minutes remaining in the period, extending Vegas’ lead to 3-1. In the third period, Jonathan Marchessault scored a power-play goal to make it 4-1. The Golden Knights locked down defensively and skated to the 4-1 win.
LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS
- Amadio’s multi-goal performance is his first with Vegas and second of his career (Feb. 17, 2018 with LAK)
- Smith reaches the 25-goal mark for the third time in his career and first since the 2019-20 season
- Marchessault takes the team lead in goals this season with his 28th on the year
- Laurent Brossoit stopped 20 shots, posting a .954 save percentage to improve to 6-0-3 this season
- Vegas reached the 50-win mark for the second time in club history, just one shy of the franchise record of 51 set in 2017-18
- The Golden Knights increased their season point total to 109, matching their point total in their inaugural 2017-18 season
Keeping it One Hundred
Vegas reached 100 points for the second time in franchise history on April 1 after defeating Minnesota at home. This is the first time the club has reached the century mark since its inaugural season in 2017-18, and it was the first team in the Western Conference to hit 100 points this season. The Golden Knights matched the franchise record for single-season points (109) after defeating Seattle on Tuesday and enter the regular-season finale on Thursday just one win shy of matching the franchise record (51).
Dancing Knights
For the fifth time in six seasons, the Golden Knights have clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. With Nashville’s loss to Pittsburgh on Mar. 30, Vegas became the first team in the Pacific Division and the Western Conference to have its postseason spot secured.
Against the Kraken
The Vegas Golden Knights have the edge in regular season play against the Seattle Kraken of 6-1-0 since the newest club joined the NHL. Vegas will close out its regular season facing Seattle in a home-and-home matchup, after winning the first game at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday and concluding on Thursday at Climate Pledge Arena.
2022-23 Season SEA Series: 2-1-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Oct. 15 – at Seattle (Vegas 5, Seattle 2)
Nov. 25 – at Vegas (Vegas 2, Seattle 4)
Apr. 11 – at Vegas (Vegas 4, Seattle 1)
Apr. 13 – at Seattle
2021-22 Season SEA Series: 4-0-0 (Home: 2-0-0, Road: 2-0-0)
Oct. 12 – at Vegas (Vegas 4, Seattle 3)
Nov. 9 – at Vegas (Vegas 4, Seattle 2)
Mar. 30 – at Seattle (Vegas 3, Seattle 0 )
Apr. 1 – at Seattle (Vegas 5, Seattle 2)
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 1 at Vegas 4
Goals: Gourde
Goalie: Daccord (33/37)
PP: 0/2 PK: 2/3 Shots: Seattle 21 – Arizona 37
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 234)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 81 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 31 games – week-to-week
John Hayden (lower body) – 12 games – week-to-week
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
April 9, 2023: Recalled G Joey Daccord on an emergency basis from Coachella Valley (AHL)
April 10, 2023: Signed F David Goyette to a three-year, entry-level contract; Reassigned F Shane Wright to Coachella Valley (AHL)
April 11, 2023: Signed F Logan Morrison to a three-year, entry-level contract
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the final of three games the Kraken will play against the Golden Knights this season and the second time the two teams are playing in Seattle this year.
• Seattle has a 13-10-2 record against Pacific Division opponents this season and have beaten each of their division rivals at least once.
• Tuesday’s and tonight’s game marks the third time this season that the Kraken are playing the same opponent in consecutive games after facing Dallas on March 11 and 13 and then Nashville on March 23 and 25.
• Oliver Bjorkstrand became the Kraken’s sixth 20-goal scorer this season with a goal in the Kraken’s game on April 10 at Arizona. It marks the fourth time in his career that he has scored 20 or more goals in a season. The Kraken’s six 20-goal scorers were tied with Dallas, New Jersey, Ottawa, Pittsburgh and Toronto for the most in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
• Since Feb. 14, the Kraken have gone 67-for-76 on the penalty kill. Their 88.2 percent success rate on the penalty kill during that span was the third-best mark in the league entering play Wednesday.
• With one game remaining in the regular season, nine Kraken skaters have set or tied their career highs in goals, assists and points: Will Borgen, Vince Dunn, Morgan Geekie, Adam Larsson, Jared McCann, Jamie Oleksiak, Daniel Sprong, Brandon Tanev and Eeli Tolvanen. McCann’s next game played will be his 79th of the season, setting a career high.
• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 288 goals in 81 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 288 goals this season were the third-most in the NHL entering play Wednesday.
SECOND TIME AROUND
• Tonight’s game against Vegas marks the Kraken’s final game of the regular season.
• Even with one game remaining, the Kraken have increased their win total from last season to this season by 19 and their point total by 40. Entering play Wednesday, only the New Jersey Devils have a larger win (24) and point (46) improvement from last season to this season.
• The team has scored 75 more goals, allowed 35 fewer goals, improved their goals scored per game by 0.96 and have allowed 0.39 fewer goals per game.
• The Kraken finished the 2021-22 season ranked 30th in the NHL with 60 points and entered play Wednesday ranked 12th in the NHL with 100 points. The team’s 18-spot jump in the standings is second to only New Jersey (25) as the best year-over-year improvement in the league.
