Vegas Golden Knights (36-28-4, fourth in the Pacific) vs. Seattle Kraken (21-39-6, eighth in the Pacific)
Seattle; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Vegas travels to Seattle looking to end its seven-game road losing streak.
The Kraken are 10-26-0 in conference games. Seattle is the last-ranked team in the Western Conference averaging only 7 points per game. Daniel Sprong leads the team with 2 total points.
The Golden Knights are 12-5-1 against the rest of their division. Vegas is eighth in the Western Conference averaging 5.1 assists per game, led by Chandler Stephenson with 0.5.
In their last meeting on Nov. 9, Vegas won 4-2. Reilly Smith recorded two goals for the Golden Knights.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yanni Gourde leads the Kraken with 22 assists and has 38 points this season. Vince Dunn has seven assists over the last 10 games for Seattle.
Jonathan Marchessault leads the Golden Knights with 25 goals and has 53 points. Evgenii Dadonov has six goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Vegas.
LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 4-5-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.1 assists, 3.8 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with an .882 save percentage.
Golden Knights: 4-6-0, averaging 3.1 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.6 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game with an .897 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), 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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