Ducks at Golden Knights
Having already made history less than two months into their first season, the Vegas Golden Knights look to continue their success at home when they host the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. The Golden Knights became the first expansion team to win 10 of their first 12 games on home ice following Sunday's 3-2 overtime victory over the Arizona Coyotes.
Vegas has built that impressive mark partly on its success in extra time -- the team is 5-0-1 overall beyond regulation and 4-0 at home in overtime. "We've got some good skill players, and they're quick players," Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said of overtime prowess. "I think when there's open ice, we're a pretty good team with that so far." There is no good time to visit T-Mobile Arena and that holds especially true for Anaheim, which is making the final stop on its six-game road trip. The Ducks have dropped six of their last seven overall (1-4-2), a slide which started with a 4-2 loss to visiting Vegas on Nov. 22.
TV: 10 p.m. ET, Sportsnet1, Prime Ticket (Anaheim), AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Vegas)
ABOUT THE DUCKS (11-11-5): Newly acquired Adam Henrique didn't take long to score his first goal with Anaheim, only to see Saturday's tally at Nashville credited to Corey Perry on Monday as a result of a league scoring change. A more notable change is the potential return of leading goal scorer Rickard Rakell (upper body), who skated on a line with Henrique and Perry at practice Monday after sitting out the past five games. Jakob Silfverberg (upper body) will miss his third straight game but could return Wednesday versus Ottawa.
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (16-9-1): Jonathan Marchessault, who went from seven goals with Tampa Bay in 2015-16 to 30 tallies with Florida last season, is showing that production was no fluke. He scored a goal and set up the game-winning tally in Sunday's win to give him six goals and nine assists over the past nine games, tying him with William Karlsson for the team lead with 25 points. "He's a guy who takes advantage of his opportunities," Gallant said of Marchessault, who had a goal and two assists at Anaheim last month.
OVERTIME
1. Anaheim has surrendered 10 power-play goals over the past nine games.
2. Karlsson also is on a team for Vegas with eight goals and five assists over the past nine games.
3. The Ducks rank 28th in the league in scoring and have not tallied more than three goals in their last nine games.