The Vegas Golden Knights will have a second chance to advance while the Vancouver Canucks will try to force a Game 7 on Friday.
The Vegas Golden Knights will have another shot at sending the Vancouver Canucks home on Thursday night. The Vancouver Canucks got an amazing performance from an unlikely source their back up netminder Thatcher Demko.
The Golden Knights threw everything at him and finished the game with 43 shots but only managed one goal in a 2-1 loss. The Canucks played a spirited game that showed urgency being that it was an elimination game.
Shea Theodore scored for Vegas while Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson responded for Vancouver. If the Knights want to finish them off they will need to find ways to beat Demko if he starts again.
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Jacob Markstrom is injured and it is unclear whether he will play tonight but the Canucks know they can rely on Demko. Due to another back to back situation, we have yet to find out who will start for the Knights but we do know Fleury will play one of them based on the previous back to back.
If the Knights play their usual speed game and refind ways to shut down the likes of Pettersson, Boeser, and Bo Horvat they have a very good chance at winning tonight and booking a spot in the Conference Final.
UPDATED ODDS
According to Odds Shark, here are the odds for tonight’s game
- VGK -240
- VAN +200
LIVE STREAM INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, September 3rd
Start Time: 9:45 p.m. EST
Venue: Rogers Place
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TV Channel: CBC, SN, TVAS, NBCSN
Live Stream: Fubo.tv (subscription required but you get a free trial), r/NHL Streams, NBCSN
With a win, the Vegas Golden Knights will be in the Conference Finals for the second time in their three year history.