Round 4, Game 1 – Golden Knights @ Hurricanes: Preview and Game Thread
· Yahoo Sports
And so it begins….
Game day has finally arrived and the Las Vegas Golden Knights are in town to take on the Carolina Hurricanes for game one of the Stanley Cup Final.
Visit salonsustainability.club for more information.
After an expansive “Media Day” yesterday, there are tons of interviews and articles to go through. I won’t even try to list them all but you can check with your normal sources.
There is one narrative I would like to discuss here though. “The Hurricanes had an easier path to the Final than Las Vegas did”.
First of all, when you have the best regular season record in the East, you should have an easier path. You have done it the old fashioned way, “you’ve earned it!“ But let’s take a look at each team’s opponents.
Carolina beat the Ottawa Senators, the Philadelphia Flyers, and the Montreal Canadiens.
The Sens finished with 99 points, the Flyers 98, and the Habs with 106 for a total of 303 regular season points earned.
Vegas defeated Utah, 92 points, Anaheim, 92 points, and the Avs 121 points, (though the Avs were without the 100% use of some of their best players). The total of these regular season points is 305 points.
There does not seem to be much difference in these totals, so that narrative should be put aside.
Bottom line, things will be settled on the ice.
The Hurricanes are on one of their best runs ever. Not only are they 12-1 in the playoffs, they had a 7-1-1 record at the end of the season giving them a 19-2-1 record in their last 22 games.
The Canes have not changed their lines throughout the postseason, (except for a few midgame tweaks). Most recently, they once again skated:
Jarvis – Aho- Svechnikov
Hall – Stankoven – Blake
Martinook – Staal- Ehlers
Carrier – Jankowski – Robinson
Miller – Walker
Slavin – Chatfield
Nikishin – Gostisbehere
Andersen
The knock that many experts put on the Hurricanes is that they do not have a true “superstar”. They have several good players though!
The Knights are not lacking for superstars.
Mitch Marner and Jack Eichel are bonafide with Mark Stone not far behind. They also have some dangerous complimentary players such as Ivan Barbeshev, Pavel Dorofeyev, and William Karlsson.
According to the Daily Faceoff, their lines should look like the following:
Barbeshev, Eichel – Dorofeyev
Howden – Karlsson – Marner
Hertl – Sissons – Stone
Smith – Dowd – Kolesar
McNabb – Theodore
Andersson – Hanifin
Coughlin – Korczak
Hart
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations
There are some tough matchups here, no arguing about that. It will be an interesting series.
A lot will come down to Carolina goalie, Frederik Andersen.
The Hurricanes have announced that they will have watch parties outside the arena for those unable to get tickets as well as watch parties inside the arena for away games.
——-
‘CANES TO HOST STANLEY CUP FINAL WATCH PARTIES
Tickets to attend road game watch parties at Lenovo Center are $10
RALEIGH, NC – Brian Fork, Chief Executive Officer of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team will host Hurricanes Watch Parties at Lenovo Center for Games 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 during the Stanley Cup Final.
For home games, the team will set up screens on the South Plaza of Lenovo Center for fans who don’t have tickets to the game. The Watch Party for Game 1 will feature a pregame concert from Brothers Osborne at 5:30 p.m. Food and beverage options will be available for purchase on-site and restrooms will be present. Outside food and beverages, chairs, weapons and illegal substances are not permitted. No ticket is required for the Hurricanes Watch party, but fans wishing to park on-site must pay to do so at this link. In addition to the Lenovo Center event, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the City of Raleigh are hosting Official Carolina Hurricanes Watch Parties at Moore Square.
Hurricanes Watch Parties for away games will allow fans to watch Games 3, 4 and 6 on the videoboard inside Lenovo Center. Selected discounted concession items will be available for purchase. Tickets to the away game Hurricanes Watch Parties are $10, with all proceeds benefiting the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. Tickets can be purchased by the general public starting at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and Season Ticket Members are eligible for a presale at 1:00 p.m. Parking for Hurricanes Watch Parties will be free for away games. The Game 3 watch party is presented by Moxie Pest Control.
———
Game Time: 8 P.M.
Television: ABC; SN, CBC, TVAS
Radio: 99.9 The Fan with Mike Maniscalco and Tripp Tracy
Game odds according to FanDuel: Canes -154, Knights +128
(series odds also – Canes -154 Knights +128)