By The Associated Press

Vancouver Canucks (32-28-10, fifth in the Pacific) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (39-28-4, fourth in the Pacific)

Las Vegas; Wednesday, 7 p.m. PDT

BOTTOM LINE:

• Vegas hosts Vancouver trying to extend its five-game home winning streak.

• Vancouver is currently on a 3-game losing streak.

• Canucks are 3-5-4 in their last 12 games over-all, 5-2-1 in their last 8 road games
• They are 2-5-2 in their last 9-home games, winless in their last five home starts (0-4-1).

• The Golden Knights are 15-5-1 against Pacific opponents.
• Vegas leads the Western Conference with 10 shorthanded goals, led by William Karlsson with two.

• The Canucks are 18-14-7 in Western Conference play.
• Vancouver ranks 29th in the Western Conference with 32.1 shots per game, averaging 2.8 goals.

• The teams square off for the second game in a row.

TOP PERFORMERS:

• Jonathan Marchessault has 58 total points for the Golden Knights, 28 goals and 30 assists.
• Evgenii Dadonov has 10 points over the last 10 games for Vegas.

• J.T. Miller leads the Canucks with 82 points, scoring 29 goals and adding 53 assists.
• Bo Horvat has seven goals and one assist over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

LAST 10 GAMES:

• Golden Knights:
  • 7-3-0
  • averaging 3.5 goals, 4.9 assists, three penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes
  • giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .915 save percentage.

• Canucks:
  • 3-4-3
  • averaging 2.5 goals, four assists, 2.7 penalties and 6.1 penalty minutes
  • allowing 2.7 goals per game with a .918 save percentage.

INJURIES:

• Golden Knights:
  • Laurent Brossoit: day to day (undisclosed)
  • Nicolas Hague: out (lower body)
  • William Carrier: day to day (lower body).

• Canucks:
  • Matthew Highmore: out (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.