The Vegas Golden Knights face the Dallas Stars in Game 2 of the first round of the NHL Playoffs on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (4/24/24) at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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what: NHL regular season
who: Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas Stars
when:April 24, 2024 (4/24/24)
time: 9:30pm (Eastern Standard Time)
where: American Airlines Center
tv set:ESPN
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DALLAS (AP) — Logan Thompson found the back of the net for the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their opening-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday night, and for the 27-year-old goaltender He will be making his postseason debut.
Coach Bruce Cassidy plans to go with Thompson instead of Addin Hill, who averaged 1.99 points and had two shutouts in Vegas' six-game Western Conference Finals win over the Stars last year.
Thompson has a .926 save percentage and 2.14 GAA in his past 11 games. He got off to a split start with Hill, who has struggled with injuries and inconsistent play this season.
Cassidy also said captain Mark Stone will play in the series opener after missing 26 games since tearing his spleen on February 20. So did defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (appendicitis) and left wing William Carrier, who missed the last 11 games with upper soreness. body injury. He was one of the Golden Knights' original five players during his career, appearing in all six playoff games prior to this year.
When Thompson missed last year's postseason with a lower-body injury and Laurent Brossoit was injured in the second round, Hill went 11-4 with a .932 save percentage the rest of the playoffs.
Hill started this season 10-2-2 with a .935 save percentage and 1.87 GAA before suffering a lower body injury. He started his first four games after returning in mid-January, but was inconsistent after that and racked up injuries. Since Feb. 12, he has a 5-9 record, an .876 save percentage and a 3.76 GAA.
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